Senior Project Manager

Insight Enterprises, Inc.; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - GBP 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services company in Uxbridge seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead medium to large projects, ensuring accountability for project success and resource management. This role requires strong leadership and project management skills, along with a relevant qualification like PRINCE2 or PMI. Candidates should demonstrate experience managing concurrent projects in fast-paced environments, emphasizing high client satisfaction and effective communication. The ideal applicant will thrive in a supportive atmosphere that encourages creativity and strategic awareness.

Benefits

Excellent benefits

Compelling reward package

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Ability to provide effective leadership and inspire teams.
• Project management experience with knowledge of methodologies.
• Experience managing medium-to-large projects concurrently.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of projects including scope and cost management.
• Responsible for project performance measurement and risk management.
• Achieve high client satisfaction through effective communication.

Skills

Leadership

Project management methodologies

IT knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Education

Project Management qualification (PRINCE2, PMI)

Job description

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:

Uxbridge, GB

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to work in our area of the EMEA Services Delivery function, and, specifically, within the Project Management Office.

You will be responsible for successfully delivering medium to large projects, and for providing leadership to project teams consisting of internal and or subcontracted client resources and stakeholders

As the Senior Project Manager, you will also provide a higher level and wider scope of management to projects and project teams. You will have the authority to run projects and delegate tasks to individual Project Managers.

The Senior Project Manager is also responsible for the day-today management of the project, scope and schedule management, risk and issue management, finance and cost control management, and resource and people management. In addition, the Senior Project Manager provides a consistent approach to project delivery, the utilisation of tools and methodologies, and the reporting of governance information.

Key Responsibilities

• Teach, train, coach, and mentor teammates; promoting teammate satisfaction and enabling career progression.
• Responsible for the end-to-end delivery of medium-to-large projects including project scope, schedule, cost, risk management, quality, and customer satisfaction targets.
• Responsible for successful delivery of projects through the entire project lifecycle in accordance with Insight methodologies, processes, and best practice standards
• Measuring project performance, managing risk, and ensuring the maintenance of comprehensive project documentation.
• Responsible for achieving high Client satisfaction through clear and regular communication with Clients and stakeholders.
• Execute project contract change control, working with leaders as appropriate.
• Deliver assigned projects against budget and to GP targets.
• Manage assigned internal and external resources to achieve project success.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to project team members.
• Provide support for tactical sales opportunities to account managers as directed
• Support presales efforts as assigned to help drive sales

Experience and Skills

• Ability to provide effective leadership, build positive team spirit and inspire, motivate, and support teammates
• Holds relevant professional Project Management qualification, accreditation and certification (such as PRINCE2, PMI)
• Project management experience with a working knowledge of project management practices and methodologies
• Demonstrates deep understanding of IT
• Experience of managing medium-to-large projects concurrently in a fast-paced environment and to deadlines
• Ability to work on own initiative, prioritise work, handle pressure and take day-to-day decisions on the running of the project
• Experience of working at a senior level that requires a high level of strategic awareness
• Demonstrates strong working knowledge of Project Management best practices
• Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to negotiate, influence and generate confidence, trust, and respect

This list is not exhaustive, you will be required to undertake additional responsibilities as reasonably requested by your manager.

About Insight

We believe that by giving you the freedom to think big and empower you to reach your full potential, together we will achieve the best outcomes. Along with excellent benefits and a compelling reward package, we offer the opportunity to work in a supportive environment with a high level of autonomy and creativity - there’s a reason our average employee tenure is over 6 years.

We strive to display our three core values of Hunger, Heart and Harmony every day. They represent and drive who we are here at Insight and by doing so we are doing amazing things. Insight started in a garage in 1988 and it is through harnessing our three core values that two brothers, Eric and Tim Crown, steered Insight to the Fortune 500 company it is today. We are now a Global IT Services and Solutions business, passionate about helping customers and the real people who sit behind them.

Insight is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to achieving diversity and equality within our organisation. We seek out people from diverse backgrounds and encourage you to apply.

We will endeavour to contact you within five business days, should we feel your profile is a good match for this role. If you do not hear from us within this timeframe, please presume that on this occasion, your application was not successful.

A full job description will be provided upon application.