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About the Role
The Project Manager works as part of the business facing team for the IT function, leading the management and delivery of a wide range of technology related projects through every stage of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to agreed time, quality and cost parameters. You will work closely with the IT Portfolio Manager to ensure successful delivery of strategic IT initiatives, acting as the main link between key business stakeholders, IT and 3rd parties and driving change delivery that enables business strategy and goals.
Salary: Up to £60,000 + Benefits Contract type: Full Time Working pattern: Permanent Hours: 40.0
Responsibilities
* Utilising project artefacts to proactively manage projects on a day‑to‑day basis with focus on risks, issues, resource contention, scope and timescales to ensure that IT are always actively communicating challenges to stakeholders in these areas.
* Defining, confirming and controlling scope for all assigned IT initiatives, ensuring this is clearly and consistently communicated to all stakeholders throughout.
* Leading IT initiatives ensuring delivery by following the Poundland IT Delivery Framework, and that this framework is clear and understood by all stakeholders.
* Build and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders that can be leveraged during the delivery of IT initiatives.
* Engaging with and managing senior stakeholders from board level down on project progress, challenges and required support.
* Managing new and existing third‑party suppliers working with Poundland on the delivery of IT projects, ensuring that they have clear scope, deliverables and timescales, and that their chosen method of delivery is aligned to the project and the Poundland IT Delivery Framework.
* Facilitates a continuous improvement mindset within the project teams, ensuring efficiency is built into delivery of projects and programmes.
* Contributing to the evolution of the Poundland IT Delivery Framework, sharing ideas, improving processes and educating colleagues from across the organisation.
* Creating, maintaining and executing detailed, task‑oriented project plans covering all stages of the SDLC as appropriate.
* Organising and running all required project meetings in line with the Poundland IT Delivery Framework, including but not limited to project kick‑off meetings, daily stand‑ups, weekly project reviews and monthly steering group meetings.
* Completing, publishing and communicating critical project information as necessary in line with the Poundland IT Delivery Framework, including but not limited to requests for work, benefits cases, project highlight reports, project steering group reports and budget reports.
* Ensuring the completion and maintenance by relevant project team members of all necessary project management artefacts in line with the Poundland IT Delivery Framework including but not limited to requests for work, benefits cases, RAID logs, RACI logs, project plans, hand‑over to support documents, project closure documents, managing budgets and resource timesheets.
Qualifications
* Decisive and analytical, with sound judgement and proven decision‑making ability.
* Self‑starter who can balance technology complexity with business needs under time, quality, and cost constraints.
* Strong stakeholder management and situational awareness.
* Able to think strategically and tactically to resolve issues, mitigate risks, and ensure delivery.
* Resilient and focused, with leadership across people, process, and technology challenges.
* Proactive ownership and team leadership skills.
* Familiar with project management tools and frameworks (e.g., MS Project, DevOps).
* Comfortable working in unstructured, fast‑changing environments.
* Excellent interpersonal and emotional intelligence.
* Understanding of end‑to‑end retail functions (Supply Chain, Finance, Marketing, Trading, Retail & Digital).
* Familiarity with project management best practices, Agile methodologies, and sprint‑based delivery across multiple scrum teams.
* Knowledge of Prince2 Foundation or APMG methodologies is beneficial but not essential.
Benefits
* Professional development: comprehensive induction plan and in‑house development programmes.
* Bonus potential: possibility of earning additional bonuses.
* Car allowance and free on‑site parking.
* On‑site coffee lounge, exclusive store discounts (10% off), and access to the My Staff Shop portal.
* Life assurance cover and health & wellbeing programme.
* Generous holiday allowance of 33 days per year with the option to buy additional holidays and an extra day off for birthdays.
* Pension scheme: contributory plan to support retirement.
Why Choose Us
Since our humble beginnings in 1990, Poundland has grown into a retail powerhouse with over 650 stores and 13,000 dedicated colleagues across the UK and Republic of Ireland. We foster an environment where every colleague can thrive and contribute to our mission of providing amazing value to millions of customers, underpinned by behaviours that love our customers, care for our colleagues and protect our money.
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