Job Description

Department:

Delivery Services

Reports To:

Head of Projects

Work Location:

Chorley - Hybrid

Hours of Work:

37.5

Position Type:

Full-Time

Rate Type:

Salary

Grade:

5

SUMMARY

We are an innovative and market-leading software & services company based in Chorley serving clients in the utility sector ranging from new entrants to large existing suppliers. We deliver sophisticated software solutions and managed services in a Private Cloud infrastructure, servicing both traditional and modern real-time, smart energy clients.

With this role you will be working on our CRM & Billing solution which features a customer-driven proactive roadmap that

introduces innovation for the billing of new digital energy services across the utilities market.

We operate a Hybrid working policy so you will be able to flex between working in the office and your home location to carry out this role, however during your initial training period the need to be in office with other team members will be essential. Our UK office is based in Chorley, which is where you will be based.

Our Project Management Team Vision is for our customers to feel that they are in safe hands and have experienced a smooth delivery, with value for money, and for our business to feel that we deliver change in a controlled, well communicated, and collaborative manner.

Our mission is to have a Project Management Team where:

Everyone is equally valued and understands their contribution,

We all feel we're driving forward the best versions of ourselves,

We feel equipped to do our jobs and understand why it's important,

We feel empowered to do our best,

We utilise best practices with our tools and our processes,

We put the customer at the heart of what we do,

We understand the value of continuous improvement and are always questioning 'could we do better?'

As a Senior Project Manager at ESG, you will be responsible for the delivery of projects and programmes, from customer facing projects, to large scale internal and industry driven change programmes.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for delivering to the agreed targets set at the outset, alongside providing a quality client-centric onboarding experience, whilst ensuring a timely and focused handover of projects to Operations.

As a Senior role, you will also be expected to support, mentor and potentially line manage other Project Managers within the team, as well as supporting activities to continuously develop the team.

While this position is full-time, we are open to discussing flexible working patterns that accommodate individual needs. If you require flexibility in your work schedule, please let us know during the application process, and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITES

As a Senior Project Manager at ESG you will be responsible for:

Delivering projects within the ESG projects portfolio within the agreed Time/Cost/Quality/Scope targets with a focus on ensuring the right level of governance needed to ensure a smooth and successful delivery

Ensure projects are delivered efficiently and effectively, with a focus on timely project closure alongside a safe and smooth handover to BAU

Managing a diverse team across the organisation and managing a variety of internal stakeholders across the company aligning decisions and updates throughout delivery.

Delivering detailed business cases, benefits review and return on investment plans for initiated projects and throughout the lifecycle to feed in to key decision making forums.

Comfortable with the ambiguity associated with innovative change, confident facilitating complex and technical workshops and discussions throughout, from project definition to unforeseen issue resolution.

Able to define and deliver first of type projects/ workstreams, including creating the supporting governance and associated artefacts.

Manage the end-to-end delivery of projects within your remit including the coordination of all processes and teams involved in onboarding, integrating, and migrating Clients onto ESG products and services, utilising a SaaS- based delivery model, alongside tailored interactions where appropriate

Engage with the wider Delivery Services teams to plan the appropriate delivery approach, utilising and adhering to our quality management and delivery frameworks, whilst ensuring resources are in place to underpin the delivery

Engage with the wider business to support the estimating of pre-sales opportunities, with a focus on correctly scoping, planning and estimating from the beginning of the lifecycle

Work closely with the Account Managers and Service Delivery Managers to ensure appropriate Client stakeholder management and communication ranging from the Client's Project Management team to Executive level

Manage Project and Programme level RAIDs, escalating to Executive / Board level for areas that require need close attention and action

Accurately estimate and forecast the resources required to deliver the projects within your control, including continuously monitoring actuals verses agreed budgets and refining forecasts accordingly

Act as an escalation point for delivery issues that cannot be resolved within the project team

Ensure the timely and quality creation, review and/or approval of all relevant project related artifacts, including commercial Client-facing documents such as Statements of Work (SOWs) and internal facing documents such as PID's.

