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Job Description

• uccessfully execute the project to agreed schedule, budget and scope
• Perform the relevant project management processes - i.e. initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control and close, and the supporting processes e.g. scope, cost, time, issue, risk, resource, communication, stakeholder management
• Plan the project based on a defined need results in detailed scope/budget/schedule baseline
• Monitor and control the work to ensure that the project remains on track and in control
• Plan for and manage change
• Reports on variances to the approved project baseline
• Close the project to formalize acceptance of the project result and release project resources
• Interface and communicate with project team, management and stakeholders
• Manage project work and resources to enable successful and timely completion of the project
• Performs gate reviews and quality assurance reviews with all aspects of IT organization and business sponsors
• Delivery of projects aligned to overall business and technology strategies and architectures
• Work within defined governance processes
• Manage external contracts and suppliers where required
• Support development of business cases with the customer team including leading on the solutions estimate
• Lead the development of the project charter and scope, and ensure delivery of the solution to schedule, budget and scope
• Develop objectives, phasing and content of the project to deliver on the business case benefits, budget and timescales
• Manage to the objectives and plan by thorough risk, issue and change management across both business and IT parts of the project
• Ensures that quality project standards are met as prescribed by IT Services through the effective implementation or use of approved processes, methodologies and deliverables

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:

• Monitors and manages project baseline to ensure activities are occurring as planned - scope, budget and schedule manages variances
• Proactively performance monitoring and reporting on project/program scope, time, cost, quality, risks and overall project/program health.
• Leading the project/program team, working with global executives, management teams and IT Services Teams to ensure project/program success.
• Proactively identify risks and issues on projects - leading team to develop risk management and issues management plans
• Identifies potential points of contention for missed deliverables; creates and implements strategy to mitigate shortfalls in timeline and budget
• Anticipates problems before they occur; defines the problem or risk; identifies possible causes; works with team to identify solutions; selects and implements most appropriate solution
• Develop and manage plans to address project strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
• Ability to balance both the "science" of how to perform project management and the "art" of project management, which is learned through experience and skill training/application
• Analytical skills and problem solving skills needed to manage multiple factors on a project simultaneously
• Demonstrate business analytics to manage and meet sponsor and customer needs

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

• Experience of managing IT projects with personal accountability for delivering to time and cost for large, complex projects typically from $100,000 up to $5m in value and 6 to 18 months in duration
• IT Infrastructure Management Knowledge Networking, Sever Management, End User Computing, Voice & VoIP, etc
• Mastery of project management methodology, tools and templates (includes project planning, schedule development, scope management and cost management)
• Track record of customer focus, based on openness, trust, and delivering on promises
• Not mandatory but desirable - management skills to manage one or more large, complex projects simultaneously
• IT background with experience across the systems development life cycle with experience in all project phases plan, initiate, elaborate, design, build, test, implement.
• Knowledge and use of industry-standard project methods, tools and techniques e.g. RAIDS, budget, communication
• Strong team working skills across matrixed client, supplier and geographically dispersed virtual teams
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills (includes negotiation)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – must be able to communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing
• Leader in the use of IT methodologies, processes and standards for project management
• Experience in working with Global teams – internal resources, contracting resources, suppliers/hardware & software vendors
• Not mandatory but desirable - experienced in managing to contract; ensuring clients and suppliers alike perform in accordance with original agreement

Skills Required