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Digital Project Manager
The Wirral
Permanent

Project Manager required to work for a growing and exciting Retailer, The Project manager will be required to oversee the definition, planning, direction and end to end delivery of Digital medium-large projects and they may also manage end to end delivery of several smaller projects as a portfolio. You will be required to work with the organisation key end clients, so experience in this space is essential.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Work with the business to create project proposals, project initiation documents, business cases , enhancement and change requests
• Ensure objectives and scope are clearly understood, defined, documented and aligned to the overall multichannel strategy
• Managing projects, enhancements and change requests to agreed time/cost/deliverable targets
• Create and maintain project plans, schedules, risks and issue logs
• Identify all stakeholders, develop a communications strategy for each, manage expectations and be politically aware
• Work closely with business analysts to ensure requirements are captured and validated at an appropriate level to provide effort estimates and plan delivery sprints
• Capture, question and validate information collected about tasks, durations and dependencies
• Work closely with third party software vendors and other suppliers to ensure work packages are delivered as expected
• Ensure actions and decisions are captured and communicated to stakeholders appropriately
• Manage scope and ensure that changes are logged, impact assessed and managed
• Maintain plans and schedules in line with changes in prioritisation and the overall multichannel strategy and roadmap
• Communicate clearly on the status of your projects, escalating issues and risks appropriately
• Identify and communicate any risks that may affect the scheduled release and identify mitigation measures to manage
• Understand the dependencies within and between projects, change and enhancement requests and plan accordingly
• Plan and manage the release process, ensuring testing has been completed
• Take responsibility for your personal development including working with your manager to set objectives and milestones and identify your training needs
• Identify new ways of working and supporting technologies that will assist the team to become more efficient and deliver a higher quality of delivery to the business

Experience needed:

• 3+ years’ Digital Project management experience
• Previous experience in retail/eCommerce environments is highly advantageous
• Highly organised, able to work in a fast paced environment and plan/manage time accordingly
• Strong facilitation and influencing skills
• Experience working with external clients
• Confidence, experience and knowledge to question stakeholders and delivery teams
• Self-starter able to work with limited guidance
• Exposure to the full software development life-cycle
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal