PROJECT MANAGER

LOCATION: DUBLIN, HYBRID SETUP

JOB DESCRIPTION

Looking for a Project Managerto join our team reporting to a Portfolio Manager. The Department has undergone a transformation over the past two years to simplify methodologies and embed industry-standard practices to better meet our customer needs. The next phase of this transformation needs to leverage existing work completed and establish a cohesive system that manages all change portfolios centrally, across the following portfolios: Cyber, Health & Improvement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and implement customer and internal initiatives that enable the organization to deliver more efficiently in a constantly changing and demanding marketplace.
• Scope, plan, and delivery of programs of work to agreed timelines, quality, and budget.
• Ability to scope, lead and implement technical infrastructure projects along with proven ability to work with software development teams.
• Management of program stakeholders internal (including project resources).
• Create and manage project plans, defining scope, deliverables, budgets, timelines & milestones, and critical path
• Define project resource needs and work with management to ensure resource availability
• Determine project delivery budget and ensure close change management to ensure delivery within budget
• Ensure adequate, robust governance is put in place at all levels
• Create accurate and effective Management Information on the delivery status
• Proactively manage risks and issues through accurate and timely identification, mitigation, and closure
• Assignment and effective management of tasks to completion
• Ability to manage competing objectives and prioritise tasks

MANDATORY SKILLS

• Degree qualified or equivalent in a Computer Science or Information Technology discipline
• Proven experience working in an environment as a Project Manager (3 years+)
• Agile delivery experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Flexible approach, with the ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Working in an agile working environment with regular change, at pace and to tight deadlines
• Core tools of the trade including MS Project, MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio), SharePoint, Jira, Confluence.

COMPETENCIES

• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Drive For Results
• Communication & Influencing
• Commercial awareness