Senior Project Manager

Job Advertisement: Senior Project Manager - Technology

Job Summary: We are recruiting for a highly skilled Senior Project Manager with live SC clearance to join the Technology Pillar within the National Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters (NCTPHQ).

As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of specific projects within the Technology project portfolio across a multitude of technical disciplines.

Key Tasks:

• Define and agree on methodologies, governance, and reporting mechanisms for project delivery in line with Portfolio Office standards.


• Engage governing forums and senior stakeholders with ongoing change activities through briefings and targeted conversations to build support for delivery.


• Manage project teams remotely and/or in person in a reactive environment with moderate to high levels of uncertainty.


• Develop project product breakdown structures and project/work stream plans, followed by monitoring and assurance activities.


• Develop Business Cases at appropriate points in the project lifecycle and manage them through the CTPHQ governance process.


• Proactively manage risks and issues, understanding management levers and deploying them appropriately.


• Oversee commercial processes in conjunction with the CTPHQ commercial team, ensuring relevant delivery contracts are in place and managed through the project lifecycle.


• Communicate and engage with project stakeholders, developing and maintaining key relationships to resolve problems.


• Implement and manage change control across project governance, defining change tolerance, and assessing impacts.


• Recommend and implement innovations based on experience and best practices to enhance project delivery and technical tooling.


• Manage the recruitment of technical resources, including niche specialists, to deliver complex technical projects.

Experience:

• In-depth practical experience in Project Management, specifically ICT projects within complex stakeholder/business environments.


• Excellent listening, oral, and written skills with the ability to present information appropriately by audience.


• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail.


• Proficient in MS Office tools, including MS Project and Visio.


• Experience working within secure technology-based projects and programs enabling business change.


• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.


• Experience as a key member within high-performance teams.


• Experience developing/maintaining governance and using standards across multiple projects.


• Financial budget management throughout a project's lifetime.


• Stakeholder management at all levels, delivering complex business requirements.

Qualifications:

• PRINCE2: Practitioner and/or Agile Project Management Practitioner (or recognised industry equivalent qualification).


• Managing Successful Programmes: Practitioner (or recognised industry equivalent qualification).


• Agile Project Management Foundation & Practitioner (AgilePM®).


• ITIL Foundation Certification.

Application Process: If you are passionate about making a difference in national security and meet the above criteria, we would love to hear from you.

Please submit your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.

Contact Information: For more information or to apply, please contact Lewis Ashcroft via email at Lewis.Ashcroft@servicecare.org.uk or call 01772 208962.