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Junior Delivery Project Manager

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  • Management (incl. project, product management & human resources)

Description

  • Oversee daily activities of delivery (SCRUM) teams and provide direction and guidance as needed.
  • Support the planning, scheduling, and monitoring of delivery activities across the portfolio
  • Creation and management of delivery reports on Sprint progress, adherence to plans and other key metrics
  • Inputs into prioritisation, and as necessary recommends mitigation approaches / actions wherever gaps in the project are identified
  • Ensure clear and consistent communication and understanding through translation of technical terminology into ‘business language’
  • Build and nurture relationships with Business Owners, SME's, IT Teams, and other key stakeholders
  • Early escalation of risks and issues relating to the Technical Workstreams and deliverables to the Delivery Lead / Project Manager / Leadership team
  • Support the review of, and input into, project delivery approaches
  • Demonstrate continuous process improvement and participate in a lessons learnt activity once the project is closed
  • Adhere to the FCA conduct rules

Responsibilities

  • Can do/will do attitude 
  • Commitment to achieve the required goals
  • Good verbal and written communication skills, both face to face and business / technical
  • Able to assimilate technical information quickly and apply it to a given situation
  • Team worker, but equally able to work independently and adapt to change
  • Able to build relationships with stakeholders, identifying and focusing on their needs
  • Works well under pressure 
  • Ability to work individually with little supervision, but flag up risks and issues promptly
  • Desire to apply best practice and experience to drive delivery
  • Outcome and delivery focused
  • Ability to judge and manage priorities effectively and work to tight timescales
  • Understanding of agile or SCRUM processes and methodologies (preferable)
  • Understanding of software development lifecycle
  • Experience working with Development and Test teams within Multi project environment

Hard Skills

  • Relationship building
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Process improvement
  • Business planning
  • Risk assessments
  • Best practice development
  • Agile methodology
  • Business analysis
  • Deliverable management
  • Executive updates
  • Advanced language knowledge
  • Advanced writing skills

Soft Skills

  • Adaptability
  • Team player
  • Responsible
  • Work well under pressure
  • Enthusiastic
Moneybarn
  • Main info
  • Language English
  • Experience level Entry Level
  • Job type Full Time
  • Salary 35000£ / Per Year
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
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We offer

  • A competitive salary of £30-35,000
  • Flexible working considered
  • Discretionary annual bonus
  • 25 days holiday inc. bank holidays plus holiday increase with service
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption schemes
  • Pension Scheme and so much more!