Here at PPL PRS we have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join the team to lead, plan and successfully deliver complex large-scale projects from our road map.

Key Details

This role is offered on a hybrid basis so that you benefit from the balance of working three days a week from our modern office space and two days a week working from home.

What you will be doing

• Project and Programme management across a portfolio of business aligned initiatives. This may include chairing and running project board sessions for the assessment of new proposals, updates on active projects and closure / benefits realisation reviews.
• Managing project delivery activities, typically involving the development and implementation of business solutions within the Salesforce ecosystem to meet identified business needs, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales and quality.
• Leading the planning, support and successful delivery of small to large-scale projects from our business road map.
• Leading the initiation and completion of business case documentation for projects in conjunction with business sponsors, to ensure we are delivering successful and sustainable projects with clearly defined and achievable business benefits, using the benefits framework.
• Supporting the development of documentation and governance processes related to project management
• Analysing and translating requirements into deliverable user stories, facilitating backlog prioritisation and delivery on behalf of business sponsors.
• Delivering projects using our businesses Project Lifecycle, working closely with the senior leadership team to input into and improve our processes
• Evaluating and monitoring projects delivered to ensure that business benefits are achieved, and results are clearly documented and communicated.
• Ensuring that realistic estimates of costs, timescales and resource requirements are agreed and carries out the monitoring of projects against these criteria, taking corrective action as necessary.
• Tracking and managing project requests, costs, benefits and resources.
• Supporting the business teams in documenting requirements and the planning of business changes.
• Project manage, from a “Product Owner” perspective, allocated projects from our business roadmap
• Working alongside stakeholders and the finance team to ensure business cases for projects are defined and planned business benefits are documented for all projects on the business roadmap
• Working alongside stakeholders to define a projects scope and goals, completing project initiation documents for sponsor sign off
• Identifying required resource and manage this across the delivery of projects
• Ensuring that risks and issues are identified and managed, owning escalation where required
• Ensuring that project plans are defined, maintained, and shared with project teams
• Where appropriate to act as “Product Owner” to lead and guide project delivery teams
• Managing project budgets, where appropriate
• Tracking project performance and provide required reporting on delivery
• Supporting the implementation of projects, including change management activities to ensure projects embed into our business
• Supporting the wider business teams in understanding the impact, documenting requirements, and planning the delivery of enhancement / minor technology changes
• Ensuring the Licencing Operating Guidelines are updated to reflect new ways of working, within the quarterly update cycle

Qualifications & Experience

• Excellent leadership skills and proven ability to build relationships to manage both executive level and shareholder stakeholders
• At least 2 years working experience in a project management role (essential)
• Proven experience of managing and delivering successful complex large-scale projects
• Project Management certification - PRINCE2, PMP or similar (essential)
• Experience in Agile Project Management
• Experienced in use of collaboration tools e.g. Teams, Confluence, Jira, etc
• Working knowledge of a project management tool or software
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in managing a project budget - forecasting costs, tracking actuals, forecasting product revenue or operational savings
• Able to construct and deliver presentations, presenting options and clear recommendations to a high standard, to senior and executive management
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office with PowerPoint knowledge essential
• Experience of coaching and supporting Project Leaders through their projects.
• Must be organised and able to manage own priorities and workload
• Experience in collating and distributing progress reporting to senior stakeholders

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Leicester