Senior Project Manager (CISCO/LAN/WAN/FIREWALLS)
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Senior Project Manager - Permanent - Brighton - £50k
The Senior Project Manager plays a key role in the planning, management, coordination and financial control of projects, across the entire technology portfolio. This includes supporting pre-sales for project opportunities, hence ensuring that projects are delivered to the required time, cost and quality, and that the customer and project objectives are met.
Principal Responsibilities
* Maintain organisation effectiveness by efficiently defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for all projects, collaborating with key internal and external stakeholders
* Support the Delivery Management Director in reporting, management and exception resolution across the programme of works
* Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals, deliverables, plans and risks
* Provide resource and scheduling requirements to ensure timely delivery of projects
* Determine the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated, ensuring appropriate customer and management reporting during delivery and on completion.
* Support Pre-Sales during the definition, planning and estimation of project sales opportunities
* Facilitation of new product development, through planning and co-ordination of product delivery teams
* Compile and manage project documentation throughout project delivery
* Manage exceptions and disputes in a professional and effective manner
* Mentor and support the Project Management Office (PMO)
* Provide exceptional customer service
* Undertake training as and when required to maintain own development
* Undertake any other reasonable duties as instructed by senior management
Requirements
* Minimum of 5 years' experience in IT project management with specific experience of at least two of WAN, LAN, Unified Communications and Data Centre deployments
* Prince2, APM or other recognised Project Management certification desirable
* University degree qualification in IT related subject desirable
* Ability to manage numerous related or unrelated projects and manage delivery and reporting as a Programme of works when required
* Ability to identify, define and implement business improvement initiatives relating to the delivery PMO services
* Experience in people management with the ability to drive results and delegate
* Experience in strategic planning
* Experience in change and risk management
* Experience of applying best practice frameworks and methods such as ITIL and ISO standards
* Excellent attention to detail
* Strong negotiation and facilitation skills
* Pro-active attitude to continuous service improvement and results orientated
* Outstanding time management skills
* Ability to understand customers' environment & business needs
* A high level of written and verbal communication skills in English
* UK driving licence