Senior Project Manager - INSIDE IR35 £500-550/DAY - Global company - Hybrid working model / 2 days per week in Soho office. 3 days per week remote.
La Fosse are recruiting on behalf of a Global Advertising Agency who are looking for a Senior Project manager to work on their internal business transformation and change management projects.
The projects will range from small to large, across all business areas that are going through a change or transformation including:
-Tech, People & Process projects
-Process improvement
-Business systems
-Re-org
-Strategic partnership onboarding etc
Due to the diverse range of projects within the portfolio, it's expected that we are comfortable working across both technology and also people & process to ensure successful delivery and continued adoption of all initiatives.
What will you do as a Senior PM?
The role of the Senior Project Manager is to plan, document, execute and deliver global transformation projects of varying scale and complexity, ensuring adherence to strict schedules and keeping within budget. The Senior Project Manager will need to be self-sufficient and must possess a solid understanding of both the Project Lifecycle and Project Management best practices.
The role will work closely with other team members to set high standards, ensure knowledge transfer and support the development of the individual team members.
Key Role Responsibilities
Leading the management of projects of varying scale by developing robust plans, managing budgets, monitoring progress and executing delivery and continued adoption
Ensuring all Change Management activities have been considered, planned and are actively managed
Managing globally distributed virtual project resources, ensuring project objectives and goals are communicated and understood, and roles & responsibilities are defined and accepted.
Troubleshooting and coordinating resolutions to issues related to the delivery of the project
Supporting and collaborating with other internal departments across all stages of the project
Delivering exemplary stakeholder engagement, across all levels, whilst executing the project
Proactively maintaining awareness of other projects and remove obstacles/create flexibility when required to support their delivery
Ensuring project closure process & documentation is formally completed and communicated
Ensuring high quality delivery is maintained throughout the project lifecycle
Promoting teamwork and collaboration across the project team, appreciating it as a complex adaptive system.
Mentoring team members where appropriate
Keeping up-to-date with your area of expert knowledge and industry trends with an emphasis on best practice project management techniques
Managing complex projects with at least £250K budget
Key Candidate Requirements
The Senior Project Manager must have demonstrable experience in the following competencies:
Scope Management: The ability to control the work included in a project, ensuring that all work that has been scoped and can be delivered against an agreed schedule
Time Management: The ability to ensure timely completion of projects, including activity (task) definition and sequencing processes
Cost Management: The ability to plan, estimate and control costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget. This includes resource planning, cost budgeting and project reconciliation
Quality Management: The ability to ensure that project delivery meets the quality needs for which the project as defined
Change Management - Ensuring all change management considerations are captured, planned, managed and successfully delivered
Communications Management: The ability to link people (including team members and stakeholders), ideas, and information throughout a project life cycle
Risk Management: The ability to identify, analyse, and appropriately respond to project risks
Organisation: The ability to balance a varied workload and to prioritise time effectively
Formal PM qualification and 5+ Years Project Management experience - Prince2/PMI/APM/others - Waterfall/Agile
Ideally 2+ Years Change Management experience
Experience of working on complex projects delivering significant wide reaching operational benefits across technology, people & process.
Experience of working in a decoupled environment and collaborating effectively with other geographical operations and third-party suppliers
Ideally experience with media/advertising production operation, and interest in related & emerging technologies
