Howdens Joinery
Nov 06, 2021
Full time
Howdens Joinery are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our busy Digital Solutions team at our offices in Croxley, Hertfordshire. As an FTSE 250 business undergoing an exciting period of transformation and growth, the role offers the opportunity to work closely with the Project Management team to ensure that our business-critical projects are delivered on time, to budget and to exceptional levels of quality. As a Senior Project Manager, you'll be the go-to person for everything involving a project's budget and the leadership of our Project Managers. Primary Accountabilities Support the Head of Programme Delivery to ensure that Project repositories are well maintained, accurate and up to date including RAID, Financials, Milestones, Project Schedules, and Resource Plans. Act as a beacon for all projects ensuring that interested parties such as Service Delivery, Cyber Security, Training, Testing and Business Information teams are identified as key stakeholders and regularly engaged from the initiation stage of each project. Consistently monitor the output of the project teams against the planned activity, making changes to the baselined plans where necessary whilst continuing to ensure that resource scheduling is to a high standard and that visibility of plans and changes to plans is maintained throughout the lifecycle of each project. Ensure that the appropriate level of governance is agreed and established at the start of each project and that a satisfactory level of adherence is maintained throughout the lifecycle of each project. Knowledge and Experience: IT experience specifically in a role with project delivery leadership responsibility Experience of working in an Agile software delivery environment (preferably Scaled Agile) Up-to-date Project management qualifications (e.g. AgilePM, SAFe, Prince 2, APM Practitioner PQ) A demonstrable track-record of having delivered technology projects using Waterfall and Agile methodologies An advanced working knowledge of MS Project in addition to strong MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills Working experience of using Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS) or similar Experience of managing multiple complex technical projects simultaneously in a busy environment Experience of budget management and exposure to financial controls Benefits of working for Howdens : Competitive Salary, Company Bonus, Car Allowance or Company Car and Private Healthcare. Pension Plan with core 6% employer contribution, further 2% matching available 25 days holiday + bank holidays Ongoing support and development Free snacks and refreshments Free onsite car parking Friendly and supportive environment offering exceptional reward and recognition Howdens Joinery is a highly successful? FTSE 250 ?business, with more than 780 depots nationwide, more than 10,000 staff and last year our sales reached circa £1.5 billion.? Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values.? Join our rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in the? Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For .?