Location
Permanent Full Time
Contract
Newport
Who are we?
We are a gas distribution business that services the gas infrastructure across Wales and the south‑west of England. We serve our customers and communities with safe, reliable, and affordable energy services whilst investing to create a sustainable future to deliver our carbon‑free vision for 2050.
What we’re looking for?
We’re looking for an IT Programme Manager to manage and deliver a critical, multi‑year programme of technology, change projects and cyber security projects. You should ideally have previous experience of delivering IT solutions in or for utilities clients.
You should be adept at managing a portfolio of projects and/or programme of works in a largely outsourced environment. You will need to work at all levels of the organisation, be experienced with handling multiple requirements and stakeholders concurrently, and successfully influence key decision makers to ensure the IT Security Programme of works is initiated and delivered within the required timelines.
We’ll trust you to:
* Take ownership of the WWU IT Security Programme of project work and ensure delivery to time, budget, and quality measures.
* Track progress and maintain an accurate view of real‑time delivery against targets.
* Maintain MS Project Plans and various work breakdown structures.
* Liaise with service transition teams to ensure there are well‑documented plans to take new services into live operational support.
* Work closely with the Cyber Security Info‑Sec Team to plan, deliver and support new technologies and solutions.
* Have strong experience and skills in leading tools such as MS DevOps, JIRA, Trello, etc.
* Have commercial and contractual awareness and understanding.
As we are a safety‑critical organisation, all offers of employment are subject to pre‑employment drug & alcohol screening.
You’ll need to have:
* Strong Project and Programme Management skills and experience.
* Excellent MS Project and Planner skills.
* Strong experience and skills in leading tools such as MS DevOps, JIRA, Trello, etc.
* Ability to track and monitor progress and report progress at different levels (e.g. strategically – high level, operationally across the portfolio, and tactically within a given project).
* Equally comfortable and skilled working in a blended waterfall and agile environment.
* Strong Project budget management skills, with the ability to accurately maintain project spend and forecasts of both Capex and Opex.
* Commercial and contractual awareness and understanding.
* Project governance best practice, and ability to engage and deliver clear messaging to Project Boards and Executive Leadership.
* A degree‑level education or equivalent.
* Prince 2 Practitioner or equivalent Project management qualification.
* ITIL experience / qualification desirable (helpful for interaction with IT Operations and Acceptance into Service).
What’s in it for you?
* Starting salary of £76,000
* Flexible working opportunities
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays which can be tailored to celebrations that reflect your beliefs
* Retirement Savings Plan (pension) with Aviva: 5% employee contribution, with WWU doubling your contribution at 10% – totalling 15%
* 14× salary Life Insurance linked to membership of the Retirement Savings Plan
* “Choices” flexible benefit scheme options including corporate gym memberships, dental insurance, and health cash‑plans
* Access to our Financial Wellbeing Programme – allowing you to manage your benefits flexibly to suit your financial needs
* Enhanced pay for parental leave
* Retail discounts and cashback scheme
* Annual salary review
* Discretionary annual bonus
* Company Sick Pay
* In‑house Occupational Health Team
* Employee Assistance Programme
The way we do things
Our Ambition, Priorities and Values inform everything we do as a business – from our strategic planning to the performance management of our colleagues. Our values underpin everything we do and we are committed to creating a working environment that supports and fosters diversity, inclusion and equity, where all of our colleagues feel valued and supported to contribute to their full potential.
We are focused on creating a culture where it doesn’t matter about gender, race, sexuality or disability; it’s about our colleagues’ skills, the way we do things and how we live our values.
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