Senior Project Manager

Job Description

Senior Project Manager (6 Months Fixed Term Contract)

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As a Sr. Project Manager in the PDM PMO Team you will support both the PMO and our Program Delivery teams across the following crucial areas:
• Support the PMO Manager in launching new PMO initiatives and helping to manage change to tools and processes
• Provide training in project and program management best practices, supported by the PMO Manager
• Providing support and advice to Delivery Teams in Project and Program best practices
• Support the PMO Manager in the day to day running of the PMO. This may include all or part of the following:
• Collating status reports
• Facilitating Program Meetings and PMO workshops
• Documentation and configuration management
• Maintaining and improving templates and artifacts
• Recording minutes and tracking actions of key governance sessions
• General Administrative tasks to support the department including but not limited to: Recruitment, Timesheeting, Shared Calendar, Training, Financial Management, Maintenance of DLs, Org charts
• Managing discrete projects/sub programs in support of Senior Program Managers in the PMO/PDM. This may include all or part of the following:
• Define the work plan and responsibilities for delivery
• Coordinating activities across multiple teams and territories in line with the project plan
• Recording minutes and tracking actions of program/project sessions
• Managing risks and issues to delivery and escalating when appropriate
• Ensuring quality of project and program deliverables
• Providing reports on project/program status to the PMO Manager and Senior Program Manager(s)
• Maintaining high standards of project and program best practices, suggesting process enhancements
• Establishing constructive relationships with business, product and technology teams

Qualifications & Experience
• Proven experience within a similar Project Manager or Project Administrator/Coordinator position
• Demonstrate proactiveness, attention to detail and quality in everything you do
• Have a 'can do' attitude, will lead by example and be prepared to go the extra mile when needed.
• Be reliable, highly organized and have the drive to bring order and structure to the projects' environment you'll be working in.
• Have experience or exposure to the end to end project lifecycle
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and have excellent prioritization skills in order to balance key priorities
• Pride yourself on your strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Experience working within a Media or Technology organisation
Desirable
• Formal project management training
• Experience working with Agile development framework (Scrum / Kanban)
• Experience with SharePoint, Smartsheet, Confluence and Jira

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-pk418x-216-73-216-43-42 in your application.