Project Manager

KHIPU Networks have an exciting opportunity within their operations department for a full-time Project Manager join the team.

Salary: Highly Competitive

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Onsite, Fleet Hampshire. Based on Waterfront Business Park (overlooking Fleet Pond), within 3 minutes’ walk of Fleet mainline train station offering direct links into London

About Us:

KHIPU Networks is an award-winning and highly successful Cyber Security company based in the UK and Africa. We offer outstanding opportunities for candidates of all levels within a dynamic and flexible working environment.

Founded in 2005, KHIPU Networks’ ethos has always been to work in partnership with customers, to understand their environments and challenges so that we can design and deploy ‘Best-of-Breed’ solutions that enable them to meet their strategic goals.

Project Manager – The Role:

As our Project Manager, your job will be focused around coordinating resources and processes to ensure that projects are delivered on time and produce the desired results.

The successful applicant will have a proven track record working in a Project Management Office, ideally within the IT (Network Infrastructure) industry, having the ability to engage with our customers and suppliers at all levels. Having a good working knowledge of Networking (wired and wireless), Security (firewalls/DDI) and Cyber (SOC) solutions, you will interact in technical discussions between the customer, our Design Authority and Technical Leads regarding the overall project delivery requirements.

You will be the go-to person for the projects you are allocated, meaning you must provide support to colleagues when needed. This is a challenging and demanding role, which is likely to suit a self-motivated individual, requiring occasional travel to customer sites when necessary.

Project Manager– Key Duties

- Successful delivery of assigned IT network infrastructure projects, on time and on budget

- Resource planning to enable successful project delivery

- Project documentation control, with an ability to provide a valuable input to project procedures and processes

- Building strong relationships and liaising with customers, suppliers and internal departments on a regular basis to execute project deliverables

- Forecasting of internal resource capacity by tracking the progress of projects across the portfolio using an internal resource allocation system

- Providing added value to existing customer relationships

- Remaining technically aware of the KHIPU solution portfolio

-Following KHIPU reporting, escalation and change management control procedures

- Ensuring an ongoing quality of service, delivery and adherence to agreed Service Level Agreements

Project Manager – You:

- 3– 5 years’ experience in a similar role is essential

- Knowledge and experience with managing IT network infrastructure projects is essential

- Experience and knowledge of KHIPU product portfolio, or similar, would be desirable. 

- The ability to provide effective and productive stakeholder management

- Extremely organised, sub-team management and leadership skills

- Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal

- Ability to work well under pressure, managing multiple projects with effective prioritisation techniques

- A flexible approach to delivering against tight deadlines in a challenging environment

- Able to drive and with a full UK driving licence, to travel to our customer locations within the UK as necessary

- Working knowledge of Microsoft Project or similar

- Recognised Project Management qualification, such as Prince II is desirable.

Project Manager– Benefits:

- Competitive salary, dependant on experience + car allowance

- 26 days’ annual leave entitlement, rising with service

- Private health care policy

- 5% pension contributions

- Life Insurance policy

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Numerous company events throughout the year

- Regular team building activities throughout the year

- Company laptop and phone

- Ample Free Parking Available on site

To submit your application for this exciting full-time Project Manager opportunity, please click ‘Apply’ now.