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Lead Project Manager

  • Location: Peterborough
  • Salary: 65k per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted about 1 year ago

  • Sector: Customer Contact
  • Contact: Natasha Copitch
  • Expiry Date: 10 February 2023
  • Job Ref: NC/9598

​My client is looking for a Lead Project Manager to manage the delivery of medium / high scale and risk projects / programmes on time, within approved costs and against agreed quality expectations, all within the commercial setting of the organisation and outsource provider.

Responsibilities

•Analyse the performance of the projects, recommend and implement corrective action to cover gaps

•Develop and maintain appropriate project disciplines and controls to ensure successful and controlled project delivery

•Identify, evaluate and manage risks to the project, implementing appropriate actions to mitigate risk using risk management techniques

•Produce project documentation in line with the agreed methodology and provide regular, timely and accurate updates on progress

•Provide management direction and leadership to the project team to ensure successful delivery

•Ensure that TCF principles are understood and embedded throughout the project lifecycle

Skills & Experience

•Proficient in use of MS project and , Excel, word and PowerPoint to intermediate level

•An experienced project manager with an excellent understanding of project management techniques and disciplines

•Experience of management and motivation of a team of specialist and non specialist staff

•Experience of managing medium to high scale and / or medium to high risk projects in a commercial outsource organisation and / or financial services environment.

•Has experience of managing multiple cross-functional stakeholders, both internal and external

•Multi-disciplinary experience and has demonstrated ability to quickly come up to speed on new areas, to quickly build credibility with professionals from other disciplines

•Has driven business solution identification and project initiation

•Has depth and breadth of experience of Life + Pensions operation and a strong knowledge of its internal functions.

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