Job description
ROLE
A Contract Project Manager is required to manage a variety of digital projects from conception stage right through to completion, following and championing the project processes to deliver projects on time and within budget ensuring client satisfaction.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Understand client objectives and project goals and articulate them clearly in detail
- Develop and manage project plans working with the project team to execute
- Closely monitor day to day activities of the project team
- Plans and runs all internal reviews and status updates
- Manage resource assignments for projects, proactively identify resource challenges and provide a solution
- Monitor project risks and scope to identify solutions/actions in advance of issues
- Manage client expectations, act on client feedback and ensure delivery
- Identify needs that clients may not recognise and the ensure delivery and development approach are linked to short and long term objectives
- Communicate and document project status to client, team and management on a regular basis, resolve issues in a timely manner
- Deliver work on time and to budget
- Proactively identify opportunities to help clients fulfill their objectives and demonstrate additional value of our service
- Partner with project team members to present work to clients as well as confidently presenting alone
- Confidently run client meetings
- Facilitate end of project discussions on lessons learned and knowledge gained, identify changes that need to be made, document and share
- Liaise with and manage external resource and third parties
- Support and direct other team members and set an example
- Brief the project team and clearly communicate their short and long term objectives
- Maintain strong client relationships with a positive attitude
- Carry out project admin accurately in a timely and organised manner
- Manage projects of budgets up to and over 100K
- Organise and ensure delivery of ongoing support items
- Handle uneducated, demanding and difficult to please clients
- Deal with feedback/conflicts from the project team
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
- Agency experience
- Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
- Experience of various Project Management methodologies including Waterfall and Agile
- Experience in responsive design, web and mobile applications, content management systems and third party integrations
- Experience working with bespoke software solutions
- Effective negotiation and conflict management skills
DESIRED EXPERIENCE
- Working knowledge of development frameworks or languages such as HTML, CSS, RoR and PHP
If suitbale please apply or contact Natasha on natashaleahy@spectrumit.co.uk or 02380 765 293
