Senior Project Manager

Overview

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Accountable for delivery of large scale and complex projects
• Responsible for project definition and delivery
• Lead a large team, setting objectives, managing performance and ensuring that staff have the necessary skills to deliver the project objectives
• Responsible for establishing project delivery plans and appropriate control and governance mechanisms to assure effective delivery of the project
• Manage multiple consultants and contractors
• Work within established financial systems to independently produce plans and schedules and track and manage budgets, highlighting variances in order to manage and control project delivery targets
• Use own knowledge and experience of industry best practice to implement and manage project processes and policies. Provide insightful recommendations that may support any improvement to processes and systems
• Present any business project risks or issues to senior managers (with proposed mitigation) to ensure the project is not adversely impacted, and ensure the delivery of projects to compliant standards
• Liaise and collaborate with clients and key stakeholders, in order to ensure all parties are informed and aware of project progress and expectations
• Analyse and review complex information from a range of data sources, in order to identify how different options may impact project delivery and advise clients and internal stakeholders on potential implications and mitigations
• Act as a technical expert within own projects, providing strategic advice to other senior managers, in order to support successful delivery in line with project objectives and strategies
• Assure compliance with contracts in terms of project delivery parameters and scope of service
• Develop and manage team leaders
• Translate business objectives into operational financial targets, producing clearly defined business cases, plans and schedules for projects, and taking responsibility for meeting the profit and budgetary targets of the project
• Talent development and succession planning
• Deliver aspects of Currie & Brown’s vision to their respected project(s)
• Skills, experience & qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Project management professional certification or accreditation
• Previous experience leading large scale and complex projects
• Proven ability to manage, motivate and lead large teams
• Strong pre-contract and post-contract experience
• Excellent contract administration experience
• Leading project management expert
• Experience of managing stakeholders at executive level
• Our corporate values
• At Currie & Brown, we know that when it comes to a good idea, it doesn't matter where it comes from.
• That's why we take a collaborative, open-door approach to running our business.
• Our people, from apprentices to senior management, make our company what it is.
• Everyone in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced, contributes to our success in their own way, and we have fun doing it.
• Unlike other companies, we focus on the long term and deliver on our commitments.
• We take a compassionate and inclusive approach to our work and always invest in the future of our people.
• Whether it's the desire to work internationally, the urge to develop, or even the curiosity to work in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage, offering guidance, support and the structure to achieve.
• That's why so many of us have been building successful careers here for so long.
• With the backing of our parent company, we are an independent company.
• Our people are able to make quick and flexible decisions, and work directly with some of the world's best partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.
• This mix of our scale and size, our partnerships and our people makes us a true industry leader around the world.