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Senior Project Manager Location: London/Hybrid Salary: Competitive + Benefits Role type: permanent Hours: 35 hours Purpose of role The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading a strategic project to upgrade the MDU/DDU websites via an updated design system, along with new branding onto a new technology platform. This will span across multiple business areas. They are responsible for managing resources, schedules, financials and adherence to stage gate quality gates and control guidelines throughout the full development life cycle. This also includes management of issues, risks and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.The Senior Project Manager has the authority to run the project on a day-to-day basis. Verify that the project produces the required deliverables of quality, within the specified constraints of time and cost and to achieve the potential benefits defined in the business case. Reporting into the change team you will plan and support strategic change management projects as well as significant tactical projects. This will include implementing changes to MDU policy/strategy coupled with technology enhancements, organisational change and major business process reviews and requirements. Main accountabilities • Upgrade the MDU/DDU websites via an updated design system, along with new branding onto a new technology platform.• Ensure alignment with company strategies for Cloud, Security, and Enterprise Architecture.• Identify the required target operating model and establish documented processes to provide the required levels of support.• Identify changes in the threat landscape and develop new documented controls as required by the technology changes.• Ensure operational resilience to minimise single points of failure and potential business impact caused by outages of the telephony platform or components within it.• Ensure applications have the required level of operational resilience as part of migration in accordance with the criticality of the application or service to the business.• Establish governance processes, service level agreements, and reporting expectations for the new web site platform.• Provision of a seamless transition with minimal, ideally zero, outages to business services.• Provide leadership for project teams by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.• Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously. Qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience • Relevant degree/professional/business qualified project manager with a recognised project management qualification• Experience leading, motivating and managing various project and programme team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance• Demonstrated experience in delivering strategic IT transformation projects.• Experience delivering website implementations and technology adoption projects on various platforms.• Familiarity with Website infrastructure and designs principles.• Experience managing stakeholder engagement across technical, compliance, and business functions.• Extensive experience of Change Management/Project Management/Risk Management You may also have experience in the following: Senior Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Digital Project Manager, Technology Project Manager, Web Platform Project Manager, Change Management Project Manager, Transformation Project Manager, Programme Manager (IT / Digital / Transformation), Senior Project Manager - Website Migration / Digital Transformation, IT, Project Manager - Cloud / Change Management, Programme Manager - Technology Platform Upgrade, Digital Project Manager - Branding & Design System REF-

Location : London/Hybrid Contract type: Permanent Hours : 35 hours Salary : Competitive + Benefits Main Purpose The Head of Operations is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Microsoft 365 (M365) Development Lead to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the design, development, and implementation of M365-based solutions that meet business requirements and are scalable, secure, and reliable. Line management of a small team of m365 SME's providing mentorship, coaching and managing the performance and M365 team members. Having a strong understanding of Azure technologies, you will need to be an evangelist of Azure technologies, effectively promoting and driving adoption of these technologies within the organisation. As part of your key responsibilities you'll: • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and provide technical guidance• Design, code, and test M365-based solutions, such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Power Apps, Power Automate, and others• Lead and mentor a development team to ensure high-quality solutions• Ensure M365 solutions are built to best practices and standards, and are secure and scalable• Stay current with new features and capabilities in the Microsoft 365 platform• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across the M365 estate• Provide regular progress updates and reports to management• Line management of a team of developers• POC and POV solution development in collaboration with Architects and Azure team members using Azure and M365 technologies to demonstrate solutions that meet business requirements in accordance with business strategies• Contribute to the design authority and help grow it into a Cloud Centre of excellence• Collaborate with the QA function to ensure Quality is implemented throughout the SDLC• Collaborate with the IT Delivery manager with refining and improving the SDLC for Azure M365 capabilities About You We'd love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you'd be able to perform well in this role!• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field or Microsoft 365 and Azure certifications• Highly experienced in Microsoft 365 development and implementation• Experience leading and mentoring development teams• Strong technical background in Microsoft 365 platform and related technologies• Excellent communication and collaboration skills• Ability to work effectively with stakeholders across the organisation• Proven track record of delivering successful M365-based solutions• Familiarity with DevOps, DevSecOps Test Driven Development Release management and Agile methodologies, Branching Strategies, Version Control processes• Experience using and implementing Git, GitHub, Azure Devops Git repositories• Ability to evangelize Microsoft 365 technologies and the benefits of the platform to both technical and non-technical stakeholders• M365 platform and tools: Extensive knowledge of the M365 platform and its related tools, including SharePoint, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Teams, and the ability to design and implement custom solutions on the platformYou may also have experience in the following roles: Microsoft 365 Developer, SharePoint Developer, Power Platform Developer, Azure Developer, Solutions Architect, Technical Lead, Development Manager, Cloud Solutions Developer, M365 Consultant, Digital Workplace Developer, etc.REF-