My client is seeking a Software Project Manager to join their exciting and dynamic team.

This role is to support and assist the Head of Product Delivery in the full implementation of a software development project - analysis, development, testing, implementation and support.

You will own the team delivery for the software development and implementation - for both internal projects and for external customers.

You will also work alongside other internal teams as well as with our clients to ensure the project is delivered within budget and crucially on time.

Delivery needs will differ depending on a range of factors and it is critical that our Software Project Managers are flexible and adaptable and can work in different ways depending on the needs of the projects/workstreams, often working across projects at the same time due to size and complexity.

Maintaining consistent measurement and documentation across all projects is essential so working within the community of delivery managers and maintaining collaborative and knowledge sharing practice is critical.

You will have the following responsibilities:

* Interfacing with Clients and Stakeholders (at all levels)
* Planning at detailed levels; including scheduling individual development tasks, resource levelling, internal and external dependencies, prerequisites, accommodating change
* Timeline mapping including management and escalation where appropriate
* Working with clients pre-project to define scope, approach and support for the benefits

* Co-ordinating UAT with the customer and setting expectations along with and co-ordinating any training support that the customer may require.
* Tracking project progress, task completion, actual costs v project budget, risk mitigation and issue resolution
* Reporting weekly to Programme Manager and Clients - progress, issues, risk and mitigating actions, budget and
* Assisting with established processes, administrating and actively managing all project actions, issues risk, defect resolution and client relationships at project
* Day to day management of project activities, ensuring all team members are able to do planned work and clearing any obstacles hindering
* Involvement and liaison around budgeting and financial control



As SPM you own and lead on: -

* the timeline for the workstream
* daily progress and monitoring of the work in development
* communication with client relationship managers (where appropriate) around release timelines and the current work position
* delivery reporting for the workstream (PfB/client reports/reviews)
* timeline and work allocation planning with the Software Engineering Team Lead when the analysis is complete
* retrospective activities and process improvement sessions to enable team delivery
* interaction with Engineering and IT support for team dependencies/blockers

You collaborate with: -

* The delivery team allocated to the workstream delivery
* BA's on the timeline for Analysis completion, to remove blockers and to help move the work along
* Client facing Project Managers to escalate issues which are blocking analysis - (for example, responses needed on outstanding issues (Sysaid tickets) or meetings required with business users
* Software Engineering Team Lead, Engineering and IT support to manage dependencies and priorities
* Where appropriate liaison with client teams and leaders
* Other stakeholders as appropriate to the delivery at hand (SLT members, Software Service leaders, other specialists team members)
* Representatives for release planning to ensure timely delivery of planned releases
* Account Management team to support customer installation and implementation activities (where applicable)

Qualifications & Experience:

* Must demonstrate leadership, communication, supervisory, and analytical skills sufficient to define, plan, and manage the requirements of the project. This requires the ability to communicate with client stakeholders to define the requirements of the project, ascertain the targets to be achieved, manage the project budget, and assess project

Essential Skills:

* Strong, well rounded demonstrable project management experience
* Active software development project management experience
* In depth understanding of software development lifecycles
* Involvement or knowledge of managing migrations to Azure
* Experience in a Scrum Management role a distinct advantage
* Knowledge of the insurance market
* Exposure to Agile advantageous
* Good working knowledge of Microsoft based technologies, Office, MS Project, VISIO, SharePoint
* Good communication and people skills and high levels of professionalism in varied situations, such as workshop facilitation skills
* Will need to be a team player but working to the scope and escalating any issues as appropriate
* Commitment to good PM practices
* The ability to self-motivate and take ownership of projects and workloads