IT Project Manager - Digital Transformation. SDLC, Integration
Posted 4 days ago by Nationwide People Ltd
£675 Per day
Inside
Remote
Remote, UK
Summary: The IT Project Manager role focuses on leading digital transformation projects within a higher education context, requiring over five years of experience in IT project management. The position emphasizes strong communication skills and adherence to project governance frameworks, with a primary responsibility for delivering projects on time, within budget, and to specified quality standards. The role is predominantly remote, with occasional onsite presence in London as needed. Key methodologies include SDLC, Integration, Prince 2, and Agile.
Key Responsibilities:
- End to end responsibility for the delivery of the assigned IT Projects within time, cost, scope, and quality tolerances.
- Adherence to the IT Services PMO Governance framework to ensure all project outputs are produced in line with the documented standards for delivery and done so a timely manner.
- Creation of the project plan, resource profile and budget required to deliver the project, collaborating with the project team to ensure that the team are aligned to and bought into their deliverables.
- Management and maintenance of appropriate project documentation such as PID, plan, budget, and resource profiles using best practice tools.
- Definition, agreement and communication of the project roles, responsibilities and organisation.
- Create, document, and assign appropriate work packages to team members, using workflow tools such as Jira or Asana.
- Ensure delivery by regularly monitoring, updating, and reviewing the project plan, critical path and key milestones.
- Ensure project success by actively managing, controlling, and documenting RAIDD (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, decisions) and changes using best practice techniques.
Key Skills:
- 5+ years of experience in IT project management.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with SDLC, Integration, Testing, PMO, Prince 2, and Agile methodologies.
- Proficiency in project management tools such as Jira or Asana.
- Analytical problem-solving skills.
- Ability to create and manage project documentation effectively.
Salary (Rate): £675/day
City: undetermined
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
IT Project Manager - Digital Transformation. SDLC, Integration, Prince 2 & AGILE. £625-£675/day INSIDE IR35. 100% REMOTE BUT NOMINAL ONSITE TO LONDON NEEDED ON REQUEST.
My Higher Education client seeks a dynamic, intelligent and astute IT Project Manager with +5 years solid IT, Project Management and strong communication/interpersonal skills.
The IT Project Manager is a key member of the IT Services Project Management Office (PMO). The role holder will act as an ambassador for project delivery across IT and the institution. With a background in technology, the IT Project Manager will use their experience and leadership capability to help shape and delivery technology projects, which serve the wider Digital agenda. KEY MUST HAVE S ARE: SDLC, INTEGRATION, TESTING, PMO, PRINCE 2 & AGILE.
The IT Project Manager will be responsible for:
End to end delivery of projects to time, cost, scope, and quality whilst adhering to IT Services PMO Governance Framework.
Applying pragmatism and analytical problem solving to issue resolution
Maintaining and promoting delivery focus in alignment to the business case objectives
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
End to end responsibility for the delivery of the assigned IT Projects within time, cost, scope, and quality tolerances.
Adherence to the IT Services PMO Governance framework to ensure all project outputs are produced in line with the documented standards for delivery and done so a timely manner.
Creation of the project plan, resource profile and budget required to deliver the project, collaborating with the project team to ensure that the team are aligned to and bought into their deliverables.
Management and maintenance of appropriate project documentation such as PID, plan, budget, and resource profiles using best practice tools.
Definition, agreement and communication of the project roles, responsibilities and organisation.
Create, document, and assign appropriate work packages to team members, using workflow tools such as Jira or Asana.
Ensure delivery by regularly monitoring, updating, and reviewing the project plan, critical path and key milestones.
Ensure project success by actively managing, controlling, and documenting RAIDD (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, decisions) and changes using best practice techniques.
IT Projects vary from Digital Transformation. SDLC, Integration with Prince 2 & AGILE working principles .£625-£675/day INSIDE IR35 PAY WITH APPROX. 100% REMOTE WORKING (aside from nominal onsite requests).