Senior Project Manager

Reed Secure is a specialist provider of permanent, contract, temporary and outsourced recruitment solutions for security cleared professionals.

We require a Senior Project Manager to cover an existing workload within Metropolitan Police, based in Newlands Park, Sydenham (Hybrid working).

This is an interim position for an initial 6 months with the potential to be extended, dependent on workload.

Job Purpose:

• Vetting systems / technology upgrades.
• Champion and implement effective project delivery, supporting the vision to attain a worldclass transformation function.
• Manage communication and engagement with project stakeholders, developing and maintaining key relationships and working in partnership to resolve problems to benefit operational policing and the MPS.
• Provide overall direction and leadership for the project delivery team in scope of the role.
• Deliver the portfolio of transformation programmes and projects, ensuring expert programme and project management, in order to deliver the roadmap efficiently and effectively.
• Deliver project outcomes and benefits.
• Lead a complex project, including set-up, management and delivery, ensuring that the project delivers to time, cost and quality and meets all TD processes, standards and reporting requirements.
• Co-ordinate the project and its interdependencies, working closely with the Project Managers for the other projects within the programme.
• Identify, manage and resolve risks, track and manage costs and benefits, provide reports as required, and ensure all outputs meet programme requirements.
• Manage project related dependencies.
• Own the project business case.
• Identify resource requirements and undertake related activities.
• Manage stakeholder communications and key messages for the project.
• Manage project level resource to ensure project outputs are delivered to time, cost and quality.

Skills and experience needed to be successful in this role:

• Experience of senior management within a complex change portfolio.
• Experience of influencing, negotiating with, and providing challenge to director-level stakeholders.
• Experience of resolving and escalating risks, issues and conflicts as necessary within a complex change portfolio.
• Experience of managing suppliers and contractors, assuring quality and ensuring value for money.
• Experience of managing a team, setting a collaborative culture, building capability and creating an environment of continuous learning.
• Experience of managing complex programmes and projects.
• Professional and/or graduate qualifications in business management or similar field, MSP or PRINCE 2 qualification is desirable.

This role offers a competitive salary of £550 per day Umbrella (Inside IR35) and you’ll be working via Reed who offer great benefits such as discounts, cashback offers and more as well as weekly pay.

Any offers would be subject to CTC Metropolitan Police vetting and right to work checks.

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