Job description
Spectrum IT are working with an international Supply Chain & Logistics business to recruit a Contract IT Project Manager (Inside IR35). This is an initial 4 Month contract to support multiple business critical IT projects of varying size, these include but are not limited to a cloud migration, IT system upgrades and security/regulatory activities. Please note this is a hybrid working role, candidates must be within commuting distance of Southampton for some onsite/office visits and meetings each week.
As the Project Manager you will work with Business Analysts, Quality Analysts and IT Development/Infrastructure Teams to support critical projects. You will also liaise with both internal and external (3rd party) stakeholders and vendors for project planning and delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for end to end IT project delivery: from discovery, initiation and planning through to execution, monitoring, controlling, rollout, and post implementation support
- Prepare detailed project plans for all phases of the IT project and program
- Responsible for internal and external stakeholder management, including cross functional business units, senior management, and 3rd party suppliers
- Engage and work with project stakeholders to confirm project delivery requirements, providing project reporting, support decision making, develop effective working relationship, influence and negotiate delivery approach where appropriate
- Manage and control business analysis and system testing functions
- Provide project reporting, facilitate analysis workshops, checkpoint meetings, and direct software release/deployment effort
- Actively involved in Requirement Analysis and Quality Control process
- Responsible for post implementation support and ongoing project related technical queries management
- Participate actively at Scrum Development meetings / Sprint Planning
Experience / Skills:
- IT project management experience
- Previous cloud migration experience
- Solid experience across the full project management and software development life cycle
- Good technical background & understanding for IT/Software development projects
- Experience working in a team-oriented collaborative environment
- Waterfall, Agile (or Hybrid) project management methodology
- Scrum development approach
- Knowledge of JIRA and Confluence (desirable)
- Strategic influencing and negotiation skills
- Excellent client-facing and internal stakeholders communication skills
- Experience in logistic industries (highly advantageous)