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Agile Project Manager

Location: Coventry
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: £44,845 - £52,758 Per annum

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Agile Project Manager to join our team and drive the successful delivery of projects within budget. As the Agile Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing projects employing agile/lean/SCRUM delivery methods to bring about business change and benefits. You will collaborate closely with the Product Owner and lead a specialist team to ensure efficient and rapid delivery of IT products of enhancements. With your expertise in project management and agile methodologies, you will champion knowledge sharing and continual improvement throughout Cadent.

Key Accountabilities:

• Successfully deliver and manage activities with allocated budgets, employing competent and compliant service delivery practices.
• Drive and deliver exceptional customer service aligned with expectations, operating with a sense of purpose at all times.
• Utilise accurate data to identify opportunities for performance improvement and drive initiatives to enhance productivity and effectiveness.
• Design, drive, and ensure the successful delivery of key improvement initiatives, leveraging agile/lean/SCRUM methodologies.
• Manage, develop, and engage the project team to effectively deliver objectives in a compliant manner.

About You

• Educated to a degree level in a relevant discipline or possess an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Hold relevant certifications such as Prince2, PMI, and SCRUM, demonstrating your proficiency in project management and agile methodologies.
• Extensive experience working in an IT Solution Delivery environment, employing Lean, SCRUM, and other agile methods for project delivery.
• Strong understanding of IT landscapes, with a solid grasp of IT concepts, infrastructure, and technologies.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships, communicate effectively, and deliver engaging presentations. Your negotiation and influencing qualities, coupled with commercial acumen will contribute to your success.
• You are an independent and proactive professional who demonstrates strong organisational skills, using your initiative to drive projects forward.

Join our team as an Agile Project Manager and be part of a dynamic environment where you will play a pivotal role in delivering successful projects utilising agile methodologies. If you are a results-orientated professional with a passion for driving change and delivering value, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and seize this exciting opportunity to contribute to Cadent's success.

What’s In It For You

We are committed to supporting our employees to get the best out of themselves. For this role in particular we can offer:

• Funding and support towards completing relevant qualifications
• Ample opportunity for progression within the business
• Mentoring and guidance opportunities

We are also working flexibly, if this is something that you are interested in then please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss.

Benefits

We offer a host of benefits to suit your lifestyle and support your well-being. These include:

• 25 days holiday, plus 8 statutory days and an option to buy or sell holiday days
• An Annual Performance Bonus
• A generous pension scheme where the company double matches your contributions up to 12% i.e. if you contribute 6% a month, the company will contribute 12%
• MyChoices benefits like bicycles, salary sacrifice cars and healthcare that you can pick and choose from. You could get a better deal than you would on the high street and make tax and National Insurance savings
• A free Employee Assistance Line where you can get support and advice on any of the challenges you’re facing, completely confidentially
• Support to help you cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, examination fees and time off for study leave – so long as it’s relevant to your role
• A Matched Giving scheme where the Company will match any funds raised by permanent employees for registered charities up to £400 each year
• The chance to say “thank you” to one another when you’ve done a good job through our Cadent Congratulates Scheme

We want our employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance and are happy to discuss flexible working options with you if the role can accommodate it. Let us know about your flexibility requirements, whether that be reduced hours, remote working, flexible start/finish times, or compressed hours, and we will be more than happy to explore what’s possible for the role.

About Us

At Cadent we’re excited to be part of the future of UK energy! We’ve got a clear roadmap that will drive our performance to the forefront of our industry and support the UK government in achieving its net zero targets by 2050.

We’re making a difference through innovation and new ways of working. Together we’re shaping a cleaner, greener future for our 11 million customers whom we put at the heart of everything we do.

Diversity and Inclusion

Don’t meet every single requirement listed?

Understanding, learning, and celebrating what makes us different, as well as what we have in common, is good for us as individuals and enables us to work better together as one team. Cadent is committed to being an equitable and diverse employer that fosters an inclusive culture for all our employees, therefore, all our employment decisions are assessed based on qualifications, merit, and business need. So, if you’re excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification mentioned, we would still love for you to submit your application – You may just be the right person for this role or other opportunities at Cadent.

As a recognised Disability Confident Employer, we are proud to champion inclusion in the workplace and ensure to provide an environment that is accessible to all and supports individuals throughout their journey with Cadent. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process.

We place great importance on equity, diversity and inclusion, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Our employee communities Women in Cadent, Pride at Work (LGBTQ+), Embrace (ethnicity and religion), Thrive! (Disability) and the Cadent Military Community can’t wait to welcome you!

Circle Back Initiative

As an active and proud member of The Circle Back Initiative, we aim to ensure that all candidates receive a response to their application, regardless of the outcome.

We will be receiving applications until the specified date above, though Cadent retains the right to close this vacancy early without prior notification, so it is advisable to complete your application at your earliest convenience.

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