Infrastructure Project Manager
Location: Belfast (Some travel to Dublin)
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000
Responsibilities
- Takes responsibility for review of management processes (and decisions) to ensure that they are compliant with the organisation’s strategy for corporate information governance
- Has detailed knowledge of the relevant international standards and the principles embedded within them
- Reports issues and non-compliances to Board level, and proposes and monitors action for resolution
- Maintains awareness of good practice frameworks, within the sphere of Business and IT, including capability and maturity models, and standards
- Manages the implementation of business systems and IT controls to measure performance, manage risk and ensure that IT and the business work together
- Ensures that realistic project, quality, and risk plans are prepared and maintained for projects and sub-projects. Monitors and controls team performance against plans. Maintains effective financial and project progress forecasting, and reports as appropriate
- Monitors and controls allocated human and material resources, associated revenue costs and all capital costs against the project budget. Ensures that a change control procedure is in place, and actively used to assess the effect of changes to the projects on costs, time-scale and/or resource needs and reports these to project sponsors
- Leads one or more project teams; allocating and monitoring tasks, motivating staff and appraising individual performance
- Liaises with other managers within the IT functions and within the business; manages expectations of all project stakeholders
- Ensures that own projects are formally closed and, where appropriate, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are captured and appropriate action taken. Produces appropriate documentation to support these processes
- EITHER: Controls the development, training, and appraisal system for project staff, OR: Advises resource managers (project staff line managers) on the development, training and appraisal issues for project staff
- Evaluates and makes recommendations/decisions on technical options as appropriate, actively contributing to organisation's technical strategies
- Defines and makes recommendations on the project management framework for own projects, including creation and composition of the steering group or project board, identification of project sponsor and stakeholders
- Manages risk and ensures that any strategic problems are identified at the earliest opportunity and that solutions are identified and implemented, in line with change control processes
- Liaises with senior management stakeholders, managing their expectations for project delivery
- Initiates and influences relationships with and between key stakeholders, in business change design, management and implementation, acting as a primary point of contact for senior stakeholders, planners, designers and operational business partners
- Ensures that stakeholders understand available IT services, and promotes financial and commercial awareness in order to deliver value for money
- If required, negotiates at senior level on technical and commercial issues, to ensure that customers, suppliers and other stakeholders understand and agree what will meet their needs, and that appropriate service level agreements are defined and put in place
- Initiates procedures to improve relations and open communications with and between stakeholders
- Oversees monitoring of relationships including lessons learned and appropriate feedback (for example, to and from business change teams). Initiates improvement in services, products and systems
- Approves stakeholder analysis results and communication plan
- Contributes to the definition of an organisation governance framework, which may be under the oversight and/or direction of a project/programme management office
- Takes responsibility for the delivery of complex and high-profile projects, directing and counselling project team members and establishing and maintaining the correct structures to control and monitor the deliverables to the business
Autonomy
Has defined authority and responsibility for a significant area of work, including technical, financial and quality aspects. Establishes organisational objectives and delegates responsibilities. Is accountable for actions and decisions taken by self and subordinates
Influence
Influences policy formation on the contribution of own specialism to business objectives. Influences a significant part of own organisation. Develops influential relationships with internal and external customers/suppliers/partners at senior management level, including industry leaders. Makes decisions which impact the work of employing organisations, achievement of organisational objectives and financial performance
Complexity
Performs highly complex work activities covering technical, financial and quality aspects. Contributes to the formulation and implementation of IT strategy. Creatively applies a wide range of technical and/or management principles
Absorbs complex technical information and communicates effectively at all levels to both technical and non-technical audiences. Assesses and evaluates risk. Understands the implications of new technologies. Demonstrates clear leadership and the ability to influence and persuade. Has a broad understanding of all aspects of IT and deep understanding of own specialism(s). Understands and communicates the role and impact of IT in the employing organisation and promotes compliance with relevant legislation. Takes the initiative to keep both own and subordinates skills up to date and to maintain an awareness of developments in the IT industry.