IT Project Manager

Role Purpose:

To lead the business preparation and implementation of assisted scheduling system

Working with the BV IT team, the software vendor and key people within the business unit to construct a robust project plan. Accountable for ensuring effective implementation on time and within budget

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Working with Bureau Veritas IT team, software vendors and relevant business unit stakeholders to manage the project to completion
• During Project Life Cycle stages (Analysis, Design, Testing, Training, Implementation):-
  
  • Facilitate & Lead Workshops to ensure business priorities are being met and sharing relevant information to teams and leadership
  • Update / create Process & Procedure Workflows
  • Responsible for Project Documentation & Stakeholder Sign Off (Project Initiation Document, High level Scope Requirements, Detailed Scope Requirements, Project Definition Report, User Test Cases)
  • Setting & Managing Project Milestones & Deliverables
  • Governance & Management Reporting.
  • Managing issues, risk & escalations within the Project Team (Internal Business, Internal Central ISM, and External 3rd Party Teams).
  • Weekly Project Meeting & Reporting of Actions, Issues, Risks
  • Budget management
• Provision of regular and timely reporting of project progress to project team and senior leadership to ensure project milestones are being met, status updates and risks.
• Planning mitigation against risk and providing solutions to ensure progress is not interrupted
• Responsible for overall project success, cost, quality, customer outcomes and feedback
• Maintains all required project status documentation, issue reporting, and financials.
• Analyses customer business process for improvement and incorporation into the application development
• To work independently and capable of sharing knowledge and practices within a team environment.
• Perform the job within the framework of the BV Quality Assurance System, the Code of Ethics and the BV Group policy

Stakeholders

• Building relationships with Key business stakeholders (Bureau Veritas IT team at UK and Group level / Finance / Operational Teams / Software Vendors).
• Role model against core behaviours, BV values and code of ethics

Experience & Skills Required

• Demonstrable experience in leading business critical software implementation projects, ideally with Salesforce products
• Minimum of 5+ years' experience in project management
• Minimum of 5+ years' experience as a Business Analyst.
• Governance and Stakeholder management.
• Proven experience in being able to prioritise and organise to tight deadlines.
• 3rd Party Solution Integrations.
• (Desirable) SafesForce Field services integration
• Good technical background with Prince 2 qualifications and an Agile approach
• Strong understanding of project scoping, definition of customer requirements and how best to communicate these internally and externally
• Ability to lead discussions, gain agreement and manage expectations of a diverse stakeholder group
• Experience in guiding organisations and teams through systems change management.
• Highly flexible approach
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive, solution-oriented approach
• Highly organised with good time management and administration
• Effective communicator and influencer, both verbally and in writing to peers and senior managers
• Strong MS Excel and reporting skills along with ability to work effectively with data and KPI's
• Strong commercial awareness