Senior Project Manager

<p>Join Europe's leading, high-growth Google Cloud consultancy. At Qodea, you’ll be part of a team energised by innovation and passionate about delivering exceptional results. We craft cutting-edge solutions in data and analytics, AI, cloud infrastructure and security, driving digital transformation that empowers our customers to scale, modernise and lead in their industries. We’re driven by ideas and powered by our people.</p><p>We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of a wide range of complex solutions and transformation projects for our clients</p><p>We really value in-person collaboration, so we're looking for you to spend some of your time on-site. This means being at our company offices for team meetings or at a client's site.</p><p></p><h3>How You’ll Shape Our Success</h3><p>As a Senior Project Manager, you will have a key responsibility for leading the successful delivery of a wide range of complex solutions and transformation projects for our clients. The position is highly adaptable and provides the opportunity to liaise with senior stakeholders across client businesses to execute on their own specific requirements. While supporting more junior level project management and other technical colleagues and helping develop their skills and experience.</p><p></p><p>The key areas of responsibility for a Senior Project Manager include:</p><ul><li>Project Management</li><li>Stakeholder Management</li><li>Meet Qodea’s Senior Level expectations</li></ul><p></p><h3>What You’ll Do:</h3><p>Project Management</p><ul><li>Deploy a wide range of solutions, ranging from complex infrastructure migrations through to data platforms and custom application development.</li><li>Coordinate the delivery of end-to-end projects in line with agile methodologies.</li><li>Help to establish templates, policies, tools and partnerships to support Qodea’s continued growth, which may include negotiating and managing commercial agreements.</li><li>Drive continual improvements across the Project Management team and, where applicable, the business.</li><li>Apply Qodea’s high quality standards across all projects and areas of work, taking accountability for delivering projects in rapid timescales and within challenging budgets, consistently achieving the target margin.</li><li>Assist our colleagues in Sales to produce high quality statements of work that minimise risk during delivery</li><li>Aptitude at working in agile environments, as well as coordinating internal teams against external demands while reacting appropriately to dynamic circumstances.</li></ul><p></p><p>Stakeholder Management</p><ul><li>Engage at a senior level with clients and partners, including with C-level executives to build and develop strong relationships.</li><li>Coordinate key internal and external stakeholders to deliver complex projects to meet the company’s business objectives.</li><li>Tracking the impact your work has on your individual stakeholders, while maximising transparency and accountability.</li><li>Document and present to both internal and external stakeholders making the delivery approach, progress and project health clear. </li></ul><p></p><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><h3>What You’ll Need to Succeed:</h3><ul><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills, for both client-facing and internal relationships.</li><li>Proven working experience as a project manager in the information technology sector.</li><li>A solid structured and standard approach to work practices such as Prince 2, ITIL, Agile and Scrum.</li><li>Some understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or other Cloud Platforms, including data related tech and projects.</li><li>Accurate reporting abilities while taking an analytical approach to performance management and optimisation.</li><li>Strong commercial awareness.</li></ul><p></p><h3>How You’ll Grow: </h3><ul><li>Exceptional performance in this role can lead to advancement opportunities within our career framework or internal opportunities with other business areas, aligned with your career aspirations and business needs.</li><li>Potential career development could include progression to the next level or cross-skilling into related roles, such as Principal/Lead Project Manager in Project Delivery, based on performance and ongoing development.</li></ul><p><strong>Benefits</strong></p><p>Financial:</p><ul><li>Competitive base salary.</li><li>Discretionary company bonus scheme.</li><li>Employee referral scheme</li><li>Meal Vouchers</li></ul><p>Health &amp; Wellbeing:</p><ul><li>Health Care Package</li><li>Life and Health Insurance </li><li>Bookster </li></ul><p>Time Off &amp; Flexibility: </p><ul><li>28 days of annual leave</li><li>Floating bank holidays </li><li>An extra paid day off on your birthday.</li><li>Ten paid learning days per year.</li><li>Flexible working hours</li><li>Sabbatical leave (after 5 years).</li><li>Work from anywhere (up to 3 weeks per year).</li></ul><p>Developme