Senior Project Manager (IT Infrastructure)

City, London
Spencer Rose Ltd

Senior Project Manager (IT Infrastructure)

City of London (Hybrid)

Up to £93,000 per annum + annual discretionary bonus

On behalf of a Spencer Rose financial services client, I am seeking an experienced Project Manager with a background of Infrastructure related projects. As a Senior Project Manager, you will oversee all aspects of large-scale project delivery, being a catalyst for change, leading the project team, setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, monitoring and reporting project progress.

Due to the organisation operating a hybrid work model, you must be within commutable distance of their London offices and willing to be office based 1 day per week.

Responsibilities:

• Working with Sponsor, Accountable Executive and key stakeholders, support the development of the project business case, taking business and functional requirements into account when considering possible options.
• Lead, engage and motivate the project team and any direct or indirect reports to deliver project objectives and outcomes.
• Provide analysis and forecasting to help support overall delivery of the change portfolio.
• Prepare and maintain relevant plans, including project, critical path, communication and deployment plans.
• Ensure that all risks and issues associated to the project are properly documented, reported and actively managed; proposing appropriate actions and accompanied by effective communication throughout the process.
• Manage inter-dependencies with other projects and their impact.
• Develop and maintain effective communication channels with stakeholders as well as the wider business to ensure engagement, support and delivery of the projects’ desired outcomes and benefits.

Experience/Skills required:

• An excellent understanding of the project management life cycle and the role of a Senior Project/Programme Manager within this.
• Experience within a financial services environment preferred.
• Extensive experience of working within complex change environments, managing multiple large business projects/programmes simultaneously.
• Effective co-ordination of projects/programmes including project financials, and management of inter-dependencies including oversight of any risks and issues arising.
• Strong knowledge and experience of Waterfall and/or Agile methodologies.
• Achieved or studying towards a Project Management qualification (Agile Foundation and Practitioner, Prince 2 Foundation and Practitioner Qualified) or equivalent experience.
• Highly proficient in standard Microsoft Office applications as well as proficient in project planning and applicable software ie MS Project or similar.