Project Manager

Project Manager

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or physical science is preferred.
• Strong leadership skills in managing personnel in a matrix organization.
• Problem solving & lateral thinking skills.
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence or similar tools beneficial.
• The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Good verbal and written communication skills appropriate to a highly technical environment.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in an end-to-end technical Project Manager role.
• Minimum 5 years’ technical experience within a technology based company.
• Project Management qualification such as PMP, PMI, APM, PRINCE2, CSM etc. beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Managing product development from initial project inception to operational deployment in line with business strategy and requirements.
• A thorough knowledge and understanding of project execution and the interlink between technical disciplines, the engineering sequence, procurement, and planning.
• Ensuring that projects are managed within scope and budget against realistic time targets that are defined and agreed.
• Managing team members as assigned in a matrix capacity in a participative management style to optimize performance.
• Driving the creation of project deliverables from the Functional Teams and directing these to effective project milestones.
• Analyzing and identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies to eliminate or minimize risks of not meeting objectives.
• Identifying and planning tasks and resources necessary to complete the product development.
• Driving the project team to ensure tasks are completed to schedule and deliver the expected outcomes.
• Acting as the central focus point for liaison with Engineering, Service, Manufacturing, Sales, Suppliers and Customers.
• Ensure there is an appropriate communication plan in place for each project phase to ensure the necessary stakeholders are included and actions completed.
• Advising the project sponsors of (technical & commercial) project risks and resource conflicts before commencement and throughout the duration of the project lifecycle.
• Supporting the Project Management Office with on-going continuous improvements to Project Management processes and tools to drive up Project Management capability within the business.
• Promote a disciplined approach to project delivery using a suite of tools including formal Design and Gate Reviews, scheduling and time booking authorization applications.
• Provide weekly & monthly project reports for the senior management team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with JIRA and Confluence or similar tools beneficial.
• Project Management qualification such as PMP, PMI, APM, PRINCE2, CSM etc. beneficial but not essential.