It Project Manager

About the role

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.    

We are currently looking for an ambitious and enthusiastic IT Project Manager to join our IT team based in Solihull, West Midlands. Flexible/Hybrid working available. 

The role is responsible for the delivery of projects and programmes across the breadth of the IT function.  Leading project teams to ensure the successful delivery of projects to schedule, budget, and quality in line with the agreed project standards.  It ensures successful stakeholder management and engagement through effective communication and project reporting.

In addition, it provides coaching and mentoring support where required and assists in the ongoing reviews of the Project Management Methodology and processes.

Main ResponsibilitiesMain responsibilities

In this role you'll:

• Lead projects through the appropriate project lifecycle 

• Manage project teams to ensure effective delivery, setting clear personal objectives and deliverables for each team member.

• Work with individual teams to ensure they input at an appropriate time to the project, and to ensure that all IT standards are maintained.

• Create and manage the project plan for individual or multiple projects, on behalf of IT, the project sponsor, and customer.

• Produce all appropriate project documentation and budget information to the agreed standard

• Be responsible for delivery to the agreed project benefits case

• Deliver effective communication to stakeholders, project, and steering teams associated with the project

• Lead project governance sessions for allocated projects 

• Be involved in periodic reviews of the IT Portfolio framework

• Input into the demand and capacity management lifecycle. ensuring all enhancements and projects including pipeline demand are allocated resources on the resource schedule.

• Facilitate portfolio Governance meetings (ITPC)  managing actions and issues to resolution.

• Input to Project Management and Office strategy aligning to overall IT strategy

The Ideal CandidateExperience & qualifications

To be successful in this role you'll need:

Demonstrable project management skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
 The ability to structure information and present it clearly, changing content according to the audience. 
The ability to build strong relationships with internal and external parties.
To be expert at analysing complex situations and proposing a variety of alternative courses of action.
To be expert at making recommendations involving many competing factors and balancing opportunity and risk.
To be skilled in the structured use of problem solving and analytical tools.
The ability to facilitate, lead and motivate teams.
The ability to negotiate and prioritise.
The ability to manage change and understand the impact it has on people, process and technology.
To be educated to degree standard or able to demonstrate appropriate significant and relevant experience in a similar role.
To be PRINCE 2 Qualified to Practitioner level or equivalent framework
Experience of managing a migration to SAP S4 HANA is beneficial

Why UsWe offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits: 

Bonus scheme
Enhanced holiday entitlement
Contributory pension scheme 
Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc. 
Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice 
Access to join our Employee Communities inc. LGBTQ+; Working Parents 
Training and development opportunities 

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