Project Manager

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Project Manager | £450 | 6 Months | Wigan

The role

A fantastic opportunity with an established company is currently available for an experienced project manager with a history of delivering in a fast paced ecommerce / digital environment. The project manager is the individual responsible for delivering the project. The individual leads and manages the project team with authority and responsibility from the project board, to run the project on a day-to-day basis.

Your Role

* Full ownership of running projects from initiation, through to the delivery and closure, working towards the agreed timescales.

* Full responsibility for ensuring all projects are resourced, planned and controlled correctly, using the tools necessary to manage scope, time, risk and quality.

* Working with business and IT stakeholders to define the scope and solutions of projects, leading on the resolution of issues as necessary.

* Ensuring relevant project stakeholders are engaged appropriately.

* Working directly with appointed technical leads and project team members to provide support and direct as required, contributing towards the overall objectives of the project.

* Following delivery, providing lessons learned and activity based actions to improve the department's delivery capabilities.

* Managing changes in scope and priorities in an effective and controlled manner.

About You

* Familiarity in dealing directly with technical functions including architecture, software development, test, release management, database, network, platform and IT operations.

* A good understanding and experience with business change

* A solid understanding of business analysis

* A broad knowledge of project management terminology, tools and techniques.

* Pragmatism to the delivery approach, giving real consideration to the best and most efficient way to plan and release solutions.

* An understanding and experience of a variety of test approaches (functional and non-functional).

* Ability to plan and balance priorities whilst working towards deadlines.

* Excellent communications skills with ability to get messages understood clearly by adopting a range of styles, tools and techniques.

* Experience working within a large IT function specialising in the delivery of complex projects.

* Experience managing simultaneous deliveries across a variety of technology platforms and software.

* Experience of Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

* Qualifications in recognised project management methods would be advantageous.

* Experience working in online-gambling / gaming would also be advantageous

If you are a project manager looking for your next contract opportunity, then please feel click apply now.

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