Project Manager

Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Sphere Digital Recruitment

Digital Project Manager

Delivery Manager

Contract – 3 months

Outside IR35

Location of Client- Milton Keynes

Hybrid working- 3 days in MK, 2 from home

£350-370 per day – Umbrella or Ltd Company payroll

A key client side business that we work with is looking to hire a delivery expert to help oversee a number of web related initiatives. They would like a Project Manager / delivery manager who has experience delivering website based projects end to end. The client has several new website related initiatives planned for the next few months such as a website redevelop, a back end digitalisation, a mobile redesign and they need a Project Manager to make sure these projects run on time, to plan and budget! You will be a digital Project Manager who has plenty of experience managing website builds, web redesigns, mobile app design & builds. You will be well versed with latest web technologies, content and cms and have a brilliant understanding of how the customer journey online is imperative to generating revenue streams, attracting and retaining customers and elevate a brand.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead complex projects across a wide range of digital workstreams
• Lead day to day BAU tasks
• Manage Project Roadmap and product backlog
• Manage monthly budget
• As a Digital Delivery Manager, you are accountable for the solution or portfolio of solutions, drive digital innovation, adoption, mindset and acting as change management champion.
• Main point of contact for Business, IT, and other Stakeholders, to conceptualize and co-design the solution, or the portfolio of solutions, road map
• Ensure Functional Requirements are included in the Solution delivery pipeline/backlog and are prioritized according to their criticality
• Manage, lead, and motivate the 3rd party project teams
• Remove roadblocks, that Team is unable to resolve at their own level, to keep the delivery momentum
• Support budget & vendor management activities

Experience required:

• 5+ years of work experience, preferably in IT, Digital, Transformation, Project Management
• 5+ years’ experience working with teams of developers and designers
• Familiarity with business processes, standards, and practices
• SCRUM/Agile – strong drive to develop and apply new way of working
• Excellent Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills
• Appreciation of web standards, quality assurance principles, usability best practices, and web analytics driven decisions
• Good time management
• Demonstrable experience with formal project management methodologies, including all forms of project documentation
• Experience with facilitating projects involving content management systems, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, .net and other web technologies
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Understanding of the current mobile environment (iOS, Android, responsive web, etc.)
• Experience leading on the development and delivery of digital products and services
• Understanding of the required quality assurance standards
• Experience facilitating sprint planning and daily stand-ups
• Knowledge of content management systems (CMS) currently Umbraco

If this sounds like you and you’d be keen to see the full briefing pack, please do send your cv to us for urgent consideration

Sphere Digital Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.