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Title: IT Project Manager
Location: Thames Valley/ Hybrid
Why RLB?
At RLB, we live by four simple ideas: Truth, Trust, Together, Tomorrow. Four values that live at the heart of RLB. A place where People Make Progress.
We value your skills, talents and unique perspectives – we think they are priceless.
Bring them to RLB and you’ll be empowered to shape our future and your career in new and meaningful ways.
We’ll give you opportunities to work on some of the most ambitious and exciting projects currently being designed and developed in the built environment sector.
You’ll continue to learn and advance as everyone who works for us is provided with a tailored training programme. Our mentoring and reverse mentoring schemes will enable you to share your expertise while gaining fresh insights.
What makes RLB unique is our inclusive culture. As an independent, employee-owned business, teamwork and collaboration lies at the heart of everything we do. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements and family-friendly policies are just some of the ways we invest in employee wellbeing.
Join us and you will thrive personally as well as professionally.

Experience, Knowledge & Qualifications:

• Extensive experience (+ 5 years) in delivering IT projects across a broad range of technical areas.
• Proven ability to effectively communicate with individuals within all areas of the business with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience of delivering across internally and externally (vendor/supplier) driven project environments.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• A project management certification (preferred) e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, APM, Scrum Master.
• ITIL Certification or equivalent.
• Good general knowledge of IT technologies such as applications, databases, networks and servers.
• Experience of delivering IT projects in a structured environment.
• Awareness of relevant software development lifecycles (Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid)

The primary objective of the IT Project Manager is to drive the successful delivery of a collection of approved and prioritised IT projects within agreed parameters defined by IT Senior Leadership (Scope, Time, Cost & Quality). The IT Project Manager will manage risks and issues on each project to find the best possible delivery paths.
Every project will target defined valuable outcomes and success will be measured on the achievement of the valuable outcomes.
The IT Project Manager is responsible for planning, controlling, and managing the end to end delivery of assigned IT related projects.
We recognise that projects do not follow a perfect “blue sky” path and in the event of deviation from agreed plans the IT PM will be accountable for gaining approval for changes in accordance with the relevant project governance procedures and communicating changes to relevant stakeholders.
It is fundamental to RLB improvement projects that any project realises successful change by considering People, Process and Technology. The IT PM will be accountable on all assigned projects to ensure successful holistic change and “people centric implementation”.
The IT PM position works with technical experts, business analysts, developers, quality assurance and vendors where applicable to ensure their assigned IT projects are completed within the required scope and meet the required schedule and budget.

Role Responsibilities:

• Define, plan, monitor and manage all aspects of assigned projects to ensure effective and efficient delivery.
• Ensuring all project activity is managed in line with RLB IT standards and policies.
• Adhering to the project management framework, tools, processes and reporting principles set out by the PMO.
• Ensuring all activities are performed in accordance with RLB IT Change Management processes.
• Providing regular and accurate status reports to stakeholders including PMO.
• Work with IT teams to define project goals, objectives, scope, approach, timeline and budget.
• Assign appropriate skill sets to enable the successful delivery of projects and manage these individuals. Task managing IT Business Analyst for related projects, ensuring business requirements are complete and reviewing the resulting functional and technical specifications to be certain that projects will meet the business and technical requirements.
• Co-ordinate fit-for-purpose solution technology solution designs for assigned IT projects whilst working with relevant technical authorities and adhering to RLB IT technology approval processes.
• Act as a point of contact on assigned IT projects. Planning, co-ordinating and reporting on all activities to IT Management.
• Assist in development, maintenance and support of Project Management tools and methods to ensure quick, focused and effective project deployment.
• Use of tools to effectively maintain an up to date view of the current projects and to also enable reporting to Senior IT Management and the IT PMO.
• Define, build and manage project budgets and forecasts; conduct project budget reviews and reforecasts on a regular basis.
• Manage project risks and issues, escalate problems to required parties in a timely manner including through regular reporting channels.
• Ensuring key decisions are captured and actioned

Experience, Knowledge & Qualifications:

• Extensive experience (+ 5 years) in delivering IT projects across a broad range of technical areas.
• Proven ability to effectively communicate with individuals within all areas of the business with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience of delivering across internally and externally (vendor/supplier) driven project environments.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• A project management certification (preferred) e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, APM, Scrum Master.
• ITIL Certification or equivalent.
• Good general knowledge of IT technologies such as applications, databases, networks and servers.
• Experience of delivering IT projects in a structured environment.
• Awareness of relevant software development lifecycles (Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid).