Senior Project Manager - Digital And Technology

Senior Project Manager - Digital and Technology
Birmingham, West Midlands
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to come and join our Digital Technology team in Birmingham. As a Senior Project Manager, you will have oversight of the planning, governance and reporting for projects within the Digital, IT and Facilities programme, leading on delivery and providing expert guidance, support and insights on projects.
You will be leading on delivering business, service, product and Technology changes, working with a range of stakeholders across the Gambling Commission (GC), end users and external suppliers. You will plan and deliver the end-to-end project lifecycle across multiple projects, driving forward delivery and maintaining best practice.
The Benefits:
- Salary of circa £52,000
- Civil service pension, with an employer contribution rate of 27%
- Flexible working
- Hybrid working, specific guidelines are to be agreed with line manager
- 26 days’ holiday, rising to 29 days after two years’ service, with the option to buy up to five days extra annual leave
Key Responsibilities:
You will:
- Be accountable for the planning, governance and reporting for projects within the programme.
- Work closely with project teams and subject matter experts to deliver complex, technical projects within agreed timescales, to cost and required standards.
- Be accountable for all standard project documentation including project briefs, milestone plans, risks and output / benefits plan.
- Setup and manage project teams from across the GC to develop and refine plans and manage delivery. This will include developing new plans and co-ordinating the aggregation of multiple deliverable plans.
- Co-ordinate effective governance at the project and programme level, in line with requirements.
- Setup project and programme level reporting to ensure that senior colleagues have sight of progress, risk and a forward look for all projects within the programme.
- Lead project teams through structured planning and provide support to the Project Leads to setup effective delivery processes and controls.
- Make recommendations on resource requirements to senior colleagues.
- Support the wider team with learning and development to embed good project delivery and practice.
- Manage a team of project delivery professionals, ensuring they are supported and understand the overall vision and outcomes they need to achieve.
Person Specification:
Essential:

- Experience of managing projects within a dynamic and fast paced programme environment. Direct experience of working within Digital and Technology projects.
- Knowledge of project and programme management methodologies (APM, MSP etc.).
- Applied knowledge of structured project management in a multi-disciplinary environment.
- Experience of stakeholder management and engagement at all levels (internal and external).
- Excellent management skills, giving a clear sense of direction to your direct reports by understanding team styles, developing and motivating individuals.
- Experience of working with and managing supplier relationships.
- Excellent communication skills (clear and concise, verbal and written).
- Strong analytic and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to lead and influence without authority.
- A solution orientated mindset with the ability to work at an accurate pace and cope with ambiguity.
- Understand the need to collaborate and ‘join the dots’ as needed across multiple projects.
- Experienced in creating and maintaining effective programme and project plans, and other project related documentation.
- Experienced in leading and engaging others (individuals and teams) to quickly deliver on requirements. Holding others to account for their responsibilities.
Desirable:
- Project Management qualification (i.e. PRINCE2, APM).
- Previous experience working in a Regulatory or Governmental organisation.
Our Ways of Working
Outcome-focused: We put consumers at the heart of everything we do. We take responsibility for an issue and moving it forward. We deliver results through working collaboratively.
Reaching for ways to improve: We encourage feedback and ideas. We are committed to continuous improvement and are open to trying different ways of working. We celebrate successes and take responsibility when things go wrong.
Respectful: We recognise every colleague’s contribution. We give each other timely constructive feedback. We all encourage challenge.
Communicate well: We are clear and concise. We listen and check our understanding. We explain the reasons for decisions.
Making this a great place to work: We all help to make the Commission a great place to work. We value and support each other. We demonstrate a positive attitude.
About Us:
Set up under the Gambling Act 2005, the Gambling Commission is committed to safeguarding the public against any detrimental impact brought about by gambling. We do this by keeping crime out, protecting children and vulnerable people and ensuring the commercial gambling industry is run fairly and openly. We work with the legal system, the public health system, community groups and the industry itself to understand how we can protect the interests of as many people as possible, as effectively as possible.
The closing date for this role is Tuesday 2nd July 2024.
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