Manage or support the production of relevant and applicable programme definition documentation and internal business cases, where relevant, to support the delivery of large-scale internal and industry driven change programmes

Work closely and coordinate with other third-party providers, ranging from Client's third-party providers through to ESG's partners and vendors

Actively promote the sharing of lessons learned across the delivery team and beyond including the actions taken to address specific scenarios throughout delivery and reporting back on key themes encountered

Rigorously monitor baselines to prevent revenue leakage alongside ensuring baselines are controlled using change control, alongside the continuous monitoring of internal cost to deliver through timesheet recordings

Manage Project Boards and Steering Committees both internally and externally utilising the appropriate level of governance to suit the needs of the engagement

Own and/or support the maintenance of the project delivery lifecycle framework, processes, procedures, and templates relevant to your team / area(s), periodically reviewing documentation and tools to keep them up to date with changes and continuously improving processes

Support the allocation of new projects and pre-sales support to the Delivery team according to skills/knowledge/capacity

Produce accurate and timely status reporting both internally and externally to the Client, both for projects within your remit and for your direct reports where appropriate

Produce accurate and timely financial tracking, reporting and invoicing, both for projects within your remit and for your direct reports where appropriate

Input into internal governance Boards and Steering Committees to oversee the delivery of the Portfolio across the business

Work with other delivery services colleagues to support ESG's client-centric delivery approach (internal and external clients), utilising project management qualities such as effective communication, team building, professionalism, judgement and insight, empathy, and integrity

Manage client-led discovery phases for large-scale client implementations to validate, agree and refine the approach to implementing ESG products into clients existing landscapes

Manage simultaneous project implementations and engagements often across portfolios or programmes

Support, mentor and potentially line manage junior members of staff

Support the ongoing development of the Project and Delivery Services team including recommending and driving the adoption of best practice tools and techniques, skills and competencies

Identify additional sales / opportunities and liaise with the Account Managers and/or Service Delivery Managers to ensure that the client's needs are met

All other related duties as assigned

ABOUT YOU

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years' relevant experience in a Project Management, or equivalent, customer facing role

Experience of business case definition, benefits management and a focus on providing return on investment.

Experience of delivering 'first of type' projects and defining project governance and delivery models.

Experience of developing 'first of type' delivery plans and associated artefacts.

Experience of software-as-a-service or 'off-the-shelf' software and services deliveries

Experience in best practice project management methodologies

Experience of delivering large projects or programmes in a commercial environment

Experience of identifying and management of stakeholders at all levels including proactive engagement planning and reporting.

Experience building a diverse delivery team and facilitating successful outcomes.

Experience of owning projects / programme budgets > 500k / 1,000-man days of work

Delivery of high levels of customer (internal and external) experience

Proven ability to deliver multiple projects at one time while achieving high customer satisfaction

Experience of working in a fast-paced role or environment

Energy Industry experience is desirable but not essential

Experience using Project Portfolio Management tools, alongside MS Project, SharePoint and timesheet recording systems (i.e. Netsuite)

Flexibility to travel throughout the UK, and potentially globally, and to spend time on Client sites supporting them face-to-face for extended periods as required to meet Client expectations and project deliverables

Experience of the full Software Development and Implementation Lifecycle

Experience in waterfall and agile delivery methodologies

Education:

PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner

Managing Successful Programmes Foundation and Practitioner (desirable but not essential)

Agile Project Management Delivery qualification (desirable but not essential You will be:

Be able to communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels

Project a professional and confident image

Clearly articulate ideas and thoughts verbally

Be commercially aware and astute

Be open to new ideas and ways of working

Be well organised, diligent, and thorough

Have a keen interest in continuous improvement

Be willing to impart with best practice knowledge and skills to the wider Project Management team

Be able to drive efficiencies both within the team and the wider delivery services organisation

Be able to deal with and prioritise conflicting tasks

Be able to work well on your own and within the team with minimal supervision

Be able to demonstrate self-motivation & initiative

Be articulate and diplomatic

Be able to work effectively under pressure, working on multiple projects and engagement simultaneously

Be able to focus on both detail and accuracy

You will have:

Excellent project and programme management skills

Experience in a similar role with a proven track record of large scale project and programme implementation

Excellent communication skills

Excellent written and presentation skills

Experience in producing high-quality documentation and status reporting

Experience with coaching or mentoring junior members of staff

Experience of working in a fast-paced role or environment

Experience in presenting at Project Board and/or Steering Committee level

Passion, drive and be committed to delivering high quality and successful projects and professional service

Able to demonstrate ESGs key values of

Excellence:

be accountable to deliver our best

Passion:

show how much we care each day

Integrity:

do the right thing when no one is looking

Collaboration:

work together to succeed together We welcome diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us. ISO AWARENESS

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