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Senior Project Manager - Cloud Infrastructure - Edinburgh & Lothian

IT
Ref: 219 Date Posted: Thursday 28 Dec 2023

As a senior project manager you will be part of our fantastic Infrastructure Delivery management team that is dedicated to managing IT implementation projects on a global scale.

As a Senior Project Manager, you are responsible for leading teams to deliver project(s) that span across one or more business units and technical teams. Manage resources, schedules, financials and adhere to stage gate quality throughout the full systems development life cycle. This also includes management of issues, risks and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.

  • Contribute to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving project delivery.
  • Create contingency, risk and issue management plan and work breakdown structure
  • Develop and monitor project budget
  • Initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control and close projects
  • Represent project in governance sessions
  • Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and chair the project management team meetings as well as Monitor staff performance and complete performance reviews

 

Essential

  • Strong proven track record of working as a Senior IT Project Manager within Cloud Infrastructure and/or application services deployment/development projects in international technology or BPO industries
  • Excellent experience in Agile SCRUM methodology
  • High level of proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Jira and Confluence with experience presenting to stakeholders and / or Senior Leadership
  • Experience of drafting and submitting budget proposals and recommending subsequent budget changes where necessary
  • Flexible with proven ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities

 

Desirable

  • Ideally experience of Google cloud, AWS or Azure is a big plus.
  • PMP, Prince2 or other international project management certification is strongly desired
  • Fluency in Italian, German or French is a plus


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