Associate Audio Visual Project Manager

Role: Associate Audio Visual Project Manager

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: London, Sunbury-upon-Thames or Livingston

Salary: Competitive and negotiable dependent on experience, plus company benefits

Interview Process: 2 stage (Virtual and Face-to-face)

Kinly is a leading integrator of audio-visual and unified communications solutions, and the largest in Europe, serving as a globally trusted technology advisor to leading organisations. For more than 25 years, we have been designing, developing, integrating and supporting complex audiovisual solutions and businesses rely on us to deliver consistently secure and flexible meeting experiences.

As our business and client base continues to develop further, we now have a new opportunity for an Associate AV Project Manager to join our team.

The successful candidate will oversee various commercial aspects of Audio-Visual projects, acting as a key point of contact for clients to ensure the fulfilment of contractual obligations across the project's life cycle.

The primary focus for an Associate Project Manager is on Agile category projects, including MTR integrations, low-impact upgrades, and digital signage delivery.

The role involves managing project budgets and schedules through collaboration with clients externally and the internal Project team and responsibilities encompass coordination of project engineering, rack build, installation, commissioning, and programming.

Additionally, the Associate Project Manager may be called upon to support a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager on projects beyond their regular portfolio. This serves a supportive function within our Project Management Office (PMO) and provides a developmental pathway towards assuming the role of a Project Manager in the future.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensure that projects are completed in a timely and efficient manner
• Full responsibility of commercial and contractual obligations of multiple projects simultaneously
• Prepare and manage project schedules and budgets, and provide updates on commercial performance and forecasting as required
• Communicate project progress and status, both internally and with the client
• Manage project scheduling and staffing with in-house and sub-contracted labour
• Oversee project site managers, Installers, Commissioning leads & Programmers
• Ensure that final documentation packages (i.e. O & M manuals, Record Information Packs, etc.) are prepared and contract close-out occurs in a timely manner
• Forecast invoicing and work effort throughout portfolio
• Travel to project/customer sites will be required in this position, as projects demand
• Facilitating quality assurance requirements as/where necessary, utilising Kinly’s QA Manager
• Fully manage all elements of Logistical requirements across a portfolio of projects
  
  
  

Skills and experience:

• Proven experience working in a similar position
• Ability to interface well with clients and co-workers and to lead subordinate staff effectively
• Confident presenter and chair of meetings in person and on video calls – leading coordination of AV activities
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, be well organised with attention to detail
• Able to create and manage schedules, reports and budgets
• Prince2/PMP qualification or equivalent favoured but not essential
• Technical knowledge of AV industry favoured but not essential
  
  
  

If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.

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About Kinly

Kinly is the globally trusted AV and UCC technology advisor to world-class organisations. Our solutions drive maximum collaboration, engagement and productivity to enable a world where people can work together, from everywhere. Our people are unified by a passion for helping teams achieve their workplace communication and collaboration goals, irrespective of complexity, location or project size. We design, engineer and support audio visual and collaboration technology solutions that add real business value and deliver exceptional user experiences, every time.

Why Kinly?

We are experienced: When you join our family you’ll be part of a multi-award-winning team made up of the industry’s most innovative professionals.

We are proven: The world’s leading global businesses rely on us to deliver secure and reliable meeting experiences. Come with us on our journey.

We are independent: We partner with the world’s best AV vendors to deliver our customers unrivalled access to cutting edge technology tailored to their exact needs.

We are global: You’ll be working with alongside the world’s leading brands and supporting them on high-profile, international projects.

Equal Opportunities:

Kinly is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, age, gender identity, pregnancy, colour, race, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, religion or any other ‘protected characteristics. We welcome your application.