Job Description

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Hybrid,Full-time, Unlimited
Birmingham

Project Portfolio Manager


Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom


The UK Trading IT Solutions team is looking for a IT Project/Programme Manager to join us from July 2025. We are an agile team, practicing continuous development to support the Short Term Power Trading Business we are looking for ambitious player with a range of interpersonal and technical skills to support the digitalisation journey of Uniper in the UK

Your responsibilities

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As the expert interface between the UNIPER Group and international wholesale energy markets, we create value by managing the commodity price risks faced by UNIPER and its customers, while optimizing the Group's broad and diverse power, gas and renewables portfolio.
UNIPER IT manages all IT matters for the UNIPER Group. UGC IT specifically supports the trading business. We are looking for a experienced Trading IT Program Manager to own and deliver some of the large/complex Trading IT programs (UK, Germany and other locations).


This position has the following accountabilities:


To manage a Portfolio of unrelated projects, including the associated resource and budget. To manage the end to end delivery of IT change into the operational business. You are able to create and communicate a bold direction that inspires excellent results and performance. You are focus on the key inputs for your business and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion. You think differently always striving to accomplish more with less. Requires energy trading experience, strategic and technical knowledge in leading international businesses and in implementing successfully change programs or strategies across multiple sites and countries. Manage year on year IT change CAPEX budget 3Million, & OPEX of 2Million. Lead a strong community of PM's IT Bas, Developers and testers, ensuring oversight of resource management and planning. Define the optimum target operating model, bespoke people strategies and implement the required programme for upskilling talent both on site and remote locations serving our UK Trading portfolio. Manage a portfolio of technical projects and support for UK Trading systems and some German systems. Scan, coordinate and evaluate improvements to business process via technical implementation via large transformation programs (including MTP). Oversee IT vendor related contract agreements, commercial implications, within the focus of the assigned area of responsibility. Create value for our business via close collaboration of Business As Usual delivery and operational teams. Delivery of the programme within budget, time and quality constraints. Ensuring that arrangements are in place within projects for business readiness to accept the delivered change, including training, communications and any modifications to business process and/or organisational design. Deliver UK trading projects, steer quality and performance. Improve project delivery embracing support organisation. Manage and promote a holistic Quality control culture. Collaborate with IT project managers, functional leads including GB Commercial group.

Your profile

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We are keen to hear from the candidates with below skill set:
Extensive experience in energy trading power (Preferred UK Power intraday and Day Ahead). University degree level qualification or equivalent in information Technology, business, engineering subjects would be desirable but not essential. Significant Energy Trading Risk Management systems experience. Significant experience leading projects and teams. Strong IT delivery & management experience. Strong leadership in overseeing and steering diverse global teams, ensuring operational excellence and strategic growth OR Proven leadership in managing international teams. Must have worked with remote teams, offshore & nearshore teams. Demonstratable experience in steering and practical working with diverse range of international teams. Proven track record of capability development and people 1st strategy. Proven track record and significant experience working in the Energy Trading IT industry. Fresh approach and positive can-do attitude. Strong collaboration and influencing skill and the ability to deal with ambiguity and change. Positive and strong collaboration skills fostering efficient relationships with third party vendors including management of their performance and feedback. A probing and pragmatic personality with the ability to effectively implement change and effective stakeholder management. Job ID:
88315
Application deadline:
01/08/2025
Do you have any questions?
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by e-mail and we will get back to you:


career@uniper.energy
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We look forward to receiving your application!


Your Uniper Talent Acquisition Team


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