Role and Responsibilities
* Manage the day-to-day activities, performance and progress of various projects escalating issues to the appropriate stakeholders as needed
* Ensuring that issues, risks, actions, and decisions are fully documented and be the focal point for escalation and resolution across given projects.
* Play an active role in continuously improving the project management processes.
* Assess program performance and aim to maximise delivery objective
* Ensure projects are fully resourced with appropriately skilled consultants
* Manage changes to the project through the appropriate change control mechanisms
* Develop and control deadlines, budgets, and activities
* Assist with creation of reports for Steering Committee meetings
* Assist in agreeing Test Strategy/Plan with the PMO team
* Maintain reporting metrics to enable management to review the effectiveness and progress of projects
Must Have experience
* Demonstrable experience in leading end to end IFS projects
* Thorough understanding of project management techniques and methodologies
Preferred experience and capabilities
* Experience managing fluctuating numbers of projects ranging in size and complexity
* Knowledge and understanding of change management principles
* Working knowledge of project management software (MS Project, Smartsheet etc.)
* Knowledge of the IFS delivery methodology
* Strong desire and ability to provide 'best in class' service
Required mindset and leadership skills
* strong communication skills – capable of establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, setting and managing expectation
* Proactive judgement, decision making and problem solving – Ability to Analyse/asses information, evaluate results to choose the best solution and solve problems early in a process by identifying root cause and implementing corrective and preventative actions
* Creative thinking – Developing, designing or even creating new processes to drive effective project delivery and value creation for the business and clients.
* Resilient – Able to manage ambiguity and uncertainty in a structured and risk efficient way
* Influence and leadership presence – comfortable in presenting to and communicating with stakeholders and peers at all levels of an organisation in an efficient and effective way in written form, e-mail, or in person. Ability to challenge the 'status quo' to ensure the business and its clients 'do the right thing'