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IT Project Lead
at Carey Group London in London (Published at 02-11-2023)
Reporting to the Head of IT Operations, the IT Project Manager is one of the digital team’s critical functions in delivering successful technology projects aligned with our company’s vision. This new role is integral to the success of Careys 5-year Strategic Plan and goal to deliver digital transformation that drives business value.
As an experienced IT Project Manager, you will play a critical role in planning, executing, and closing IT projects of various scales and complexities. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including system providers, business stakeholders, and the transformation team to ensure that projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget. Your leadership and expertise will be instrumental in driving the success of our technology projects.
You will have responsibility for coaching the IT teams and business to support the drive towards a structured project management IT framework where digital projects are successfully delivered and add value to the Company.
Key Responsibilities
· The ideal candidate must have strong experience in all of the below areas to be able to deliver exceptional projects into the business.
- Project Planning and Initiation:
- Lead the project initiation phase, defining project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
- Develop comprehensive project plans, timelines, and budgets.
- Identify and allocate necessary resources, including team members and third-party vendors.
- Project Execution:
- Manage project teams, including assigning tasks, monitoring progress, and ensuring adherence to timelines.
- Implement project management best practices, methodologies, and tools.
- Conduct risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies.
- Ensure effective communication and collaboration among project stakeholders.
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Budget and Resource Management:
- Monitor project budgets and expenditures, ensuring cost-effectiveness.
- Manage resource allocation and utilization to optimize project outcomes.
- Quality Assurance:
- Establish and enforce quality standards and best practices.
- Conduct regular quality reviews and audits to ensure project deliverables meet specifications.
- Stakeholder Engagement:
- Maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, providing regular project updates.
- Address stakeholder concerns and manage expectations.
- Change Management:
- Effectively manage changes to project scope, schedule, and objectives.
- Assess the impact of changes and implement necessary adjustments.
- Project Closure:
- Ensure all project deliverables are met and approved by stakeholders.
- Conduct post-project evaluations and gather feedback for continuous improvement.
- Prepare and deliver comprehensive project closure reports.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
A role model of The Carey Group Values and Behaviours and a key enabler of the Carey Group strategy, the IT Project Manager will drive the right behaviours within the IT team and business to successfully deliver core projects. This role also communicates this information to management and other stakeholders in a non-technical language. An experienced individual who is excited by the opportunity to develop a strong project management and agile culture, having a strong background in a variety of project management tools and understanding how to drive excitement across the Group.
Must be a good communicator with the ability to engage and challenge all levels of the business. With a proven ability to motivate teams around them by always communicating with high levels of purpose, integrity, and emotional intelligence, recognising contributions, celebrating successes and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Skills & Experience
- Communication skills are essential in this role and you must know about the need to translate technical concepts into non-technical language and understand what communication is required for internal and external stakeholders.
- At least 5 years of delivering complex IT and Digital projects from inception to completion.
- Strong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on product and service development.
- Experience working with business stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for coordinating across teams.
- A drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques.
- Experience of applying project governance in a maturing business
- Proven experience using a variety of Project Management tools such as MS Project, Primavera etc Proven experience with agile methodologies such as Six Sigma etc
- Has proven experience in vendor management.
- Has experience and knowledge of applying ITIL methodologies.
Attributes
- Seeks to Understand - demonstrates strong ability to ‘listen’ - seeks first to understand before making recommendations
- Leads with Trust - builds relationships based on trust, integrity and reliability
- Coaches – consistently maximises on opportunities to give and receive feedback Better Every Day
- mindset of continuous improvement and a willingness to challenge the status quo
- Collaborates – an approachable team player, sees themselves very much a part of a ‘wider team’ Makes well-considered, firm decisions
- Approach to learning - demonstrates desire to continually learn and encourages team to do the same Adapts - Changes and adapts in response to market and economic strategies and pressures, keeping abreast and up to date with business, industry, and economic trends.
Benefits
- 37.5hour week. 9 am to 5.30 pm, Monday-Friday.
- Competitive salary and benefits
- 26 days holiday per annum + Bank Holidays.
- Optional Benefits via 'My Perks' : Dining Card, Gym Membership, Cycle to Work, Holiday Trading (buy or sell up to 4 days), Health Cash Plan, Dental and Critical Illness Insurance, Partner Life Assurance, Car Leasing and Discounts & Cashback.
- Life assurance.
- 1 paid day for volunteering activity.
- Private, family business with a strong social purpose and respectful culture.
- You’ll be joining a social team with a wealth of knowledge to learn from!
About Carey Group
Our story starts in 1969 with three brothers and a van.
John, Tom and Pat Carey moved to London from Ireland and started a groundworks contracting company in London called PJ Carey Plant Hire (Oval) Ltd.
Their aspirations at the time were reflective of the values of the Carey Group today – to care about everything they did, to act with humility in all interactions, to be passionate about their work and be authentic at all times.
The Carey Group remains a family-owned construction business, operating across the UK and Ireland. Their goal at the time was to grow to around 50 operatives and provide quality, safe work so that they and their employees could provide for their families and get safe home every day. Through hard work and sticking to their values and their word, this was certainly achieved….and some.
Throughout the years, we have remained committed to delivering on our promises, respecting our clients, offering innovative solutions and producing the highest-quality work in safe environments. These are the core principles set by our Founders, the ones we have never wavered from and they help us to fulfil our ultimate vision to be the most trusted and socially responsible construction company, that people are proud to work with.
Our strong approach is underpinned by robust financial management, continuous investment in our people, specialist equipment and strategic assets and our long-standing culture of teamwork – we want to create the very best environments for our people.
We care about our people and our partners and how we work with them, ensuring we do our best by them. Ultimately, we care about our impact on the world around us and the communities that we proudly help to shape.
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