IT Project Manager – Permanent Opportunity
Venn Group are currently working with an esteemed university in London seeking an IT Project Manager to be responsible for the delivering a variety of IT projects to enhance the student and staff experience
Key responsibilities include:
- Taking responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful delivery of projects
- Leading the definition of project scope, goals, structures, deliverables and plans including identifying and working with internal and external stakeholders and delivery partners
- Ensuring effective project governance, including defining and running project governance structures
- Ensuring the documentation and sign-off of key project deliverables, such as system requirements, designs, testing and deployment.
- Defining, monitoring and maintaining project plans and budgets, reporting progress versus plan to stakeholders
- Ensuring effective change control procedures are in place, including assessing the impact of proposed changes, and ensuring suitable decision-making around the acceptance of proposed changes to timescales, costs or scope
- Ensuring that projects are formally transitioned through agreed stages, from initiation through design, testing, handover into operational service and closure
Ideal skills and experience required will include:
- PRINCE2 project management qualification
- Understanding of effective project governance, planning, reporting versus baseline, and risk management
- IT professional and project management experience
- Project lifecycle and development lifecycle knowledge
- Experience of working in Higher Education or a similar sector
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
- Strong leadership skills
- Strong technical project management skills
Duration: Permanent
Location: London (1 day a week onsite)
Salary: £46,041-£54,943 per annum
If you are interested in this position, please send your updated CV to kmah@venngroup.com or call Kirsty Mah on 020 7557 7667.