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Senior Project Manager

Job Type : Permanent, Full Time

Salary : £70000 – £75000/annum

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Base location: Osterley / Flexible

Salary: £70,000 – £75,000

We are currently working with a leading broadcasting and entertainment organisation, who are looking for a Senior Project Manager to help drive and maintain clarity in the strategic level portfolio and road-map. Essentially, you would be at the heart of maintaining a high-level, customer focused, strategic outlook over approximately one hundred million pounds of investment at portfolio level. Ensuring strategic alignment to all priorities, across all geographies

What you'll do:

Drive and maintain clarity in the strategic level portfolio and road-map.
Drive planning of prioritised road-map initiatives using the GOT Quarterly Planning process; manage and report on progress.
Report strategic road-map resourcing/financial KPIs and employ advanced resource capacity modelling and planning techniques.
Liaise and direct both internal and outsourced partners.
Provide a single, transparent view, of progress, risks, issues and constraints.
Manage projects from cradle to crave and be passionate about delivering projects on time and to budget.

What you'll bring:

Outstanding communication, influencing and relationship management skills, including with Sky executives.
Project Management experience with a background in technology or software engineering/software development The ability to maintain a high-level, customer-focused, strategic outlook but get into the detail when an issue requires it.
Experience of leading technology projects/programmes with a deep understanding of project /programme management challenges and methodologies, particularly when applied to agile environments.
A broad knowledge of product and commercial priorities.
The ability to translate between technical concepts and customer benefits, fostering mutual understanding across a wide range of colleagues.
5 year's experience of large projects, which must have a SW element.
Delivered projects through the entire life cycle.
Matrix managed at least 5 teams in a project.
Projects must have budgets of at least £1m each.
Evidence of PM certification Prince 2 / PMP / APM.
Senior stakeholder management up to MD level.
Accountable for managing programme / project boards.
Regularly contributed and presented to Exec Steering Boards.
Added value beyond their day-to-day job / exhibited how they are a Team player.
Succinct and structured communicator.
Proven experience of managing projects with at least 10 people (matrixed or direct) managed for minimum 6 months duration with £2M direct delivery budget responsibility.
Desirable exposure to working with an external consultancy environment with client facing experience minimum 2 years.
Demonstrable skills in facilitation, stakeholder engagement, strategic thinking and presentation, influencing complex decision making at director level.
Complex industry background at least 5 years, utilities, media, finance services.
Extensive experience of detailed project planning.

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