Responsibilities:
1. Delivery and Planning
Owning the delivery of network infrastructure projects and improvements from start to finish.
Planning projects with team members
Hosting day to day meetings across the team ( planning meetings, stand-ups, backlog reviews, status updates, retrospectives)
Managing the creation, review and approval of project documentation ( charters, user stories, designs, plans, communications, release notes, testing).
Owning and administering all work within our project management software (currently and ServiceNow) and sharing best practice on how we can continue to improve and use the software to help us deliver work.
Managing the risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies across the team
Taking ownership of issues and working with the right people to resolve them
Facilitating commercial activities ( creating SoWs, change requests)
2. Stakeholder & Communications Management
Communicating to different audiences ( immediate team, senior leaders, end users)
Proactively collaborating with IT and Business stakeholders to plan activities, changes, deployments etc.
Representing the status of projects in various forums inside and outside of the TechOps team
Managing requests or escalations related to your projects
Creating views of work for different people ( roadmaps, timelines, gantt views, dashboards)
3. Service Delivery Management
Governing external partners to ensure they are delivering the service we expect
Reporting on the performance of external partners ( KPIs, SLAs)
Managing escalations with external partners, working closely with the Vendor Management Office (VMO)
Ensuring we are adhering to IT Service Management processes
4. Team Management
Managing the resourcing and capacity across the team
Sharing best practice for Agile ways of working
Ensuring security, privacy and quality practices are embedded in everything we do
Improving the way we do things and looking for opportunities to simplify
What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):
5. Experience working in project management or scrum master roles
6. Experience leading and delivering Network infrastructure projects and associated technical understand of related technologies
7. Experience in ITIL, Waterfall and Agile ways of working
8. Experience working with service management technologies (, ServiceNow)
9. Strong digital skills with experience using modern project management tools (, Asana, Basecamp, Airtable, Clickup, Jira, Linear)
10. Demonstrable knowledge of at least one of the following networking technologies / solutions:
- Cisco / Meraki
- Palo Alto
-NAC Solutions
11. Good appreciation and understanding of network reference architecture and being comfortable with design documentation
12. Strong communication skills with examples of being able to explain things in a simple and concise way
13. Strong influence skills across all levels of IT and third parties
14. Strong facilitation, analytical and problem-solving skills
15. Strong organisation skills with examples of organising complex projects or programs
16. Excellent attention to detail
17. Able to create an environment that is transparent, collaborative and respectful
Additional Information:
18. Location: Hook, UK - Hybrid Work Environment
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