Senior PM – Contract

My Dublin based client is looking for a Project Manager to join their team in a contract role. The successful candidate will be working within the PMO team to support the delivery of key projects related to the business growth strategy.  My client is looking for a talented individual who can quickly become productive and has the skills to plan, structure, lead and execute a mix of both IT and Business projects.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and implementation of projects;
• Deliver the projects on time, on budget and to the expected quality;
• Stakeholder management;
• Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables with key stakeholders;
• Identify project pre-requisites, dependencies, constraints, issues, risks and critical path and manage these proactively;
• Define project tasks and resource requirements;
• Assemble, coordinate, manage and control project resources and tasks;
• Effective communications at all levels from Executive to Team level; strong verbal and written skills required;
• Budget management, control and reporting;
• Monitor and report on project progress to all stakeholders and governance bodies;
• Develop and maintain full scale project plans;
• Provide direction and support to project team;
• Quality Assurance; and
• Project Closure and Benefits Realisation review.

Experience Required

• Minimum 5 years project management experience;
• Strong leadership, communication, influencing and collaboration skills;
• Experience and proven ability to manage large and complex business and IT projects;
• Experience of Project Management and Application Delivery methodologies and deep understanding of project management functions and artefacts;
• Asset Management or other Financial Services industry experience;
• Project Management certification desirable (Prince or PMP); and
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and tools.