IT Project Manager required for online agency based in Woodmead.

COMPETENCIES

Project /Practice Management

• Creates & executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs & requirements.
• Identifies resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities.
• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
• Reviews deliverables prepared by team before passing to client.
• Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.

Financial Management

• Understands P/L models and cost-to-completion projections and makes recommendations accordingly.

Business Development

• Identifies business development and "add-on" sales opportunities as they relate to a specific project.
• Leads proposal efforts including completing project scoping and LOE assessments.
• Effectively conveys our message in both written and verbal business development discussions.

Technical Understanding

• Understands Internet, online marketing, online strategies, channels to market.
• Maintains awareness of new and emerging technologies and the potential application on client engagements.
• Analyse and map system processes (current state/future state) to support business processes.
• Identify and resolve systems, technical and data issues.
• Understand the business requirements defined in order to produce systems and functional specifications, used cases, test cases, workflow diagrams and data models.
• Produce high quality systems documentation.
• Systems Processes: Provide expertise in the modeling/mapping of systems development processes.
• Data: Identify what data currently exists, what data needs to be carried over into the new systems and/or analysis around what can be achieved with a new system.
• Database: Understand the rules, definitions and best practice around building a database and data warehouse.
• Documentation: Produces definitions, process flow documentation, rules and instructions as a basis for the work of designers and programmers.
• Testing: Produce detailed test cases to the testers and business analysts and assist in the system and integration testing before handing the system over for user acceptance testing.

Responsibilities

• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
• Take strategic direction from management, piece together execution team and carry out project.
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Determine and assess need for additional staff during project cycle.
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
• Supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.

Position Requirements

• 3 years direct work experience in a project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution.
• Strong familiarity with project management software, such as Microsoft Project.
• Solid working knowledge of current Internet technologies and trends.
• Demonstrated experience in personnel management.
• Technically competent with various software programs, such as Office, Visio, Project, etc.
• Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential.
• Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Reacts to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently.
• Ability to read communication styles of team members.
• Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, incl. management, and other departments.
• Ability to defuse tension among project team, should it arise.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial.
• Working Knowledge of Visio and/or workflow design tools.
• Working Knowledge of SDLC methodologies.

If you would like to apply for this position, please email a copy of your CV.

Should you not receive a response within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.