Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager
Nottingham
£60,000 - £65,000 + benefits

A Senior Project Manager is required for this independent regional UK law firm is known for its highly effective solutions to clients’ complex needs within selected markets which include the largest public and private sector organizations, alongside SMEs and high net worth individuals. This role will take ownership for projects across the business, whilst leading a team of Project Managers.

Key Responsibilities of the Senior Project Manager

• Ensuring all assigned projects and workstreams are delivered via the Business Change & Delivery framework
• Management of the project risk register and adoption of best practice governance for the full project lifecycle
• Provision of updates on progress against the Delivery plans to the Business Change Manager and key business stakeholders
• Key stakeholder identification and management for all elements of delivery
• Building strong relationships at all levels of the business
• Identification and proactive resolution of issues that are impacting the success of the initiative
• Working collaboratively with individuals, teams, departments and key stakeholders across the firm to ensure a joined-up approach is always adopted, tailoring approach as required
• Proactively staying close to, scoping and monitoring the external and internal environment to ensure a forward-thinking approach is adopted and sustainable solutions are identified
• Line management of Project Managers within the Business & Change Delivery Team

Key Skills and Requirements of the Senior Project Manager

• You will be experienced as a Project Manager or Consultant within a professional services firm
• Significant experience leading a programme / portfolio of projects delivering solutions to business stakeholders
• Project management and programme management qualifications are desirable with demonstrable experience of applying Agile (Scrum), SDLC (Waterfall), Prince2 methodologies
• Previous experience of full lifecycle delivery of projects and programmes
• Demonstrable experience of adopting a 'consulting’ and 'solution’ focused approach
• Experience of managing IT system deployment projects and sound understanding of IT software and infrastructure
• Experience of running projects which introduce organisational and process change to business functions
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Line management experience
• Good analytical skills and experience of project/programme road mapping

Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.

Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Our divisions include: Legal Operations (Legal Tech and Legal Project Management, LPM, Operations Project Managers, Change, Innovation and Process Improvement); Accounting & Finance (Part and fully qualified Accountants); Pricing & Strategy; Pfi/PPP & FM.

Harcourt Matthews is committed to diversity and inclusion. We value and encourage applications from all ethnicities and welcome everyone regardless of social background, disability, gender identity, and orientation. Diversity benefits us all and challenges our assumptions.

Keywords: project manager, project management

Ref: BHJOB3543_5818