IT Project Manager Contract

An exciting new role has come to market to join our client who is part of a leading provider of advice, investments and wealth management, with a portfolio of £118.1 billion of investments and over 900,000 customers worldwide. They have grown to become the UK’s largest distributor of financial advice.

Role: IT Project Manager

Contract rate: £520 – £565 per day

Location: Newcastle 

Type: 6-month contract

As an IT Project Manager, you will be responsible for providing technology strategy planning for projects as well as integrating information technologies into the company for optimal effectiveness. Alongside this, the IT Project Manager will develop project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility and security. 

Key responsibilities of the IT Project Manager: 

• Provide technology strategy planning for projects
• Integrate information technologies into the company for optimal effectiveness 
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the stringent execution of projects
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within the scope and within budget
• Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility and security 
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Develop a detailed project plan to track and manage progress
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs 
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Manage the relationship with all stakeholders
• Perform risk management to minimise project risks
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Where needed provide technical knowledge and hands-on delivery support to the project. 

Key Skills and Experience:

• Proven working experience as a project administrator in the information technology sector
• Solid technical background, with understanding and hands-on experience in Network, software and Infrastructure technologies
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Good understanding of IT security solutions 
• Excellent organisational and planning skills with the ability to manage a variety of tasks and responsibilities with a clear delivery focus.
• Thrives in a dynamic busy environment, can prioritise tasks appropriately and copes with pressure well; can accommodate numerous competing demands
• An excellent communicator who is comfortable dealing with a variety of audiences (e.g. Executive Directors, advisers, staff and 3rd party IT suppliers, and can tailor communications appropriately without approval.
• Flexible and adaptable to an ever-changing environment with the ability to work under pressure whilst remaining focused and calm.
• Proven project delivery management skills.

If this sounds like the role for you, please send your CV to jobs@360recruitment.net