IT Project Manager

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IT Project Manager

Company Overview

The JLT business is continuously evolving and Group Information Technology is embarking on an exciting and truly global IT Transformation programme to support our business ambitions. We are improving the way we work and serve clients by investing in the efficiency and effectiveness of our people, systems and processes. Our objective is to remain agile, drive innovation and improve the value we bring to JLT.

We are a global IT organisation made up of around 650 colleagues world-wide. A large number of our teams are based in the UK - in our London City head office and further offices in Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol. Other teams are based in key regional hubs in the world’s high growth economies, such as Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sidney and Toronto to better meet the needs of local and multi-national clients and trading partners. We procure, develop, run and manage best-in-class IT solutions and services to support JLT’s business activities. We place our customers at the heart of all technology we buy or build. We partner with colleagues in the businesses to provide them with the solutions to deliver JLT’s industry leading services to our blue-chip clients.

Job Title: IT Project Manager (Permanent)

Location: Bristol

Purpose of the Role

 Define potential projects sufficient for a decision to be made on viability given costs, timescales and risks.

 Deliver projects to the agreed scope and requirement, timescales and budget.

 Manage project stakeholder relationships and expectation

 Ensure disciplined processes and procedures are applied to all projects, ensuring predictability in project timescales, costs and quality and effective management/mitigation of risks and dependencies.

Main Responsibilities:

- Preparing / Initiating Projects

- Managing Project Progress and Administration

- Adhere to compliance Procedures

- Prepare, Plan and Manage Implementation

- Formally Close Project when Complete

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

 Minimum of 5 to 10 years (dependent on the seniority of the role) in formal change & project management within an IT environment

 Good and practical knowledge of full project life cycle and associated professional standards

 Significant experience in and understanding of the challenges of Shared Services - preferably within a financial services context

 Matrix Management of On shore and Off Shore resources

 Proficient in use of MS Office, Project Management and related tools

 Commercially astute

 Good understanding of IT products and services

 ITIL Foundation

 Prince 2 Practitioner

Required Skills

Assertiveness

Organisation

 Stakeholder Management, Managing People, Skills Development and Coaching

 Influencing and Negotiation

 Presentation and Report Writing,

 Risk Analysis and Risk Management

 Management and Communicating with Outsourcing Suppliers

 Management and Communicating with External Suppliers

Additional Details:

As you would expect from a company, we offer highly attractive reward packages. We are aware of how integral our employees are to our progress, so we ensure that everyone shares in that success. Whilst this varies from company to company within in the UK, typical benefits can include:

 Employee share schemes

 Flexible Benefit Scheme (called Choices)

 Generous holiday entitlement

 Pension Plan

 Private healthcare scheme

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and we would like to encourage applications from all the community, irrespective of race, religion, gender, disability, age or sexual orientation.