Project Manager London, England
Job description
Job description
Role: Project Manager - Cloud Data Migration
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 6 months, with the possibility to extend
Rate: day rate, dependant on experience
Contract: Outside IR35
Location: Hybrid - Mostly remote working. with some on site work in London every 1-2 weeks
About the job:
BIP UK (formerly Chaucer) are part of Europe's fastest growing digital consulting company and are on track to reach the Top 20 in 2025. Operating at the intersection of business and technology we design, develop, and deliver sustainable solutions at pace and scale creating greater value for your customers, employees, shareholders and society. We are over 4700 people operating in 14 countries.
Bip UK are a disability confident employer, and we interview every disabled applicant (As defined in The Equality Act 2010) that meets the minimum criteria for the job:
· IT project manager with 5 years’ experience
· Experience in datacentre, application migrations at scale, including Cloud.
· Understanding of Kanban/Scrum/Agile methodology and experience working in a Scrum team.
· PMP, Agile Scrum Master, SAFe, PRINCE2 or similar certification
· Insurance sector experience
We are seeking a Project Manager / Cloud Migration, for our London Market/insurance client.
The Cloud Migration - Project Manager, is responsible for delivering migration projects. You will be part of the Cloud Migration team.
Key Responsibilities:
· Lead the Cloud migration projects to ensure migration execution in line with established planning and factory capacity / velocity. Working with planning managers, application teams & factory.
· Identify & establish mitigation / action plans to address issues during migration execution.
· Monitor & report on migration execution, providing regular reporting & KPIs to stakeholders & leadership teams.
· Ensure effective communication across all actors during migration execution & facilitate the resolution of migration blockers to maintain migration velocity.
· Create project plans that outline the project scope, schedule, budget and resources requirements.
· Identify project Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies, develop and manage RAIDs log to minimise or mitigate risk/issues, and communicate those in relevant governance.
· Set up and manage milestones, manage, and guide team members to achieve them.
· Monitor and report progress against plan and adjust plan to ensure the project stays on track.
· Manage budget ensuring delivery within budget constraints.
· Ensure project deliverables are high quality and are delivered on time.
Make sure migration to production is managed properly, to avoid major incident and impact on quality of service.
· Provide leadership and direction in a positive and productive manner.
· Ensure transparency and trust by communicating and reporting regularly with stakeholders and teams.
Skills & Experience:
· IT project manager with 5-10 years’ experience.
· Experience in datacenter, application migrations at scale including Cloud.
· Experience in leading internal & multi-cultural projects in English.
· Ability to drive actions & decisions in complex matrix organizations
· Fluent in both written and spoken English.
· Ability to adapt to changing requirements, focus on iterative and incremental delivery.
· Understanding of Kanban/Scrum/Agile methodology and experience working in a Scrum team.
· Customer orientation / added value, simplify in a complex organisation, autonomy and proactivity
· Ability to listen and understand complex requirements, team spirit and willingness to share knowledge.
· Proven planning and organization skills
· Bachelor’s degree and relevant work experience (PMP, Agile Scrum Master, SAFe, PRINCE2 or similar certification)
· Ability to identify and solve problems quickly, including team management, project risk and technical challenges.
Real world, real work, and real value, that’s the Bip UK commitment on every transformation we do. We deliver good-sense, human-centred strategies, that produce the results. We understand the possibilities can seem endless. Challenges are complex, technology ever evolving, and business goals pressurised and diverse.
Bip UK believes in conducting business for the greater good. We embrace all aspects of corporate social responsibility in a way that permeates everything we do, including not only the way we interact with our own people but with our various communities as well as the environment.
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 6 months
Salary: Up to £550.00 per day
Benefits:
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- Do you have strong understanding of Kanban/Scrum/Agile methodology?
- Do you have an understanding of Kanban/Scrum/Agile methodology and experience working in a Scrum team?
- Do you have, PMP, Agile Scrum Master, SAFe, PRINCE2 or similar certifications?
xperience working in a Scrum team?
- How many years experience do you have as an IT PM?
Experience:
- in datacentre, application migrations at scale, inc. Cloud: 5 years (required)
- insurance industry or Financial Sector: 5 years (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London
Reference ID: PMCloud
Expected start date: 17/06/2024
