Gibbs Hybrid are working alongside a world leading IT services contractor in their search for an experience Project Manager for a contract with a top UK financial services organisation. Ideally, they’re looking for someone with backlog creation and estimation expertise.
Day rate: £365 per day (inside)
Location: Glasgow – 2 days per week onsite
Duration: Initial 6 month contract
Delivery and Key Accountabilities
You will be accountable for all aspects of successful delivery into the business. This includes:
* strategy and roadmap development
* and resourcing development, and ongoing management therein
* and management against programme delivery roadmap
* a smooth and successful transition of new solutions into the business
* aspects of change management (budget, cost, scope)
* leadership around and compliance to all programme governance
* quantification and mitigation of risks, issues and dependencies
* and agreeing critical programme success factors, business outcomes and benefits
* management
* problem solving, operating in an agile and dynamic fashion in order to reach point of solution and deployment
* leadership and direction to the team, and your stakeholders
* and reporting of progress across the programme
* project management skills and processes
Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications/Preferred:
* management qualifications preferrable
* management professional bodies such as APM or PMI certifications preferred
* with proven track record of project management with
* and demonstrable expertise in supporting medium to large complex business and technical programmes of strategic significance
* and strength in developing strategy to execution for complex programmes, with internal and external stakeholder management including senior leaders and change management for business users
* analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, including experience presenting to senior level leadership
* ability to multi-task, manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously, with attention to detail and quality of work in a high paced environment
* to co-ordinate, manage competing priorities against stringent and demanding timelines
* to manage upwards and downwards, can negotiate and solicit engagement at all levels of the organisation, and have solid experience of working with senior stakeholders (typically D, MD level)
Interested? Please apply for immediate consideration from the Gibbs Hybrid team