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Project Manager - Transformation and Digital

  • Job
    Full-time
    Senior Level
  • Business, Operations & Strategy

AI generated summary

  • You must manage complex projects, engage stakeholders, ensure budget compliance, monitor risks, and research best practices for successful business change initiatives. Remote work with occasional office visits.
  • You will manage complex business change programs, ensure budget compliance, engage stakeholders, monitor performance, mitigate risks, and research best practices for successful transformations.

Requirements

  • Location: Remote with requirement to come to office in Walsall as/when business requires (once, twice a month or more)
  • To provide project management level oversight and expertise to the Transformational Programme.
  • To assist in the planning, commissioning, implementing, performance monitoring and evaluating transformational programmes and any delegated budgets.
  • To assist in the management of risks to the programmes successful outcome.
  • To support the transformation programme in the successful design, solution and management of complex strategic Business Change Programmes requiring innovation and challenge and to be responsible for the ongoing benefit realisation including efficiencies and savings to the Council that align to customer needs and corporate priorities.
  • To be responsible for the successful project management of large, complex, interdependent programmes of business change activity across the Council, its Partners and related organisations.
  • To engage with senior executives within the organisation (in the conception, development, planning, monitoring, and implementation of the business change activity and align to Working Smarter Principles) and to proactively and effectively engage with a diverse range of stakeholders and customers to capture requirements and through innovative thinking delivery fit for purpose solutions.
  • To be accountable for the project budget reporting any risk / slippage to the Programme Manager / Assistant Director of Transformation & Digital.
  • The post holder is expected to comply with all Council financial and procurement regulations.
  • Ensure the provision and availability of appropriate evidence and documents to demonstrate probity and transparency in respect of all Business Change related activity.
  • Research best practice and maintain strong links with other public and private sector organisations that have already successfully implemented business change programmes and projects.
  • Prepare and present documentation which brings forward this learning and knowledge into the wider organisation by way of recommendations to the Executive Directors, Programme Senior Responsible Owners and Project Executives.

Responsibilities

  • The purpose of this job is to successfully deliver strategic Programmes of Business Change and to achieve the stated benefits realisation including any forecast efficiencies and savings. Working in collaboration and under the general direction of Assistant Director of Transformation & Digital.
  • To provide project management level oversight and expertise to the Transformational Programme.
  • To assist in the planning, commissioning, implementing, performance monitoring and evaluating transformational programmes and any delegated budgets.
  • Onto assist in the management of risks to the programmes successful outcome.
  • To support the transformation programme in the successful design, solution and management of complex strategic Business Change Programmes requiring innovation and challenge and to be responsible for the ongoing benefit realisation including efficiencies and savings to the Council that align to customer needs and corporate priorities.
  • To be responsible for the successful project management of large, complex, interdependent programmes of business change activity across the Council, its Partners and related organisations. To engage with senior executives within the organisation (in the conception, development, planning, monitoring, and implementation of the business change activity and align to Working Smarter Principles) and to proactively and effectively engage with a diverse range of stakeholders and customers to capture requirements and through innovative thinking delivery fit for purpose solutions.
  • To be accountable for the project budget reporting any risk / slippage to the Programme Manager / Assistant Director of Transformation & Digital. The post holder is expected to comply with all Council financial and procurement regulations.
  • Ensure the provision and availability of appropriate evidence and documents to demonstrate probity and transparency in respect of all Business Change related activity.
  • Research best practice and maintain strong links with other public and private sector organisations that have already successfully implemented business change programmes and projects.
  • Prepare and present documentation which brings forward this learning and knowledge into the wider organisation by way of recommendations to the Executive Directors, Programme Senior Responsible Owners and Project Executives.

FAQs

What is the location for this job?

The job is remote but requires occasional visits to the office in Walsall as needed, typically once or twice a month.

What is the main purpose of the Project Manager role?

The main purpose is to successfully deliver strategic programmes of business change and achieve the stated benefits realisation, including forecast efficiencies and savings.

Who will the Project Manager be working under?

The Project Manager will work in collaboration and under the general direction of the Assistant Director of Transformation & Digital.

What types of programmes will the Project Manager be overseeing?

The Project Manager will oversee large, complex, interdependent programmes of business change activity across the Council and its partners.

What is expected regarding stakeholder engagement?

The Project Manager is expected to proactively and effectively engage with a diverse range of stakeholders and customers to capture requirements and deliver fit-for-purpose solutions.

Will the Project Manager be responsible for budgeting?

Yes, the Project Manager will be accountable for the project budget and is expected to report any risks or slippage to the Programme Manager/Assistant Director of Transformation & Digital.

What types of documentation will the Project Manager need to prepare?

The Project Manager will need to prepare and present documentation that brings forward learning and recommendations to the Executive Directors, Programme Senior Responsible Owners, and Project Executives.

Is research and best practice monitoring part of the role?

Yes, the Project Manager is responsible for researching best practices and maintaining strong links with other organizations that have successfully implemented business change programmes.

How will the Project Manager ensure transparency in business change activities?

The Project Manager must ensure the provision and availability of appropriate evidence and documents to demonstrate probity and transparency in all business change-related activities.

What is the emphasis on innovation in this role?

The Project Manager is expected to support the transformation programme by designing, managing, and delivering complex strategic business change programmes that require innovation and challenge.

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