Project Manager - Business Change

The Role

This role forms part of the Commercial & Portfolio directorate and is working for a high profile company in Reading that offers hybrid working of 2/3 days a week in Reading. This role will sit in the Portfolio Management Group Centre of Excellence.

What you will be doing:

• Be accountable for the management and successful delivery of specific projects to agreed time, cost, and quality targets
• Take responsibility for establishing and maintaining projects within the overall programme to shareholder requirements and maximising the delivery of benefit to the shareholders
• Proactively plan, monitor, manage and report on project/programme progress
• Manage all programme interdependencies, risks, and issues. Initiating corrective action, recovery plans and intervention to achieve successful delivery of the programme
• Provide proactive management of the project/ programme budget, forecasting, monitoring, and reporting spend against the delivery of benefit to the shareholders through governance and commercial processes
• Maintain overall coherence, quality, and integrity of the project/programme from initiation to closure
• Support the Portfolio Management Group (PMG) to ensure standard, policies and templates are adhered to

What we are looking for

• Familiar and proficient in managing and delivering project(s) from concept through to implementation, and business adoption.
• Experience of Business Change/transformation activities.
• Excellent scheduling skills and driving delivery to a plan, risk management and stakeholder engagement.

Nice to have:

Telecoms knowledge and experience.