IT Project Manager - Akkodis : Job Details

IT Project Manager

£55,000 - £60,000 + bonus and comprehensive benefits

Hybrid / Birmingham

Full Time / Permanent

The Role and Company

I am looking for an ambitious and experienced IT Project Manager to join a large and well recognised business head quartered in Birmingham. This is a hybrid role with the successful candidate required to be on site 1-2 days per week on average on the Birmingham office.

As am IT Project Manager, you will be responsible for the delivery of systems upgrade and migrations as well as other projects and programmes across the breadth of the IT function. You will be leading project teams to ensure the successful delivery of projects to schedule, budget, and quality in line with the agreed project standards. You will ensure successful stakeholder management and engagement through effective communication and project reporting. In addition, you will provide coaching and mentoring support where required and assist in the on-going reviews of the Project Management Methodology and processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead projects through the appropriate project lifecycle
• Manage project teams to ensure effective delivery, setting clear personal objectives and deliverables for each team member.
• Work with individual teams to ensure they input at an appropriate time to the project, and to ensure that all IT standards are maintained.
• Create and manage the project plan for individual or multiple projects, on behalf of IT, the project sponsor, and customer.
• Produce all appropriate project documentation and budget information to the agreed standard.
• Be responsible for delivery to the agreed project benefits case.
• Deliver effective communication to stakeholders, project, and steering teams associated with the project.
• Lead project governance sessions for allocated projects.
• Be involved in periodic reviews of the IT Portfolio framework.
• Input into the demand and capacity management lifecycle. ensuring all enhancements and projects including pipeline demand are allocated resources on the resource schedule.
• Input to Project Management and Office strategy aligning to overall IT strategy

Experience & Qualifications

• Proven (5+ years) IT Project Management experience in a large and complex company environment
• Experience of managing ERP / systems implementations and migrations is essential
• Experience of SAP migrations would be great but can consider other systems
• Preferably Prince 2 qualified to Practitioner level or equivalent framework

Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law.

Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers.

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