Description
SC Cleared Project Manager required to work in Warrington on a 6-8 month contract initially.
The Project Manager's responsibilities will include:
* Define IT Supplier requirements for a range of IT infrastructure remediation activities.
* Ratify IT Supplier proposals for a range of IT infrastructure remediation activities ensuring alignment to Cabinet office and Technology office standards .
* Take lead responsibility for managing IT application development and IT operations suppliers to deliver all required software and hardware changes.
* Define, establish and deploy a programme level management regime for the end to end delivery of all required IT changes, including all dependent and associated software and hardware component delivery, via the effective control of the individual work stages that are required.
Candidates should come to the role with experience of:
* Recent experience of successful delivery of a large and complex IT change programme, ideally with a considerable infrastructure change element and in a Public Sector environment.
* Recent experience of working with central Government governance processes
* Demonstrable, hands on programme and project management expertise, with familiarity with the Department's methods being highly desirable.
* Significant experience of large scale IT Application Development and Infrastructure change lifecycles; their appropriateness and the factors that make them successful
* Experience of managing multi million pound IT contracts in a multi-supplier environment - demonstrable experience of supplier service definition, activity assurance, negotiation and support skills.
* Experience of working on both customer and COTS package based IT solution development projects, ideally projects with a considerable infrastructure change element.
* Experience of processes and products required to manage large scale, complex IT operations.
* Excellent inter-personal skills whilst working in high profile customer-facing environment.
* Well-developed communication skills - both oral and written.
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