Project Manager

Our client is actively looking to hire an experienced Project Manager to be based from their offices in Bristol, working on a data lakes/data analytics change delivery programme. You will be part of the IT data community within the Data Analytics division, to which you will join at an exciting time within the team, as the data platforms and services, which form a core pillar of the organisational strategy, and are the focal point for many key initiatives over the coming years.

In this role you will lead key programmes and change activities for the Data & Analytics Platform within the business, providing delivery leadership across impacted DAP teams and interfacing with wider IT delivery teams and business functions to ensure successful end-to-end deliveries. You will be responsible for the controlled, reliable, and predictable management of strategic change within what is a complex and shifting environment, across multiple teams and platforms.

Job Duties:

• Provide delivery leadership across strategic Data & Analytics Platform projects
• Engage across business, IT and the data platform teams to effectively build and manage strategic change
• Work with Data Delivery Managers and Scrum Masters to ensure high quality, efficient delivery for their workstreams
• Track, manage and support resolution of key blockers and dependencies
• Effectively manage delivery risk within your change programmes
• Continuously strive to enhance our change delivery capability, working with a wide range of stakeholders to create an effective change environment within the wider project ecosystem

Skills & Experience Required:

If you are passionate about change delivery and have a track record of successfully implementing technical change, then we would love to hear from you. In particular:

• Strong stakeholder management skills and an ability to work across business and IT teams to shape and agree delivery approaches and plans
• Experience of Data Analytics Change (Data Lakes, Snowflake, EDS)
• Excellent team player who can motivate a diverse team of permanent, onshore and offshore resource, inspiring individuals and teams to change and improve
• An excellent understanding of project delivery methodologies, including agile values and principles
• Experience coordinating technical and engineering resource in technical projects
• Excellent facilitation, coaching and influencing skills
• Experience in delivering data and analytics solutions beneficial
• Agile Certifications - Nice to have but not essential
• Prince II or other Project Management Qualifications Desirable