Project Manager -Security

The Project Manager:
• Takes responsibility for the definition, documentation, and successful completion of medium/large sized projects, directing and counselling project team members, and advising customers/stakeholders as necessary on all phases. Including creating and maintaining cost, resource and project plans
• Responsible for maintaining effective financial and project progress forecasting, and reports as appropriate
• Monitors and controls allocated human and material resources, associated revenue costs and all costs against the project budget
• Ensures that a change control procedure is in place for the project(s), and actively used to assess the effect of changes to the projects on costs, timescale and/or resource needs and reports these to project sponsors & stake holders
• Ensures that projects are formally closed and, where appropriate, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are captured and appropriate action taken
• Builds and manages a virtual team from various geographies and engages teams/contacts from across Colt and vendors as required 
• Ensures all key PM (Project Manager) documentation is developed and maintained, using defined project management methodologies and company standard processes, including PID/Project Brief, Project Plan, Risk, and Issues register, weekly reports, stakeholder reports, Lessons learned etc. The project managed could be part of a larger program managed by a program manager and the documentation requirements would be customised as per the program requirements
• Set up and manage project governance, including decision forums (Governance framework) and lead on steering calls with project sponsor
• Identify and track project success factors and operational KPIs
• Conduct a post implementation review, complete all project close documentation, ensures any outstanding post project close issues have been logged with owners in the RAID
• Work with the Financial Business partner to review project benefits and provide a mechanism to track them post project completion
• Management of multiple stakeholders across different teams, geographies and levels of seniority (up to VP level)
• Vendor and consultant management

Essential: 
• Proven experience as a Project Manager managing multiple projects at the same time
• Direct experience of working in a structured project environment
• Delivery of projects in an IT business environment
• Demonstrable business and financial understanding
• Effective communication (verbal, written, listening) presentation and management reporting skills (up to VP level)
• Personal drive, highly self-motivated and self-organised
• Excellent team player and ability to work in an international team 
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Demonstrable ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly
• Must have experience with Software Delivery Lifecycle (projects typically impact more than 1 system, often between 4 and 8 systems)
• Must have at least some experience with Waterfall – pure Agile candidates are not a fit for our ask

Desirable:

• Experience in and/or interest in the Regulatory space (both Telco/IT regulation and ESG related regulation) is desirable
• Previous experience in / knowledge of Colt optional, though considered an added value
• Knowledge of IT stack build and BSS structure
• APM (Association for Project Management), PRINCE2, Agile or other industry recognised project management qualification 
• Worked in a virtual team across various time zones and geographies 
• Worked in a Telco, IT or Technology transformation organisations 
• Up to speed on latest industry and market developments & technology