Senior Project Manager

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Leeds

£550-£650 per day (INSIDE IR35)A Senior Project Manager is required for our Public Sector client in Leeds for an initial 3 month contract.Main duties and responsibilities:

*Responsibility for the overall coordination, implementation, execution, control and transition of the initiative ensuring consistency with the organisations strategy and change management approach;

*Managing the initiative throughout the various stages of the lifecycle and assuming overall responsibility for the delivery of successful outputs and benefits;

*Supporting and providing assurance to the Executive Sponsor and the Lead regarding the management of constraints, priorities and risks, to drive negotiations between parties to gain consensus where necessary and to deliver results accordingly;Person Specification

As a Senior Project Manager, you will have:

*A degree or professional qualification, knowledge of MS Project, Prince2, Managing Successful Programmes and APM Body of Knowledge and RIBA;

*The ability to work confidently and assertively with a range of senior stakeholders, using coaching, negotiating, communication and influencing skills to achieve successful outcomes;

*Experience of leading and managing project teams, achieving results through other people without necessarily using formal line management authority;

*Excellent skills in leading and facilitating workshops and events; providing structure to enable groups to function effectively;You may also have:

*Previous experience of working on projects involving IBM Planning Analytics;

*Previous experience of planning and managing end user testing;

*Previous experience working in a Higher Education environment or heavily regulated industry;

*Experience of Business Process Management, Lean and/or Agile methodologies.