Urgent opening for you - Infrastructure Project Manager in Dublin, Ireland

Dublin  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Role Definition

Essential

  • Experience delivering projects Citrix upgrades, application packaging and SCCM delivery.
  • Minimum of 5 years experience working on infrastructure and application delivery projects.
  • Matrix management experience managing teams in different locations on shore and off shore.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Generic

  • Proven Experience in a Technical Project Manager role,
  • Exposure to global datacentres and general infrastructure/network projects
  • Manage project activities on a day to day basis. Guide sponsor through the approval process
  • Ensure that project has defined business case and that outputs are aligned to deliver changes required.
  • Lead the shaping of the project, contributing ideas and fostering pace and enthusiasm. Own the plan and delivery of the change.
  • To engage technical delivery areas (engaging separate Project Managers as Technical Project Managers as appropriate) to ensure application and infrastructure changes are scoped and delivered.
  • Proactively manage issues, risks and dependencies taking action as appropriate to achieve urgent resolution, escalating clearly and promptly as required.
  • Negotiate timely execution of work and engagement of business resource to support delivery.
  • Take responsibility for the planning of the project using appropriate planning tools.
  • Ensure progress is clearly communicated and any slippage identified with appropriate actions to mitigate.
  • Ensure projects are closed properly, benefit managers are clear of their accountabilities and Post Implementation Reviews are undertaken.
  • Secure funding and resource, including recruitment of contractors as appropriate
  • Manage Project Budget as appropriate.
  • Develop self in order to maximise personal contribution to the job
  • Focus on costs, process improvements and/or efficiency to contribute to the profitability of the business
  • Dynamic and self-motivated style, with energy and ability to create pace and drive change
  • Highly organized with excellent command of all standard desktop software ie Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Explorer and Project Management Software.
  • Should be Project Management certified (Prince2, APM, PMI, MSP) any of them
  • Understands PM maturity models such as CMMi and well as PM methodologies

The Individual

  • Extensive track record of delivery of complex projects in different organisations.
  • Able to deliver highly complex projects requiring co-ordination of effort across a spectrum of different providers (business, commercial, legal, IT, marketing, regulator)
  • Has excellent appreciation of all aspects of the project management body of knowledge' and applies this pragmatically to different situations. Provides guidance on best practice and feedback into process improvement.
  • Certified and professional project manager. Understands PM maturity models such as CMMi as well as PM methodologies.
  • Able to understand and articulate impact of significant change across Business and IT. Demonstrable knowledge of Change Management theory and practice. Embeds good change management practice into project plans.
  • Demonstrates good understanding of context of projects. Effectively identifies and manages stakeholders; able to identify and address dysfunctional behaviour in stakeholder community
  • Good depth and breath of knowledge, including experience in delivering complex IT systems. Appreciation of current and emerging technologies and architectures.
  • Good appreciation of service delivery requirements in context of system changes. Understands activities necessary to assess production readiness of solutions
  • Advanced MS Project, able to produce robust, integrated schedules and reporting. Familiarity with project repository tools (Workbench, MS Server). Advanced Word and Excel skills.
  • Leads sizeable project teams that include junior PM's. Understands principles of leadership and team building; applies these to develop highly effective and motivated project teams. Provides critical input to performance management.
  • Sufficient expertise to act as role model and will seek opportunities to undertake training and mentoring of colleagues within projects and to more junior staff in the wider group.
  • Assists Sponsor and/or Programme Manager in defining deliverables, scope etc. Sets direction and approach. Takes ownership for deliverables (and other resources) and ensures timeliness and quality. Infrequent need for guidance
  • Generally to project sponsor, steering group and senior stakeholders, for strategic projects. Views are respected and sought out to inform decision making with less readily available support
  • Builds strong relationships with customers, stakeholders and sponsor; with support from
  • Working with project teams of up to 30 people with other Projects manager. Also capable of managing more than one sizeable project.
  • Budget responsibility between up to £5m
  • Significant - opinions and input respected; impacts direction and success of strategic projects or programmes. Respected and in demand across the business for project management ability.
  • Exceptional project management skills, with additional ability to influence business solutions at strategic level.
  • Working with project teams of up to 5-20 people with other Projects manager. Also capable of managing more than one sizeable project
Start date
ASAP
Duration
6-12 months
From
Ubique Systems UK Limited
Published at
28.01.2022
Project ID:
2302403
Contract type
Freelance
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