Project Manager

Job Description

LOCATION: Newcastle or Winnersh

WORK SCHEDULE: Hybrid (2 days per week in office)

The Project Manager will be responsible for initiating prioritised projects, creating plans, and relevant governance to deliver against outcomes. The Project Manager will manage teams of multidisciplinary colleagues in a virtual and matrix environment to ensure project delivery is executed to the highest standards and risks and issues are effectively identified, managed, and mitigated. With a broad range of stakeholders, the Project Manager must be able to lead, communicate, challenge and influence at all levels. The Project Manager will work with the Product Delivery Lifecycle team ensuring alignment and adoption of preferred ways of working.

• Management of risks and issues to prevent or reduce impact on project delivery
• Accountable for the end to end delivery of projects within the portfolio
• Leadership of project teams, ensuring delivery though these teams at the highest standards to achieve project benefits
• Planning and tracking of projects, including communication of progress through regular reporting
• Identification and management of risks, issues and dependencies to prevent or reduce impact on delivery within projects
• Ability to influence and engage a variety of stakeholders across the organisation
• Ability to apply project methodology to achieve project outcomes