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Here at Signet Jewelers, we're accelerating our evolution to a Digital First Retailer by changing how we interact and support our customers within this new retail landscape. To ensure we continue to deliver successful IT Projects of strategic importance we have a new opportunity available for a hands-on Senior IT Project Manager to join our Team.
Reporting into the Head of Delivery & Technology, you'll support Signet and our internal teams in delivering business benefits through the delivery of larger scale projects through to smaller agile sprint management. Ideally the suitable candidate will be someone who has had a solid 'hands-on' IT project or delivery background with a strong track record of successfully managing multiple complex projects and/or enterprise deliveries and agile sprints.
Responsibilities:
- Hands on Lead of multi-scale deliveries to get work delivered on time and on budget to the stakeholder's satisfaction. When required, in budget building based on scope of work and resource requirements at the initial stages of inception.
- Understand and clarify allocated deliveries, defining a suitable delivery approach and manage through to transition and closure.
- Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage shared and dedicated resources.
- Work with vendors and suppliers to ensure quality of service, effective and efficient delivery and looking at opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Support and guide escalations, analysis and management of risks, issues, and dependencies. Facilitate problem solving within project teams in the first instance.
- Track project/delivery finances, balancing spend to release benefit and track and measure project performance to identify areas for improvement.
About you:
- Experience of 'hands-on' IT project / delivery background.
- Demonstrably RAID (risk, assumption, issues and dependencies) management, mitigation, and risk control experience
- Demonstrable working knowledge of project initiation, planning and execution and transition along with proven ability to manage significant business change/transformation challenges.
- Experience of building strong relationships across senior stakeholders and with external partners whilst also being able to engage with team members at a junior level.
- Experience of providing expert advice and guidance on delivery and best practice / suitable solutions is desirable.
We are passionate about our profession, and together we can help you realise your full potential. Come and be part of Signet Jewelers and enjoy the following fantastic benefits:
- Competitive Salary
- 185 Hours Annual Leave (excluding Bank Holidays)
- Generous Staff Discount across all brands
- Life Assurance
- Personal Health Cover
- Company car or car allowance
- Pension Scheme
- Real Rewards Corporate Discount
- Recommend a Friend Scheme
- Cycle to Work
- Shine with Signet - Recognition Platform
Signet is the name behind H. Samuel and Ernest Jones. Together, we have more than 300 stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland. But that's not all, we are part of the world's largest retailer of diamond jewellery with approximately 2,800 stores. Just imagine where your career could take you
Signet Jewelers (H.Samuel & Ernest Jones) is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are proud to have achieved Disability Confident Committed status (Level 1). All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
