Senior Project Manager

 

Main characteristics

Location

Farnham, Surrey

Company

March Personnel

Salary

£55000 - £60000/annum

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Engineering

Job summary

As the Senior Project Manager, reporting directly into the Programme Manager, you will oversee, from a project based perspective, the companys R&D team and all projects they undertake. By building and maintaining effective relationships with all members of the R&D team you will support them in achieving their goals and manage their time and tasks effectively in order to ensure they hit agreed deadlines. Along with management of the R&D team, you will also be responsible for analysing briefs (Tenders), writing progress reports, identifying risks, and developing work schedules.
Key Responsibilities of a Senior Project Manager
* Ensure clear task prioritisation through the use of the YouTrack/Jira agile project management system and regular team meetings
* Liaising with team members, management, and customers to ensure projects are completed to the required standard.
* Working with the R&D team to identify and communicate risks, ensuring contingency plans are in place as soon as possible to keep projects and tasks on track.
* Multi-disciplined approach, focused on supporting all R&D teams in problem solving
* Provide mediation between different discipline (electronic, mechanical) engineers in order to ensure effective communication between R&D teams and team members.
* Ultimate responsibility for timely project completion and delivery.
* Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team.
* Motivating staff and creating a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns.
* Being transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes, flagging any issues as they come up and without delays (so knock on effect is identified and plans are updated).
* Writing progress reports and delivering presentations to the relevant stakeholders.
* Delegating tasks and achieving daily, weekly, and monthly goals.
* Line management of R&D team leads
* Ensure effective communication and handover of completed development work to the production department.
Key Competencies of a Senior Project Manager
* Proven track record of managing multidisciplinary teams (direct & indirect)
* Proven track record of managing multiple projects simultaneously
* Proven track record of process improvement
* Proven track record of complex project delivery
* Procient in agile project management & iterative product development
* Procient with project management & administrative software
* Experienced in risk management and budgeting
* Background in engineering (Electronic/Mechanical/Software)
* Experience dealing with high prole customers/clients
Due to the large volume of applications we receive for each position we will only be able to respond to applications received with the relevant skills. Should you not hear from us within a week, unfortunately on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
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Consultant: Danielle Godbold