Senior Project Manager (IT Infrastructure)

Senior Project Manager (IT Infrastructure)

ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow. G2 5AD

Salary from £54,800 with 15% Bonus and Single Person Healthcare  

Flexible Working Pattern

Closing date: 28th June 2024

Help us create a better future, quicker

As our Systems UK Centre of Excellence Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for the delivery of technical projects.

Running programmes and/or projects daily, on behalf of the project board and/or Programme Manager, you will be required to provide regular feedback to the Management team on the progress of projects including escalation of any possible issues or delays.

Ensuring that the programme and/or project produces the required products to the required standard within specified constraints of time and cost, you will be responsible for producing a result which achieves the benefits defined within respective business cases.

What you’ll be doing
Assisting with the generation of a projects dossier and RFP/tender exercises, you will be required to initiate and manage IT Infrastructure projects.

Deputising for the Programme Manager when necessary, you will be required to direct and motivate the Programme and Project team, planning and monitoring programme and/or project status.

Managing budgetary control of assigned IT projects, you will manage risk, including the development of contingency plans.

Liaising with and supporting functional areas, you will ensure that the full requirements of the project and other departmental tasks are achieve by taking full responsibility of resources and initiate corrective action when needed.

What you’ll bring

As an experienced Project Manager, preferably from within an IT environment, you will hold Prince2 Methodology accreditation or similar (APMP preferred).

With a conscientious and proactive approach to risk management, you will be able to manage stakeholders, external suppliers and multiple Project Managers simultaneously.

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. 

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that -  so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave

• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave

• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme

• Payroll giving and charity matched funding

• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes

• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change

• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving

• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments

• Life Assurance (4x salary)

• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support

• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-relat