Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager
UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UKSBS)

Europe, United Kingdom, Swindon

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Salary

$62,900 - $79,340 Per Year

Rank

Senior Manager

Responsibility

Design/Transform

Scope

Regional

Workplace

Hybrid

Functions

Finance

HR

IT

Procurement

Reports to
Level

N-3

Travel Max:

0%

Posting Date

01-16-2025

Description

In line with the Government’s Shared Services Strategy, the Matrix Programme is intending to deliver modern, cost-effective and scalable shared business services to nine departments (the Policy Cluster), with UKSBS as the provider, flexibly meeting changing Government requirements, and driving innovation to optimise efficiencies and enhance user experience. The Programme will also be driving business transformation, from which UKSBS can deliver these services, driving harmonisation and significant business change across the Departments. This is a large, complex multi-year programme and as part of this programme we are now seeking a Senior Project Manager who will lead and manage complex and potentially politically sensitive projects in support of UKSBS’ strategic vision and the needs of our client bodies, promoting high quality results and user confidence.

Senior Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

  • Leading complex and/or politically sensitive projects from inception to delivery into live service
  • Developing and/or validating the project business case, and establishing the methods and metrics for benefits realisation
  • Establishing and managing projects using relevant and appropriate professional project management disciplines
  • Being flexible when using Agile and Waterfall approaches, as appropriate to the project
  • Monitoring, controlling and managing allocated resources including budget and infrastructure
  • Leading the project team(s) to deliver high quality outputs according to the defined plan(s) to meet stakeholder expectations
  • Working with senior stakeholders from clients and delivery partners to define and manage expectations and facilitate issue resolution
  • Providing direct line management support to a small number of project managers and junior project managers
  • Interfacing with the Head of Portfolio to ensure there is alignment between projects and the overarching business roadmap and linking projects within the portfolio
  • Ensuring that benefits and risks are tracked across the roadmap and transferred to the business at project close
  • Providing regular reports and statistics as necessary for strategic governance and planning

Qualification & Requirements

  • Knowledge of and experience of using Project Management frameworks, disciplines, and policies (e.g. Agile, PRINCE2 or PRINCE2 Agile)
  • A strong track record of Project Management gained within a Shared Service or similar environment within Business Change Management or Transformation
  • In-depth knowledge of people change management implications, techniques and practices
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills
  • Ability to define and manage relevant and fit for purpose governance controls
  • Proven experience of leading complex business change initiatives
  • Broad range of technical, business and commercial knowledge
  • Good understanding of risk management, including methods and techniques for the assessment and management of risk
  • Experience of Scrum Master roles, or similar, would be advantageous but not essential
  • Strong commercial acumen with a keen focus on financial management, value for money and procurement process
  • Ability to exhibit a wider understanding of organisational systems and their evolutionary paths
  • Understanding of transition management
  • Excellent people management experience

Benefits

  • A generous annual leave allowance
  • Flexible working and family friendly policies
  • Excellent defined benefit pension scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loans
  • Employment Assistance Programme
  • Childcare scheme and on-site nursery (at our Swindon office)

Company Profile

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UKSBS)
Industry

Government Administration

Revenue

$473M

Employees

1,290

Fortune 500 Rank

NA

Global 500 Rank

NA

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