Your new company
We are currently working with a leading, global technology consultancy who are partnering with one of the largest UK Government branches, in a long standing working partnership between the two organisations.This contract as mentioned, is going to be within a Government body in part of the Data area - therefore this role requires a contractor with ACTIVE SC clearance.

The role will be on a 6 month contract, working on a hybrid basis (2 days per week on site in the West Midlands)

Your new role
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join the Data Portfolio to lead the delivery of a complex data project. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a large highly complex project of new technology. This role will involve working hand-in-hand with all key stakeholders to manage the end-to-end delivery of critical projects across multiple delivery groups within Data platform services. This will involve working with the organisation and other suppliers during Design, Analysis, Build and Test to deliver the project, being responsible for the consultancy response and subsequent delivery.

• Develop and maintain project schedules and work with the delivery team to establish a delivery rhythm, balance priorities, manage risks, dependencies, and remove blockers.
• Ensure all products are built to an appropriate level of quality for the stage of delivery using relevant processes.
• Manage stakeholders and other suppliers to ensure good relations and effective communication.
• Be accountable for your Project budgets to ensure delivery of value, accurate forecasting and management of change.
• Lead and motivate multiple multi-disciplinary teams, having knowledge and experience to provide guidance and support. Ensure teams are able to work effectively by having a productive working environment

What you’ll need to succeed

• Experience of managing large IT projects including integration of multiple delivery areas (Ideally data projects)
• Evidence of strong risk and dependency management
• Excellent communication, negotiation, stakeholder management skills, ability to build productive relationships
• Experience of delivery using an iterative/agile methodology and collaboration tools (e.g. Agile/SCRUM, Atlassian Jira, Agile for Scrum, Confluence, SAFe)
• Service transition experience with history of transitioning large projects to live service

What you need to do now

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