Senior Project Manager

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Senior Project Manager to work for our client within the public sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in Solihull.

Our client is seeking a Senior Project Manager who will lead and deliver mobilisation, transition and exit projects across the full lifecycle, from definition through to closure, either as part of a wider programme or on a stand-alone basis. The role holder will also participate in major bids (TCV £100m to £1bn), collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to define and plan the mobilisation, transition and exit approach. The Senior Project Manager is expected have substantial experience defining and leading large-scale projects in a complex and demanding environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct the project across the full life cycle in accordance with the client’s project methodology
• Drive performance of the project such that specified outputs and the overall business case are both achieved
• Actively use project controls (plans, governance, reporting, RAID, etc.) to ensure high quality and predictable project outcomes
• Actively manage risks, issues and ensure decisions and escalations arising from project RAID are taken to project boards
• Bid response, plan and cost model demonstrate in adherence to the client’s methods and promote their capability and use of industry good practice
• Business case production and maintenance
• Project budget development and its ongoing management/maintenance
• Lead, manage and motivate all project team resources
• Identify and manage stakeholders, ensuring excellent standards of communication
• Day to day leadership and management of the project and project team to achieve transition end state successfully, under control, and in accordance with industry good practice methods
• Provision of effective leadership and management controls including stakeholder and client management

Requirements

• Project Management qualification / certification (e.g., APM, PRINCE2, PMI etc)
• Experience of full lifecycle project delivery in a complex operating environment and managing the multiple constraints (time, quality, cost)
• Experiencing of bidding (specifically in relation to project/transition management) in a complex business
• Expertise in industry project delivery methods and standards (e.g., PRINCE2 or equivalent), and their relationships to programme lifecycles
• Experience of working in a high-pressure environment and managing multiple demands at once
• Ideally, experience working for an outsourced service provider
• Knowledge of project and programme management methodologies / approaches and their application in a complex business
• Knowledge of project governance and assurance and its interrelationship with programme and portfolio governance
• Knowledge of different business functions/ disciplines (i.e., finance and commercial, operations, safety, risk, HR, operational excellence, IT, sales, marketing, and communications) and comfortable working in a complex environment
• Advanced MS Office Skills, including Project (Project Online), Word, Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave, work-place pension and BAYE share scheme

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 3,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.