Information Technology Project Manager

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the IT Systems Development Manager, the primary role of the IT Project Manager is to contribute to a broad range of IT-managed projects, including customer-facing, industry, and internal projects.

Responsibilities

• Analysis and preparation of detailed functional system specifications for the development of newly defined applications or enhancements to existing systems.
• Support & ensuring User Acceptance Testing is successfully completed on new applications or enhancements to the existing system, including liaising with and ensuring users' acceptance of change.
• Project manage the delivery of projects and programmes of technical change using best practice project management methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Ensure all project and technical documentation relating to projects is maintained.
• Business process mapping – identify and map business requirements with internal and external teams.
• Work as a member of the Systems Development team to refine best practice project and programme management.
• Manage service provider performance through reporting and monitoring of service level agreements.
• Work with external service providers to identify and deliver best practice business process solutions.
• Provide support to internal stakeholders for application-related deployments.
• Public procurement and contract management.

About You

Essential qualifications and experience:

• Technical Degree to bachelor level or other related third-level qualification.
• A recognised Project Management Certification, e.g. Agile, PMP, Prince 2, with a solid understanding of development lifecycles, methodologies, and quality metrics.
• Demonstrable project management experience, including process analysis.
• Experience in aligning IT solutions with business needs.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and IT service skills.
• Systems integration & development experience.
• Knowledge of, or experience with contributing to IT-oriented solutions to meet business needs and requirements.