Senior IT Project Manager

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Job Summary

• This is an experienced management role within Taylor Wimpey IT, responsible for delivering agreed outcomes from projects using appropriate project management techniques, collaboration, leadership and governance.
• This position will be responsible for the management of one or more medium to large sized, moderately to highly complex projects.  
• This role will involve managing the effort end-to-end with oversight of both analysis and development resources.  
• This role is also responsible for scoping, planning, executing, and monitoring the project to keep projects on schedule and to budget.  
• This role is also involves managing the relationship between technology and the business at the project level.  
• Role responsibilities include components of resource management, finance management, quality management, control management and business continuity management.

Primary Responsibilities

Project Planning:

• Developing project plans to manage the end-to-end project activities and execution approach
• Selecting techniques and life cycle models based on the context of the project
• Establishing team structures and a collaborative working environment
• Supporting the development and management of project business cases
• Utilising a rigorous process of defining client requirements and project specifications
• Helping analyse and discuss the potential risks / benefits involved in using the specified technology solution to address the business requirement
• Defining deliverables, milestones and dependencies

Project Implementation & Management:

• Coordinating with Programme Managers and the Head of Projects and Transformation to select core team and communicate approach, presenting plans and gaining sign-off from the business and IT Leadership
• Developing and executing project plans, including scope, timelines, and budgets.
• Using visual techniques for project tracking and reporting
• Tracking activities against the project schedule and RAID logs, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.
• Agreeing constraints of cost, timescales, quality and scope
• Reviewing experiences and learning from current and previous projects
• Optimise utilisation of talent through specific development programmes
• Leading the post-implementation review evaluating project results, including client satisfaction

Project Monitoring:

• Monitoring projects on an ongoing basis, evaluating progress and quality, managing issue resolution process and taking corrective action as necessary
• Promoting and monitoring compliance of activities with audit and information risk policies
• Managing the process to assess gaps and develop action plans to address these gaps
• Monitoring financial delivery and issue management processes, escalating issues and variances to budgets where necessary
• Analysing financial reports, trends to identify opportunities and resolve issues
• Setting up and facilitating effective project governance and controls
• Delivering in line with Business Case and/or strategic priorities

Risk Mitigation:

• Managing day-to-day workload of team members proactively identifying and resolving issues that would present a risk to on-time implementation of the program / project
• Applying change control and risk management processes
• Providing and implementing action plans to mitigate risk, when applicable
• People Management:
• Proactively promoting consistent project-based performance measurement and skill development in team
• Actively participating in HR performance measurement processes
• Promoting effective teamwork
• Providing input to staffing plans at the project-level to identify key / required skills

Knowledge Sharing / Management:

• Promoting the use of knowledge management processes and tools
• Identify / leveraging successful products, processes and best practices across technology
• Implementing communication and knowledge sharing process for team members
• Assisting in evaluating knowledge-sharing tools and making recommendations for technology organisation’s standard approaches / tools
• Contributing to continuous improvement by leveraging quality improvement methodologies (Six Sigma, etc.)
• Refining and enhancing technology methodologies and / or standards
• Ensuring documentation is captured in a document management system; publicise deliverable location to the organisation as necessary

Primary Responsibilities (Continued)

Compliance with IT Governance:  Activities may include — but are not limited to:

• Operating the system of rules, practices, and processes by which an organisation makes decisions, manages stakeholders’ relationships, and identifies legitimate authority
• Operating strategic and operational frameworks, policies, decision-making, business processes and plans to meet stakeholder requirements
• Contributing specialist knowledge to governance processes, reviews and developments
• Operating in-line with Tesla service provider and supplier ecosystem contracts
• Leveraging Tesla service provider supplier ecosystem to deliver Taylor Wimpey’s demands

Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements

• This is an experienced management role within Taylor Wimpey IT, responsible for delivering agreed outcomes from projects using appropriate project management techniques, collaboration, leadership and governance.
• This position will be responsible for the management of one or more medium to large sized, moderately to highly complex projects.  
• This role will involve managing the effort end-to-end with oversight of both analysis and development resources.  
• This role is also responsible for scoping, planning, executing, and monitoring the project to keep projects on schedule and to budget.  
• This role is also involves managing the relationship between technology and the business at the project level.  
• Role responsibilities include components of resource management, finance management, quality management, control management and business continuity management.

What we offer at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it's about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.

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