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Reporting to: Chief of Staff

Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum

Contract type: Full-time, permanent.

Location: London (Hybrid)

About us

QuantSpark is a data science and analytics consultancy based in London. Our mission is to create strategic value for our clients through advanced analytics. We deeply care about the commercial impact of our work and this entrepreneurial approach informs everything we do. Our clients include major UK retailors, big tech companies, private equity firms, the United Nations and many more prestigious international organisations.

The work we do is hugely impactful and engaging, but it’s our talented team which is our greatest asset; we take pride in providing a transparent, collaborative environment where everyone is encouraged and supported to grow their career with a big emphasis on learning and development. You'll experience a friendly, fun and thriving hybrid culture, with great perks and social events throughout the year.

Role Overview

The aim of this role is to create a centralized and coordinated project management information hub within the organization for the purpose of providing governance across all projects, setting and maintaining project management standards, and collecting and reporting on project information to support strategic decision making, feedback and improvements.

This role will be instrumental in setting up the company’s new Project Management Office and it will be the first hire into this function. This will therefore be a hands-on and varied role from the offset.

This role has a keen focus on project governance and standards, resource management and risk management, as well as being a central source of truth for all projects.

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain and ensure project management standards across the organization
• Provide support, guidance and best practice to our delivery teams, project leads and product managers, including training on techniques, methodologies and best practice
• Provide insight and feedback to project leads and heads of department to create efficiencies and improvements within the project management process
• Collate project information and documentation across all projects and report on key metrics, including time, cost and quality, as well as risks and issues to the senior leadership team
• Maintain and report on a centralised risk register

• Lead on resource management by providing all necessary information and input, including project data, insights and recommendations to enable effective resource allocation
• Review and monitor resourcing decision, recommending adjustments as and when required
• Collaborate with the management teams to forecast and map resourcing requirements
• Take ownership and oversight of project budgets, feeding into the billing process
• Provide information on project trends to senior leadership for the purpose of strategic decision making and/or to foster immediate or future projects improvements, providing guidance and recommendations where possible

• As and when required on an ad hoc basis, support the project planning process, where needed
• Create project archives, tools and templates, and guide the proper use and adoption of the company’s project management software
• Streamline and/or integrate the different project management tools used for different types of projects and purposes
• Evangelize the benefits of project management and contribute to building a common project culture

Requirements

• Project management qualification
• Knowledge and experience of multiple forms of project management, including waterfall and agile methodologies
• 5+ years of experience gained within either consultancy or technology/software development industries

• Ability to focus on both the detail and the bigger picture
• Attitude of ‘no task too big or too small’ i.e. possesses the ability and willingness to be involved in both high level strategic impact tasks as well as the smaller, but equally important, administrative tasks associated with this function
• Ability to deliver and maintain standards in response to changing priorities and be calm under pressure, accommodating changes as required. Comfortable in developing and maintaining a suite of project documents, supporting meetings, and working well with a broad range of colleagues.

This is a full-time position offering competitive compensation and benefits packages. If you are a results-driven individual with a passion for project and resource management and a background in consultancy or tech, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

• A hands-on role in a forward thinking, thriving scale-up with plenty of opportunities to shape your role and that the culture of the organisation.
• Friendly, collaborative and transparent culture with very little hierarchy.
• £6,000 per annum training & conference budget to help you upskill and develop your career, with twelve days per year ringfenced for training.
• Flexible hours and hybrid working; the very best of working from home or our Central London office.

• Option to work from abroad for up to one month each year.
• Top tier Private Healthcare with Vitality on us.
• Numerous, perks, discounts, and rewards with major retailors, gym memberships, technology and travel partners.
• 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays – 33 days off per year in total.
• Share Options scheme from day one.

• Pension scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Optional monthly socials, dinners, and fun nights out.
• A fully stocked supply of breakfast, fruit, and refreshments for the days when you are in the office.
  

What the team say

Joining a new company can be equal parts daunting and exciting, it can be hard to tell if a company will be right for you, here are some snippets of recent feedback from our team members:

• “QuantSpark hasn't just met my expectations, it's far exceeded them. I feel good about getting up to start my days, finding out what other people are up to and carrying on with my own work. I feel like everyone is pulling together, in the same direction, to make the company progress.”

• QuantSpark has a great culture where team members are fully empowered to lead the way in their roles. I believe this type of environment allows employees to learn new skills and quickly begin to thrive.”
• “Diversity of thought is genuinely valued in a way you don't often see in the workplace. There is a culture of trust and a flat hierarchy that allows our team to leverage the benefits of diversity beyond slogans and statistics and become a high-performing team.”

Equal Opportunities

QuantSpark is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, or disability.