Project Manager
Contract role at a global organisation with Remote/Hybrid options available
Our clients are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager, for an initial 6 month contract position, with experience managing Large/XL projects of moderate to high complexity.
The Project Manager will partner with sponsors and the broader organisation to shape and contribute to the project vision, managing overall project and program health, leading a team of cross functional individuals to achieve complex objectives while building strong partnerships.
The successful candidate will have strong project, program skills preferably within an agile environment, excellent communication skills and an ability to influence across boundaries, fostering collaboration and relationships.
Key Responsibilities:
• Plans for and manages projects with responsibility for leading cross functional teams to achieve often, complex objectives
• Lead and direct overall project and assigned resources to achieve desired outcomes
• Ability to plan for and deliver on new concepts for the business
• Provides leadership oversight and has responsibility for developing and managing overall project health e.g., schedule, budget, quality, change plan, including developing and maintaining appropriate documentation and risk/issue identification and planning
• Partners with sponsors and the broader organisation to help shape and contribute to the project or program vision
• Can effectively navigate the global organisation, including external collaborators
• Brings a market and customer-centric orientation to all aspects of planning and development
• Can work on detailed cases from early concept through execution
• Works autonomously whilst ensuring appropriate transparency with collaborators
• Effectively communicates complex strategies to others, interfacing at different levels
• Exercises judgement to determine appropriate action
• Can synthesise information from multiple sources and use it for effective decision making
• Fosters growth and innovation in others
• Comfortable managing complexity and ambiguity and can help others in this regard
• Manages change effectively to ensure readiness for all key stakeholders
Experience and Qualifications:
• Demonstrated track record of leading large/XL Projects of varying complexity
• Demonstrated competency in developing efficient and effective solutions to complex business problems
• Experienced at working on detailed business cases from early concept through execution and ensuring transparency with stakeholders
• Experience leading cross functional teams across regions, locations, and time zones, preferably in an agile environment
• Experience with senior leadership and ability to deliver executive level summary reports and presentations
• Exhibits strong written and verbal communication skills
• Makes sound decisions in ambiguous or difficult situations, including when under pressure
• 6+ years minimum, hands on combined project and program experience desired
• 3+ years experience in a large, cross functional organisation
• PMP, PRINCE2 or Agile certifications desired
