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Agile Project Manager Wales

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Full Time Wales 10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today

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Agile Project Manager-Cardiff Office-Hybrid
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Overview
LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking a passionate Software Project Manager with excellent Agile knowledge to manage projects and support product delivery for our Business Services software development team based in our Cardiff Bay office (remote start, moving to a hybrid working environment from October).
This new role requires an experienced project manager with excellent communication and leadership skills who loves solving problems. You will manage key projects and workstreams within our growing portfolio.
Company Description
LexisNexis Risk Solutions is a leading provider of innovative solutions for significant risk data analytics challenges. We use the power of data and advanced analytics to help our customers make better, timelier decisions. Our innovative solutions enable organisations to manage risks like identity theft, fraud, money laundering and terrorism and prevent ﬁnancial crimes and scams. By bringing clarity to information, we ultimately help make communities safer, commerce more transparent, business decisions easier and processes more efﬁcient.
LexisNexis is part of RELX Group plc, a world-leading provider of information solutions for professional customers. You can learn more about us at our website -
https://risk.lexisnexis.co.uk/
As an Agile Project Manager, you will be an essential member of our team, managing a diverse range of software projects and activities. Our mission is to lead change and enable excellent global product delivery by collaborating flexibly and transparently with our partners across the organization. You will enjoy working in a friendly environment and benefit from our investment in staff.
Main Responsibilities
Support 2-3 cross-functional agile product development teams as they efficiently deliver features and exciting capabilities (teams are usually between 4 – 8 members, depending on the deliverables)
Promote strong collaboration between teams, sharing best practice and helping clear potential blockers
Work closely with the Software Development Lead and Product Owner to ensure that the teams remain closely synchronised and upcoming features are well planned
Coordinate and partner with diverse internal stakeholder groups including securing early engagement to achieve effective support
Identify project risks & issues escalating where appropriate in a timely manner; ensure impacts are communicated so all parties are aligned; partner with project stakeholders to resolve issues and mitigate project impacts
Make recommendations for improvements to existing processes and procedures
Manage key technical functions with great care and attention to ensure coding standards are met and quality is maintained
Ensure timely use of project and technology tools to help drive accountability. Ensure project resources and budgets are tracked and kept up to date. Develop and distribute timely status reporting with key metrics to appropriate stakeholders.
Essential Skills and Attributes
Previous proven project leadership experience (5+ years)
Strong experience in Kanban or Scrum
SDLC knowledge and experience managing web-based application projects
You should be able to demonstrate the following behaviours and capabilities:
Present information in a concise and effective manner, ensuring messages are received, understood and all parties are aligned
Motivate or inspire others to aim for higher levels of achievement
Adopt new ways of doing things in pursuit of adding value to customers and the team
Actively foster diversity and inclusion, valuing and respecting differences to achieve team harmony and enable higher team performance
Learn from challenging experiences, recover and continue making progress towards objectives without reducing pace
Align short-term priorities with strategic and long-term objectives
Desirable Skills and Attributes
Experience working with matrixed/shared teams
Experience working with MS Office and Atlassian tools
Experience in a Scrum Master role
Certified Scrum Master
Project governance certification
Participation in the project management community
Benefits
The opportunity to work on a full range of interesting projects – become familiar with concepts related to large scale/high performance data processing, scoring & analytics
Make a real difference to our customers and society
Connect with a growing, diverse and sociable team who enjoy regular team building, games nights and quizzes
Experience dedicated time for innovation alongside opportunity to deliver creatively
Enjoy access to a wide range of self-paced, online training
Join regular seminars, interactive workshops and resource groups, supporting your future growth and development
Give something back to the local community, take two days paid leave per year to volunteer
Women in Technology
LexisNexis Risk is very supportive of women in Technology and has been a founding signature for the Tech Talent Charter. We have the following initiatives in place to support women in technology:
Mentoring scheme for women in technology
Women’s network forum
Regularly run events for schools about careers in technology to inspire the next generation of girls in technology
Job Families for Job Profiles
IT Program Management

At Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions Group having diverse employees with different perspectives is key to creating innovative new products for our global customers. We have 35 diversity employee networks globally and prioritise ensuring inclusive leadership is part of our culture. Our aim is for every employee to be the best version of themselves. We would actively welcome applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds and underrepresented groups.

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