Senior Project Manager

at  Currys

We know our people are the secret to our success. That’s why we’re always looking for ways to reward great work. You’ll find a host of benefits designed to work for you, including:

• Hybrid working
• Private medical insurance
• Competitive pension scheme
• Competitive holiday allowance
• Access to company bonus scheme
• Life Assurance
• Staff discounts and offers with Currys and iD Mobil

As part of this role, you’ll be responsible for:

• The management of and successful execution of large, high-profile technology projects that span across multiple business units and areas
• Working in collaboration with project sponsors and key stakeholders within the business to ensure shared ownership for the delivery of project outcomes
• Leading multiple complex cross-functional change into the organisation through the application of ‘best in class’ project, programme and change management
• Developing high performing project teams with good knowledge management
• Establishing and sustaining an effective governance framework to ensure the appropriate level of oversight and control is in place across their projects
• Owning key project deliverables (such as the plan and budget) across the project lifecycle and apply appropriate methodologies to support the achievement of wider project aims
• Ensuring that realistic and accurate estimates of costs, timescales, quality and resource requirements are agreed and proactively manages any deviations through to project closure
• Development of project business case and benefits realisation, monitoring and ensuring they are aligned with change team objectives

You will need:

• 5+ years of project or programme management within a comparable organisation or via a consulting firm
• Strong commerce / Telco implementation experience is desirable
• Expert knowledge and experience of relevant project management methodologies, development life cycles e.g. Waterfall, Agile and Continuous Improvement.
• Experience of implementing projects within multi-million pound transformational programmes in latest technologies e.g. ERP, SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Legacy Integrations
• Experience in managing 3rd party vendors and working with outsource partners
• Experience with Atlassian products (JIRA/Confluence) is essential
• Strong communication skills to manage teams (including offshore), stakeholders at the appropriate level and build effective working relationships to enable technical discussions with product owners to articulate design solutions or reconfirm requirements
• Expert knowledge of financial forecasting and budget management, project reporting, MS office
• Project Methodology qualification is desirable (Prince 2, PMP, Agile Certifications or equivalent)[core prerequisites 2-4]

We know our people are the secret to our success. That’s why we’re always looking for ways to reward great work. You’ll find a host of benefits designed to work for you, including:

• Hybrid working
• Private medical insurance
• Competitive pension scheme
• Competitive holiday allowance
• Access to company bonus scheme
• Life Assurance
• Staff discounts and offers with Currys and iD Mobile