Senior Project Manager (Business Central ERP) - Contract Role

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SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

Required Skills:

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.
• Experience delivering complex Business Central ERP implementations.
• Experience working with large enterprise organisations delivering business applications projects and understand the needs of these organisations
• Experience in managing projects to minimise pressure and tight deadlines, maintaining control throughout.
• Ability to work in a very faced paced organisation with challenging deadlines.
• Certification in Prince II, PMI, or equivalent project management methodology.

Advantageous:

• Degree level qualification, preferably in IT, Computer Science, or related field.
• Project delivery experience to include the delivery of custom, enterprise-scale business applications using the Microsoft technology stack (Power Platform, Modern data platform) is preferable, although not essential.
• Experience of Solver, Jet Reports and Tasklet.
• Experience of project delivery in the government, higher education, or financial services sectors.
• Experience of Waterfall and agile development methodologies.

Skills/Behavioural Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Results focused; competitive drive and ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to work on own initiative in a fast-paced environment.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritise and multi-task within the role.
• Excellent business acumen with strong analytical ability.
• Good judgement and decision-making skills.

Forms and effectively manages cross-functional project teams, including subcontractor and third parties:

• Organising, and directing project teams.
• Setting and communicating clear goals and establishing priorities.
• Keeping the project team aware of the long-term objectives and focused upon the near-term deliverables.
• Maintaining an emphasis upon project success criteria.
• Challenging poor performance, seeking support where appropriate.
• Understands and conforms with prescribed business governance

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (BUSINESS CENTRAL ERP) - CONTRACT ROLE

We have an exciting contract role for a Senior Project Manager with experience delivering Business Central ERP implementations.
You will successfully manage allocated Business Central ERP projects and their associated activities, delivering work that meets project requirements. You will have a strong stakeholder management experience, managing projects in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. This is a hybrid role based at home or Ireland and involves some travel to customer sites.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Successfully delivers Business Central ERP implementation projects with minimal supervision, or potentially an alternative project of high complexity under guidance:

• Effectively engaging the Project Sponsor throughout, understanding the business imperatives for each project.
• Working closely and collaboratively with colleagues within the commercial and finance teams, understanding the contractual terms and financial imperatives for each project.
• Ensuring that each project is managed in a contractually compliant manner throughout; similarly verifying that the client meets their obligations.
• Establishing effective project governance and controls in line with contracted and prescribed standards.
• Maintaining focus upon the critical path.
• Focus upon meeting or exceeding commitments regarding project success criteria.
• Ensuring that a clear and objective assessment of project performance is regularly reported in line with contracted and prescribed standards.
• Escalating where required in a timely and appropriate manner.

Supports client and subcontractor engagements:

• Supporting client and subcontractor engagements within the context of a client engagement and stakeholder management structure.
• Engaging client and subcontractor stakeholders and peers, building positive relationships.
• Working creatively and positively on every project towards optimising client satisfaction.
• Being widely recognised as the “go to” person for each of their projects.
• Acting with integrity, engendering trust and confidence.
• Understanding client culture and values, adapting own and team engagement with the client.
• Understanding client business case, escalating contention between client objectives and contracted outcomes.
• Displaying and promoting our core values.

Forms and effectively manages cross-functional project teams, including subcontractor and third parties:

• Organising, and directing project teams.
• Setting and communicating clear goals and establishing priorities.
• Keeping the project team aware of the long-term objectives and focused upon the near-term deliverables.
• Maintaining an emphasis upon project success criteria.
• Challenging poor performance, seeking support where appropriate.
• Understands and conforms with prescribed business governance.