€800.00 PER DAY UMBRELLA

One of the UK’s leading insurance providers, serving millions of customers across car, home, health, and business insurance, is seeking a Programme Manager to join their dynamic team in Shannon.
You will be part of the IT Program & Portfolio, responsible for leading and managing the move to Cloud, ensuring they meet the business meet their goals including planning, budget definition & monitoring, project manager co-ordination, right technical solutions, delivering on time, etc.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Experience in delivering Cloud Migrations (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• Knowledge of Public Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure)
• 3+ years of experience as a Program Manager.
• Knowledge and experience of different software development life cycles and IT governance models.
• Understanding of Agile principles and Agile ways of working.
• Experience of working within, influencing within and networking within a matrix environment
• Experience of working with geographically dispersed teams
• Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods
• Ability to create and deliver Executive level communications
• Ability to create and deliver regular & adhoc program reporting
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, MS Project
• Outstanding leadership and organisational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving ability and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done
• Solid technical background/awareness with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development, security programs, Infrastructure programs, Architecture, etc
• Experience leading a team of project managers plus other technical experts as required
• Ability to work independently and take responsibility for program delivery
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills

• Co-ordinate cross-project activities
• Lead project managers
• Develop and control deadlines, budgets and scope
• Manage and resolve dependencies between the projects of the program
• Manage program risks, and embed the risk management process into the program from the outset
• Communicate regularly and effectively with all stakeholders
• Prepare reports for IT and Business leadership
• Manage Program steering meetings
• Track metrics & Key Performance Indicators for the program and make program decisions based on that information
• Work with internal teams & suppliers to ensure ongoing delivery of high quality, cost-effective deliverables
• Create and maintain the IT program plan, showing an integrated realisation of the IT key deliverables of the program
• Ensure adherence by the project managers to the Guild & Chapter governance
• Work collaboratively with all areas of the business.