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Ref: OP382-250
Job description / Role
An exciting opportunity has become available for a rapidly growing group.
- Responsible for managing end-to-end delivery of large business IT projects and solutions (or a portfolio or smaller projects) involving business change/transformation, senior level stakeholder management and systems integration.
- Ensuring the successful delivery of assigned business IT projects by applying best practices in project, system integration and change management to achieve on time, on budget delivery of the intended business benefits
- Ensure successful (on time, on budget) delivery of assigned business IT projects through coordination with all involved parties including business stakeholders, other IT and The Group departments, and external suppliers.
- Perform a continuous assessment of risks and issues on assigned business IT projects and address/mitigate them to minimize impact, ensure solutions are delivered within the agreed parameters and achieve the agreed benefits.
- Address major 'show stopper' risks and issues through timely and accurate reporting and senior management engagement, instigating re-planning, recovery or termination of business IT projects where necessary.
- Be responsible for financial management of the assigned business IT projects and ensure all costs incurred are effectively tracked and accurately reported to project stakeholders.
- Ensure all assigned business IT projects are underpinned by tangible business cases and that the value of the solutions delivered is evident.
- Ensure solution testing follows a methodical approach and is coordinated with all relevant parties to ensure it is performed at all appropriate stages of the project and is conducted comprehensively, and that testing results are properly approved.
- Contribute to the improvement of the service line's solution delivery practices, procedures, methodologies and tools through identification of and participation in improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience.
- 8+ years IT project delivery experience, with experience involving managing large scale business IT projects (or programs) end-to-end (initiation through business implementation) using industry standard project/program management methodologies
- Extensive knowledge of project and program management practices, usually holding a project management certification from a recognized professional body (such as Project Management Institute)
- Project/program management, methods & tools; relationship management; management of large teams; software development; vendor management; business change management and process improvement.
- PMP Certification or other Project or Program Management qualification preferred
About the Company
Swiss Gulf Partners are experts in Digital and Technology recruitment.
We love all things digital and tech! Actually we’re a bit nerdy about it, but above all else our talent is finding talent. Being passionate about building relationships with our clients and our candidate community is our highest priority.
Our clients know that we understand what it takes to build award winning teams and businesses, we’ve done it time and time again. Our candidate community know that we find them the best opportunities to make their next career choice with confidence.