Hybrid/Glasgow
£Competitive
Nine Twenty Technology & Digital are delighted to be partnering with a prestigious global FMCG company in the recruitment of a Project Manager.
The Role:
The Project Manager will plan, organise and direct the completion of specific projects alongside the business while ensuring these are delivered on time, on budget, and within scope. Support the Product teams with the completion and operation of the projects and applying the appropriate delivery methodologies to maximise the value created by the team.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the business and GTS stakeholders regarding priorities and requirements ensuring alignment with business objectives
- Support Product Owner in ensuring the Product team remains focused on delivery, utilising suitable delivery methodology in line with the agreed timescales
- Support Product owner in estimating capacity and managing budget for specific project in scope in a cost-effective manner within budget
- Identify, manage and report on project risks, risk mitigation measures and escalating to overall governance forums to ensure risks are managed proactively and effectively
- Align on global rollout timelines with Business and GTS stakeholders ensuring business objectives are met
- Lead the appropriate support definition to ensure handover to support and service transition is completed at end of the project in line with Business objectives in a timely manner
- Share best practices and learnings, as required; train, coach and mentor the team to deliver value using agreed project management methodologies
- Share learnings through communities of practice (CoP) across Product teams and project managers on specific topics e.g. functionality testing, issue resolution ensuring adherence to best practice and governance.
- Facilitate discussions, decision-making, conflict resolution ensuring issues and performance improvements are captured and executed meeting defined project targets
Requirements:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- 3-5 years of proven experience as project leader who can control a budget, manage the delivery of a solution, lead individuals within agreed upon timescales, and ensure a successful result / customer satisfaction.
- Strong communication, process, logical thinking and organisation skills.
- Formally trained in project management (preferably Prince2 or agile methodology) and business analysis.
- Comprehensive understanding of project lifecycle methodologies, change control, technical infrastructure and IT service management.
- Capable of working across multiple, concurrent projects while maintaining independence of action, demonstrating the ability to prioritise activities and escalate issues appropriately.
- Proficient with setting up and managing a project schedule and supporting control documentation using various software tools - monitoring planned vs actual effort.
Package on offer:
- Bonus
- Private health
- Life assurance
- Product allowance
- Cycle to work
- Child care vouchers
To be considered for this opportunity, please apply today, or contact Pamela Connor
E: pconnor@weareninetwenty.com
T: 07917 901299