Project Manager (Big data experience essential)

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Role: Project Manager (Big data experience essential)

Start Date: ASAP

Location: Osterley

Duration: 3-6 months

Fancy working with the Europe's leading Entertainment Company? We are looking for a Project Manager to join our team in West London to manage the delivery of capabilities to provide analytics ready data, enabling our data driven culture.

Description:

The Strategic Data Analytics Programme is responsible for creating a robust, centralised and connected data environment that unleashes the power of data. We gather data across all customer/prospect journeys in near real-time, to allow fast feedback loops across territories; this platform is at the core of being able to make intelligent customer and business decisions.

You will:

* Manage projects that provide elements of the Strategic Data Platform and implement requirements from different parts of the business onto the platform

* Create and maintain project plans

* Track and report progress against plan

* Monitor, mitigate and escalate risks and issues

* Work in an agile project environment team across geographies.

* Work closely with the Programme manager, PMs, Business and Data Analysts, architects, scrum teams, end-to-end test teams and business stakeholders.

* Contribute in the setting up of project / programme governance processes and forums

* Be the main point of contact for understanding data from various channels within the community

* Facilitate the team's delivery of new features whilst maintaining a culture of continuous improvement

* Generate and share new ideas within the team and department

* Provide constructive and useful feedback to peers

* Foster an environment of operational responsibility within the team by ensuring applications are monitored and always up and running

You'll have:

* Experience in a previous project management role within an agile environment using Scrum/Kanban methodologies

* Experience of working within complex programmes.

* Experience of Big Data projects

* Experience of managing multiple vendors and on-shore / off-shore working models

* Good communication and stakeholder management skills

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience

Behaviours sought:

* A bias for getting the job done

* The ability to thrive in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment

* You recognize discordant views and take part in constructive dialogue to resolve them.

* An enthusiasm and aptitude for learning new skills and practices

* Take pride and ownership in your work, you confidently represent your teamPlease submit CVs in the first instance.