Smarty Project Manager - 12 Month Ftc

• Leadership of functional groups of people, internally and sometimes externally, to work together to realise the projects business benefits of one or more LARGE projects at a time.
• Responsible for ideation, definition, discovery, delivery, debrief and leadership of LARGE projects so that they are correctly structured with an underpinned plan
• Ensuring that initiatives are aligned where required with technical & business resources and progress is coordinated, risk-managed and communicated.
• Ensuring learnings are tracked, shared and implemented to drive a culture of continual improvement across all initiatives.
• Responsible for assuring & governing that budget investments allocated to the project are effectively used to deliver business outcomes.
• Responsible for developing strong business wide stakeholder relationships.
• Work collaboratively with all delivery partners (internal/external) to understand the project demand and secure resources.
• Provide the capability to manage change against project scope & budget and provide clear, simple and transparent reporting including RAID management.

• Be responsible for getting props / productions delivered to market
• Set direction and provide leadership to the project team including internal and partner resources
• Responsible for the end to end & day to day management of the project
• Ensuring that budget investments allocated to the project are effectively used to deliver business outcomes (future)
• Collaborate with cross functional teams and stakeholders to understand the project demand, secure resources & reach a shared outcome
• Govern and assure that the project is being delivered effectively with aligned plans, timely escalations & mitigations.
• Where appropriate, holding the team (internal & external) accountable for delivery
• Project management execution (RAID, resource, cost, scope, plan, quality, communication & partner management) in alignment with SMARTY Ways of Working
• Maintaining and reporting accurate budget vs actual position (future)
• Co-ordinate business to review data from numerous sources to create Post Implementation reviews for new launches and channel changes.
• Drives root cause analysis and process improvement to eliminate issues causing customer dissatisfaction.
• Leads Continuous Improvement projects aiming to enhance end Customer Experience

• Experience working with a digital business and ideally in a Go To Market or Project Management function (start up preferable).
• Experience in Agile project management delivery frameworks and a track record of continuous improvement.
• Experience in large complex project delivery where a complex technical or business outcome was met.
• Inspire a culture to drive others to continuously evaluate and embed change across SMARTY
• Ability to develop, coach and motivate cross functional teams across internal and external (sometimes virtual) partners.
• Evidence of leadership and people skills, with experience of managing diverse initiatives (legal, commercial, customer experience

• The salary range for this role starts at £53.760, the exact salary will differ by job and experience
• A car allowance, a performance based annual bonus & an additional 'flexible allowance' to spend on additional benefits, topping up your pension, or to be added to your salary.
• Hybrid working between your home (2-3 days a week) and our brand new Reading HQ office at Green Park (2-3 days a week)
• 28 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays + 3 personal days annually, which increases with length of service.
• Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance and Income Protection.
• Free mobile phone package & unlimited sim-card
• Free on-site car parking
• Plus lots more including wellbeing and learning & development benefits!

Our people make us who we are. We’re a diverse and inclusive bunch, and it’s important you can feel you belong here. We value everybody for who they are and what they bring to the table, supporting one another as we continue to deliver for our customers.
At Three we have a hybrid working arrangement in place as standard for office based employees, where employees work from a mix of office based location and working from their home in the UK to carry on their role.
Excluding retail, core hours at Three are between 10:00 and 16:00, with operating hours between 08:00 & 18:30. This allows employees to have a start time between 08:00 and 10:00 and finish time between 16:00 and 18:30.