Lead Project Manager - SAP HR, Business Systems

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Job Introduction

About the Division

BBC Engineering provides the foundations for broadcasting - we keep the BBC’s services on-air 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That means everything from transmission for TV and radio - enabling us to reach 97% of adults in the UK every week including the cameras, mixing desks, email and business systems for our world-class programme makers and staff.

It is this technology that connects our colleagues and our viewers to our content. To support the BBC, now and in the future, our priorities are to make sure we’re flexible, efficient and can take advantage of all the digital developments happening in broadcasting.

Our objectives are to:

- Deliver agreed portfolio priorities to plan

- Delivery on our major projects

- Be a strategic partner with the rest of the BBC

- Make real the Engineering Operating model

- Build the capability we need to deliver the Engineering Vision

This role sits within Business Systems in BBC Engineering which sets the technology strategy and delivers and supports solutions to optimise running of all the BBC’s business critical functions including HR, Finance, Procurement, Legal and Workplace.

Purpose of the role

Delivery of complex and high profile business systems projects, typically through the whole of the project lifecycle, from the initial shaping stage through to project closure.

The systems landscape contains applications typically involving multiple business and technical dependencies, business critical systems and processes, and commercially sensitive environments.

Role Responsibility

Key Accountabilities of the Lead Project Manager - SAP HR, Business Systems will include:

Definition, Shaping and Planning

- Manage different stakeholder expectations and secure business buy-in

- Work with key stakeholders to define scope, timescales, quality, approach to business change and engagement, handover criteria and the benefits realisation plan

- Identify, understand and facilitate the appraisal of different delivery options

- Produce appropriate documentation to support the creation of the business case which identifies and addresses known time, cost, resource or process constraints

- Lead projects/workstreams through the relevant approval processes with the support of the sponsor

Solution Implementation

- Take responsibility for delivery of projects/workstreams within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints to enable the delivery of agreed benefits

- Manage shared resources within the project team, including third party resource and suppliers

- Maintain ongoing relationship with key stakeholders

- Hold regular project team meetings and contribute to individual project team member appraisals.

Handover and Post Implementation

- Manage handover to BAU functions in accordance with agreed change and release management processes

- Deliver documentation to enable support and operation of the completed systems

- Obtain stakeholder sign off including support, user, business continuity and risk management

- Create project closure reports capturing and sharing lessons learned and follow on actions

- Disband project team and reconcile project finances ensuring the creation of asset records and capitalisation

- Plan Post Implementation Review (PIR); identify an owner (usually the sponsor). and provide support to the owner as required

Line Management

- Line management of up to five colleagues, including performance management and appraisal. Senior Project Managers may also be asked to represent Lead Project Managers, Programme Managers or Delivery Managers from time to time.

Leadership

- Lead creation and implementation of technology portfolios for a minimum 12 month forward planning period ensuring delivery of agreed projects to maximum benefit of the BBC

- Model professional project delivery performance and behaviours ensuring that Business Systems team is the first choice resource for stakeholders sponsoring projects

- Lead efficient, enthusiastic and pro-active teams operating effectively in a continuously changing environment

- Operate effectively in line and matrix managed environments

- Actively propose and drive agreed new ways of working to meet changing business needs and deliver value for money to the BBC

- Set realistic but challenging performance standards to help drive improved performance and continuous improvement

Team Performance for line/matrix managed resources:

- Ensure any actions and performance processes arising from appraisals are followed through

- Agree learning and development requirements to maximise team members’ career development and improve performance.

- Support creation of a wider high performance culture by helping set and managing KPIs for the team

- Be accountable for effective implementation of changes within the team

- Adhere to BBC and statutory obligations in decision making and management of resources (e.g. Working Time Directive)

- Support creation of a safe working environment for team

Development of BBC Engineering Business Systems Team

- Proactively suggest ways to shape the Business Systems Team and our Operating Model in order to drive best practice

- Identify opportunities to streamline and improve efficiency, recommending industry standard approaches to enhance the way we work

- Keep up to date with developments and trends in the industry

- Contribute to defining and establishing Engineering project management processes, techniques and standard documentation and templates

- Mentor, support and develop less experienced members of the team

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Experience of the Lead Project Manager - SAP HR, Business Systems must include:

- Significant experience and strong delivery record in technology/business applications project management.

- Strong business and technical awareness across multiple SAP modules, applications and infrastructure - in areas of Finance, Procurement or HR

- SAP ECC knowledge, experience and processes

- Demonstrable SAP Delivery experience - in areas of Finance, Procurement or HR

- Integration with other related SAP products

- Experience of multiple SAP project life cycle of significant size, scope and complexity

- Experience of managing and developing diverse technology project teams with different skills sets and levels of experience

- Proven practical experience in an accepted project management methodology

- Significant experience of delivering projects in partnership with third party suppliers

- Good knowledge of technology/business application trends and technical detail/concepts

- Excellent communication skills (written, spoken and presentation), ability to grasp technical briefs quickly, draw out information from technically focused resources and translate technical to business as needed and adapt style to different audiences

- Well organised, self-disciplined and motivated

- Ability to navigate large, complex organisations

- Ability to interpret and resolve sensitive commercial and contractual issues.

Desirable Experience:

- Substantial project management experience gained in a complex technology environment, preferably either Finance, Procurement, HR or other business systems technology;

- Experience of project delivery in broadcasting or media environments

- Knowledge of EU procurement legislation

Qualifications

- Essential - Prince II or equivalent accreditation to Practitioner level or equivalent

Desirable - ITIL foundation

- Desirable - Managing Successful Programmes to Practitioner level

About the Company

We don’t focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are very important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below. You’ll be asked questions relating to them as part of your application for this role.

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Closing Date: 1st May 2016