Job Title - Programme Manager

We are recruiting for a Programme Manager you will ensure the portfolio is prioritised and delivered in line with Customer requirements, within agreed timescales and to the quality expected.

Key Requirements -

• Build and maintain appropriate working relationships with the key stakeholders.

• Senior management representative at customer tele-conferences/meetings

• Member of the Executive Management Team with responsibilities for day to management of business activities

• Develop a knowledge of all projects in the portfolio to a level where they can be discussed in detail both internally and with customers.

• Formulate appropriate delivery strategies to support overall business priorities.

• Develop and maintain the Project Portfolio Roadmap amending it as necessary dependent upon changing business needs and drivers

• Ensure that all periodic and regular plans and documents are reviewed and updated in a timely manner to ensure that all Programme deliverables are achieved within their timescales.

• Help to define the deliverables, priorities and resource requirements for projects, and assist in management their development and on-time delivery.

• To conduct project presentations and compile reports to people at all levels (including board level). To interpret, answer, and/or take forward any enquiry or query, in a responsive and caring manner in order to achieve a timely and satisfactory conclusion.

• To communicate with both in-house and third-party representatives, to ensure that project delivery is not hindered during any phase.

• To establish trust that you are acting effectively and efficiently on behalf of the company by way of communication and liaison.

• Aid in the company continued service improvement plan on key items such as BCDR and ISO accreditation.

Key Skills -

• A proven track record of successful programme/project on-time implementation preferably in a software environment.

• Experience of large Public Sector Procurements and frameworks

• Team management experience, comfortable matrix managing large project teams.

• Experience of managing resources over wide spread geographical areas.

• Excellent client facing skills.

• Good negotiating skills.

• Experience of the whole project life cycle, able to operate in the initial conceptual design stage, in the depths of system testing, and at each stage in between

• Thorough knowledge of MS Project, Agile working and development and Prince 2. Experience of working in an ISO compliant organisation is desirable.

• The ability to foster motivation within the project team to meet tight deadlines.

• The ability to have a strong impact and influence key decisions

• Having previous experience of dealing with IT systems in clinical environments would be highly advantageous

Please apply or get in touch - plymouth@hrgo.co.uk