Job Description
Senior Project Manager
Salary: £40,280 - £50,000
HYBRID WORKING
We are an innovative and market leading software & services company based in Chorley serving clients in the utility sector ranging from new entrants to large existing suppliers. We deliver sophisticated software solutions and managed services in a Private Cloud infrastructure, servicing both traditional and modern real-time, smart energy clients.
Our Project Management Team Vision is for our customers to feel that they are in safe hands and have experienced a smooth delivery, with value for money, and for our business to feel that we deliver change in a controlled, well communicated, and collaborative manner.
As a Senior Project Manager at ESG, you will be responsible for the delivery of projects and programmes, from customer facing projects, to large scale internal and industry driven change programmes.
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for delivering to the agreed targets set at the outset, alongside providing a quality client-centric onboarding experience, whilst ensuring a timely and focused handover of projects to Operations.
As a Senior role, you will also be expected to support, mentor and potentially line manage other Project Managers within the team, as well as supporting activities to continuously develop the team .
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Delivering projects within the ESG projects portfolio within the agreed Time/Cost/Quality/Scope targets with a focus on ensuring the right level of governance needed to ensure a smooth and successful delivery
- Ensure projects are delivered efficiently and effectively, with a focus on timely project closure alongside a safe and smooth handover to BAU
- .Able to define and deliver first of type projects/ workstreams, including creating the supporting governance and associated artefacts.
- Manage the end-to-end delivery of projects within your remit including the coordination of all processes and teams involved in onboarding, integrating, and migrating Clients onto ESG products and services, utilising a SaaSbased delivery model, alongside tailored interactions where appropriate
- Engage with the wider Delivery Services teams to plan the appropriate delivery approach, utilising and adhering to our quality management and delivery frameworks, whilst ensuring resources are in place to underpin the delivery
- Engage with the wider business to support the estimating of pre-sales opportunities, with a focus on correctly scoping, planning and estimating from the beginning of the lifecycle
- Work closely with the Account Managers and Service Delivery Managers to ensure appropriate Client stakeholder management and communication ranging from the Client’s Project Management team to Executive level
- Manage Project Boards and Steering Committees both internally and externally utilising the appropriate level of governance to suit the needs of the engagement
- Manage simultaneous project implementations and engagements often across portfolios or programmes
- Support, mentor and potentially line manage junior members of staff
- Support the ongoing development of the Project and Delivery Services team including recommending and driving the adoption of best practice tools and techniques, skills and competencies
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in a Project Management, or equivalent, customer facing role
- Experience of business case definition, benefits management and a focus on providing return on investment.
- Experience of software-as-a-service or ‘off-the-shelf’ software and services deliveries
- Experience of delivering large projects or programmes in a commercial environment
- Delivery of high levels of customer (internal and external) experience
- Experience using Project Portfolio Management tools, alongside MS Project, SharePoint and timesheet recording systems (i.e. Netsuite)
- Experience of the full Software Development and Implementation Lifecycle
- Experience in waterfall and agile delivery methodologies
- PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner
ABOUT YOU
You will
- Be able to communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels
- Project a professional and confident image
- Be commercially aware and astute
- Be open to new ideas and ways of working
- Be well organised, diligent, and thorough
- Be able to demonstrate self-motivation & initiative
- Be articulate and diplomatic
- Excellent project and programme management skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent written and presentation skills
- Experience in producing high-quality documentation and status reporting
- Experience with coaching or mentoring junior members of staff
- Experience in presenting at Project Board and/or Steering Committee level
- Passion, drive and be committed to delivering high quality and sucessful projects and professional service
- You will be able to demonstrate ESGs key values of
- Excellence: be accountable to deliver our best
- Passion: show how much we care each day
- Integrity: do the right thing when no one is looking
- Collaboration: work together to succeed together
COMPANY BENEFITS
- Life Assurance
- Health Cash Plan
- Enhanced Maternity Leave 13 weeks full pay 13 weeks half pay
- Enhanced Paternity Leave 4 weeks full pay
- Holiday buy scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted Leisure Memberships
- Cycle to work scheme
- EV & Hybrid Car Scheme
- Long Service Awards
- Private Medical Insurance
And many more!
For our full job specification please go onto our careers page under "Cloud and Technical Services" link below: Careers - ESG (esgglobal.com)