Project Program Management Advisor

• End to end responsibility for product delivery lifecycle for new and existing products from approval through design, development, integration, test, deployment and handover to operations
• Work collaboratively with other Project managers and team members of the programme to develop a strategy and development plans
• Typically secures and manages large financial budgets e.g. a central Investment Committee approved budget between £1m - £5m for any one project
• Determines, procures and manages appropriate resources internally and externally to deliver the project
• Engages and manages all 3rd party relationships using company and client policies and procedures
• Develops and gains agreement of project plan
• Provides regular progress reports to Client Programme managers and stakeholders
• Dependencies management with global platform delivery teams where required to enable integration into the local UK delivery roadmap, identifying dependencies with other business initiatives and key projects
• Implements and maintains a consistent project management methodology ensuring project conforms to appropriate governance including all project documentation
• Accountable for managing all aspects of risk, issues, contingency, and escalations
• Effective project/workstream communications with the Client and stakeholders
• Operate and comply with required local and global governance processes- Client Delivery cycle

• Completion of deliverables required for each “Gate Approval”
• Manage Change requests – including impact on time, budget, and quality
• Update and refine business cases for costs and benefits
• Timely updates of status, changes, and other data on to the systems used for reporting and tracking

• Experience in end-to-end Project Management of complex projects, with emphasis on Connectivity, Entertainment and Mobile domains within the telecommunications, cable, and/or media industries, regulatory and legal aspects together with experience of the end-to-end product lifecycle, in addition to technical delivery
• Proven track record in project delivery, planning, operations, or complex business collaborative environment
• Proven experience managing and reporting on project finances and budgeting
• The ability to manage virtual teams working on a number of concurrent large cross functional projects with a successful track record of delivering such projects
• Knowledge and demonstrable experience of waterfall and agile project planning processes, techniques and methodologies used in the industry e.g. MSP, PRINCE2, Scrum.
• Experience in a multi-disciplined and commercial environment
• Ability to understand and manage multiple project risks and issues, dealing with uncertainty, whilst being proactive and forward-looking
• Knowledge of risk trade off options and their impact on project success
• Ability to understand complex organisational designs and structures and understands how to relate these to the project being managed.
• Advanced stakeholder management, negotiation, and conflict management skills. Ability to engage and manage stakeholders effectively, resolving issues and understanding drivers/needs
• Ability to respond to challenging priorities with a sense of urgency and pace.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Ideally hold a PMI Project Management Professional or recognised equivalent qualification
• Ideally hold an PMI - Agile Certified Practitioner, Agile Scrum Master or recognised equivalent qualification
• Telecom domain (desired skill)

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