Job Description
An exciting opportunity for a Head of Platform Projects to join a leading e-commerce business in North Yorkshire.
Client Details
I have partnered with a leading e-commerce business who are searching for a Head of Platform Projects.
As Head of Platform Projects, you will be the driving force behind a team of Project Managers while owning the success of the platform projects portfolio.
My client is looking to speak to Project Managers or Implementation Managers who have a strong track record leading customer facing e-commerce of software projects. This could be the ideal opportunity for an ambitious candidate to take the next step into a leadership role.
This is a hybrid role, based out of Ripon, North Yorkshire.
Description
* Provide leadership to the project management team and support their continued growth and development.
* Take ownership of key strategic initiatives.
* Oversee the delivery of the organisation's platform related projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the agreed scope while maintaining strong governance around risk and compliance.
* Serve as the primary escalation point for project related challenges and drive timely resolution.
* Build and sustain effective working relationships with internal development teams, external partners, and client stakeholders.
* Contribute as a core member of the senior leadership group, supporting broader business objectives.
* Bring credible technical input and delivery insight to client discussions and planning sessions.
* Play an integral role in shaping project kick off activities, scheduling work, and reporting on portfolio progress.
* Take responsibility for refining and enhancing the overall project delivery framework and ways of working.
Profile
* Proven project management experience in an IT environment (e-commerce, Software development, Platform Business).
* A good general technical understanding of e-commerce and platform based businesses enabling solid risk assessment on projects as well as contributing towards discussions on subjects such as Enterprise Architecture, Dev tools, Data Security, New Technologies etc.
* Significant experience of delivering projects to external clients as well as managing suppliers as a part of the project team.
* Experience of Release Management including incident management, testing methods and tools.
* Good working knowledge of both waterfall and agile delivery methods.
* Able to demonstrate risk and issue management experience both at the project level and portfolio level.
* Solid experience of financial management on projects including business cases and budget tracking.
* Experience of creating Gantt chart project plans from scratch and understanding CPA.
* Demonstrate solid Stakeholder management experience and the ability to influence key decision makers at C suit levels both internally and externally.
* Professional qualifications (Prince 2, PMP, SAFe, Scrum, DevOps) would be an advantage but not essential.
* Familiar with tools such as MS Project, Jira, Service Now, Excel, and Smartsheet's.
Job Offer
* Salary of up to £75,000 DOE
* Hybrid working