IT Project Manager (Infrastructure)

Salary 44,131 to 51,182 per annum + 10% market supplement also available, 32 days annual leave + bank holidays, hybrid working pattern and other generous benefits

Hays Technology are working in partnership with a Higher Education establishment to recruit an IT Project Manager to deliver IT and Estates related projects in support of their ongoing infrastructure modernisation and digital transformation strategy.

The successful candidate will be creating and coordinating plans that involve estates, operational customers (lecturers/professional service departments) and IT suppliers, infrastructure engineers and IT support teams.
You will work with senior stakeholders to define project plans and create solutions to ensure the project will deliver agreed business objectives on time, within cost and to a defined quality level. You will also work with other project leads and team managers across IT Services and the wider University to ensure that infrastructure projects are delivered effectively and that risks and dependencies are managed well alongside other concurrent significant works.
Knowledge and experience of managing and delivering infrastructure projects is essential to be able to provide subject-matter expert network knowledge on risks and dependencies on challenges around customer requirements and timescales versus capacity both technically and operationally

Essential role requirements:

• Clear, confident and concise communication skills - written and verbal
• Create short, medium and long terms plans with accurate content
• Schedule, monitor and report on project activities to ensure that each part contributes to the overall delivery
• Identify issues with project delivery, cost, risk, inter-dependencies, impact on current business activities and the benefits to be realised and ensure that these are managed appropriately and reported effectively
• In managing the project, you will work closely with relevant team leads and suppliers to initiate required works, monitor delivery and recommend corrective action where appropriate and reporting on overall project status
• Support the strategic engagement with Estates to ensure coherent plans and outcomes
• Work with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders to understand and agree what will meet their needs and to ensure that appropriate expectations are defined
• Demonstrate a successful track record of managing projects in a complex working environment especially in any areas of Infrastructure, Audio Visual, Networks and Voice
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, along with strong project management knowledge and experience
• Prince 2 Practitioner qualification preferable

If you have the relevant experience and would like to apply, please submit your CV.

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