Fixed term contract to end of 2025

Hybrid working with occasional travel into London site and Bracknell Head Office

As Project Manager you will be required to provide Onsite & remote Rollout Support during all key delivery phases alongside Stakeholders & Vendor Teams (Construction, ISP, & IT Managed Service).  This will be across several retail sites for a leading sports clothing and footwear company. 

• Phase 1 - Design discussions & review (Floorplans & CCTV/AP designs with stakeholder audience ahead of the ‘Constructions phase kick offs’

• Phase 2 - Construction (office & or retail space) - (planning & co-ordination of teams)

• Phase 3 - Internet - Fibre Circuit Line installation (planning & co-ordination of teams)
• Phase 4 - IT Network Infrastructure Installation (planning & co-ordination of assets & resources)
• Phase 5 - IT Asset Installation - CCTV Equipment & Wireless AP (planning & co-ordination of assets & resources

KEY RESPONSIBLITIES

• Manage the delivery of Projects
• Provide all project planning, scope and sign-off documentation as per ISO standards
• Establish and manage all Project internal and external resources
• Budgetary responsibilities to ensure all deliverables are delivered to time and quality.
• Chair project review meetings with the customer
• Manage all changes to project plans, documentation and escalation of any issues
• Identify and maximize any additional project revenues from out of scope activities
• Control any staged payments/invoicing throughout the project lifecycle
• Provide project status and business reports
• Issue regular project highlight reports to show project progress versus plan
• Issue detail financial analysis reports to show project costs and revenues versus plan
• Maintain a comprehensive project file for each project
• Be a key resource for Project pre-sales and initiation activities
• Input into the bid and sales proposal processes
• Provide clear definitions for project scope and deliverables
• Provide project pricing
• Attend customer meetings/presentations as part of the sales campaign team
• Provide risk assessment for senior management review

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate calibre or equivalent
• Excellent PC Skills

• Some experience of influencing and negotiations are a must along with experience of delivering projects in a matrix-managed team.
• Awareness in the principles, methods and techniques for the effective set-up and delivery of technical projects
• Delegating tasks, responsibilities, and authorities effectively
• Highly effective written and oral communicator to all levels within an organization. Ability to tailor approach to audience requirements.

• IT Transition Projects

Experience of complex:

• IT outsourcing.

• Desktop and other hardware Deployment

• Service Transition

• Global audits

• Technical Projects Implementations

• Hands on management of projects running simultaneously (4+)
• International experience in delivering projects across multiple countries through multiple partners
• Prince 2 Qualified or similar

About us

A&O IT Group is an award-winning, fast-growth, global IT services and cyber security consultancy operating in over 130 countries. A&O IT Group is proud to sit within the Stock Exchange's Top 1000 most inspirational companies in the UK.

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