IT Project Manager – Professional Services

Overview

This position is remote-based and can be located anywhere in the United Kingdom.

Precisely is a global leader in data integrity, providing accuracy and consistency in data for 12,000 customers in more than 100 countries, including 90 percent of the Fortune 100. Precisely’s data integration, data quality, location intelligence and data enrichment products power better business decisions to create better outcomes. We are looking for talented individuals with the experience and motivation to join our innovative team.

Precisely’s EMEA Professional Services team, manage and support multiple projects across our data integrity suite of products. The Project Manager is key to the smooth delivery of our solution and the development of our relationship with our clients. As such, the Project Manager must be able to demonstrate strong relationship development, project management and communication skills around the implementation of software solutions within multiple business engagements. Additionally, the Project Manager will, on occasions, be main client contact and will also be key in helping us to identify where we can bring additional benefit to the client and the wider business and communicating these opportunities up in Professional Services and the Account Managers.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of successful project delivery
• Primary point of contact for customers and suppliers
• Follow Precisely’s and the client’s project methodology and governance
• Oversee and take ownership of the planning, development, testing and implementation of the solution – in line with the project and programme plans and with the client’s project governance
• Where necessary, support the translation of business needs into functional requirements that can be understood by technical resources and business stakeholders
• Internal and external stakeholder management
• Understand and utilize Precisely Tech Support, Engineering and other organizations that may impact the success of the project
• Maintain project documentation - Coordinate with on/offshore and other suppliers to ensure requirements and functional specs are of high quality
• Effectively prepare for, participate in and follow-up on business meetings and document project impacting influences and tasks
• Create meeting minutes, update project plans, action item spreadsheet
• Performs the planning, tracking, documentation and status updates for the project and updates accordingly
• Provide input into the client’s wider implementation goals as required
• Work in conjunction with the client’s Project Manager, Scrum Lead & Programme Lead when required
• Provide project leadership across the Precisely technical consultants
• Responsible for Service Level Agreement (SLA) accountability and vendor management
• Responsible for acceptance of Technical Solution and Customer satisfaction

Qualifications

• 5 years’ of experience in IT Project Management
• Able to display fact based critical analysis skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Excellent organizational and time management skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Recognised Project Management qualification(s); e.g.: PRINCE2 or PMP
• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Software Development or Engineering
• Relationship management experience