Project Management & Change Lead

Posted 13 March 2024
Salary £65000 - £75000 per annum
LocationIpswich
Job type Permanent
Discipline HR, Business Support & Administration
Reference17176
ContactVictoria Butcher

Job description

Opus People Solutions are working on a notable vacancy with a valued client. We are seeking a senior individual to join our clients multi-national and award winning business as a Project Management & Change lead. This role works to ensure that business change, both with their clients and on behalf of clients, is delivered to meet time, cost and quality requirements.

This role is a hybrid role, working from the Ipswich office is essential. You will be rewarded with a competitive salary and strong benefits package.

The role will act as a senior project manager delivering such projects as required. The role will also effectively manage the PMO function and the project management team. Reporting to the Head of Change, this is a senior role within the company and will be instrumental in developing and evolving the project management framework as well as PMO activity and structure. Working with the BA Lead, to facilitate a one-stop approach to change analysis, management and control; feeding into reporting and monitoring to provide company wide overview and oversight of all project activity.


Key Accountabilities and Main Responsibilities:

  • Accountable for the delivery to time cost and quality of such business change projects, ensuring that the needs of the business and its clients are met.
  • Will ensure that requirements are accurately captured, defined and managed through to delivery to meet time cost and quality requirements.
  • Will ensure that project management standards and processes are adhered to.
  • Develop and articulate business cases for and on behalf of the business for proposed changes as required
  • Ensure impact assessments are completed for new projects to enable demand planning and to inform cost vs benefits
  • Ensure detailed requirement definition and obtain sign-off of those requirements in conjunction with BA
  • Leading the delivery through discovery, requirements capture, design, build, test, deployment and through to warranty
  • Ensuring that delivery dates are agreed with the change requester and requirements are delivered to meet that agreed date.
  • Ensuring that requirements are delivered within agreed cost


Experience and Personal Attributes:

  • 10 years plus Proven project management track record in a delivery environment
  • Recent Team management and coaching
  • Recent experience and knowledge of frameworks, competencies and governance
  • PMO reporting and monitoring knowledge and experience
  • Demonstrate effective and productive stakeholder management, internally and third parties
  • Experience of working with development and technical delivery resources
  • Project Management qualifications - Prince 2 or industry standard equivalent qualification

To discuss this vacancy further, get in touch with Victoria Butcher at Opus People Solutions.