Senior Project Manager
Senior Project Manager
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Job Description
At EY were all in to shape your future with confidence.
Well help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.
Join EY and help to build a better working world.
The opportunity
Senior Project manager is responsible for delivering IT projects to schedule budget and quality. The role requires mastery of the technical knowledge of project management inter-related process stages i.e. initiate plan execute monitor and control and close and the supporting processes e.g. scope cost time issue risk resource communication stakeholder management. Proficiency in related processes such as portfolio management program management methods and tools and quality assurance is also required. Senior Project manager must have excellent stakeholder relationship management skills to successfully lead and manage the project team and project stakeholders and have expertise recognized and requested by customers.
Your key responsibilities
- Lead the development of the project charter and scope and ensure delivery of the solution to schedule budget and scope
- Perform the relevant project management processes - i.e. initiate plan execute monitor and control and close and the supporting processes e.g. scope cost time issue risk resource communication stakeholder management
- Monitor and control the work to ensure that the project remains on track and in control
- Manage to the objectives and plan by thorough risk issue and change management across both business and IT parts of the project
- Reports on variances to the approved project baseline
- Close the project to formalize acceptance of the project result and release project resources
- Interface and communicate with project team management and stakeholders
- Manage project work and resources to enable successful and timely completion of the project
- Performs gate reviews and quality assurance reviews with all aspects of IT organization and business sponsors
- Delivery of projects aligned to overall business and technology strategies and architectures
- Manage external contracts and suppliers where required
- Support development of business cases with the customer team including leading on the solutions estimate
- Develop objectives phasing and content of the project to deliver on the business case benefits budget and timescales
- Ensures that quality project standards are met as prescribed by EY Technology through the effective implementation or use of approved processes methodologies and deliverables
Skills and attributes for success
- Experience of managing IT projects with personal accountability for delivering to time and cost for large complex projects typically up to $10m in value and 12 to 18 months in duration
- Mastery of project management methodology tools and templates (includes project planning schedule development scope management and cost management)
- Track record of customer focus based on openness trust and delivering on promises
- Experienced in managing to contract; ensuring clients and suppliers alike perform in accordance with original agreement
- Experience across packaged and bespoke systems and infrastructure ideally on an international basis
- Management skills to manage one or more large complex projects simultaneously
- IT background with experience across the systems development life cycle with experience in all project phases plan initiate elaborate design build test implement.
- Knowledge and use of industry-standard project methods tools and techniques e.g. RAIDS budget communication
- Strong team working skills across matrixed client supplier and geographically dispersed virtual teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Leader in the use of IT methodologies processes and standards for project management
- A degree in Computer Science or a related discipline; or equivalent work experience
- 15 to 20 years in a corporate IT environment
- 10 to 15 years experience in project management
- Other relevant experience in a related technical field (application development deployment/implementation and infrastructure)
Ideally youll also have
- Project management certification (PMI/CAPM or PMP PRINCE2)
- Familiarity with ITIL v2 or 3
- Work experience in a professional services industry
What we offer you
At EY well develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. Well empower you in a flexible environment and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence Apply today.
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EY Building a better working world
EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients people society and the planet while building trust in capital markets.
Enabled by data AI and advanced technology EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance consulting tax strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights a globally connected multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Contract
