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Box UK – simply brilliant thinkers making software brilliantly simple

At Box UK, we have over 25 years’ experience of designing, developing and successfully delivering large-scale, user centred digital platforms for ambitious, disruptive and innovative organisations across the globe. Our ambition is to become the number 1 destination for clients and employees, delivering scalable and dynamic enterprise digital platforms.

Adopting an Agile approach that enables us to adapt quickly and respond effectively, we take pride in delighting our clients through the consistent delivery of large-scale enterprise websites and applications and our scalable, resilient and high-transaction award-winning systems.

To keep growing and keep winning, we’re looking to add more great people to our team to help us drive our business forward. We are currently looking for a Head of Project Management to join a group of exceptionally talented and passionate individuals and contribute towards our continued success.

We have retained an entrepreneurial spirit and start-up mentality, and have created a fun and inclusive culture, centred around continuous improvement and learning. We’re a highly collaborative team, continually striving to innovate and excel in everything we do to consistently deliver an exceptional customer experience.

Our values define us and underpin everything that we do. They are the reason our people give us incredible feedback about the culture we have created, and we are extremely proud of this. It’s our people and culture that truly sets us apart from our competitors, and we look for people who passionately share these values with us:

• Bring your A game
• Deliver amazing experiences
• Everyone is an innovator
• Have fun and value the team
• Own it!

Being a Senior Project Manager at Box UK

As a Senior Project Manager, you utilise your extensive skills and experience to lead, organise and motivate agile project teams in the timely and accurate delivery of software enterprise projects.

A strong communicator with the ability to collaborate and engage with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, you are able to drive results in dynamic environments, performing at a high level and fast pace to deliver on time and on budget, high quality outputs, from inception through to successful project completion.

In this role you will…

Engage with stakeholders

• Identify, analyse and capture stakeholder interests to determine an agreed schedule of project requirements.
• Establish and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with stakeholders, decision makers and executives, actively seeking and assessing feedback and adapting stakeholder management plans accordingly.
• Develop communication plans to provide project stakeholders with clear, timely and relevant project information.

Manage Agile digital transformation projects

• Plan, develop and consolidate high quality project documentation in line with project deliverables, capturing scope, scheduling, resourcing, budgets, risks, opportunities and quality requirements.
• Develop project resource allocation plans, providing accurate forecasting of resource requirements.
• Plan, control and accurately report on key project metrics including: financials, key risks and mitigation, status and forecasts.
• Document accurate project and sprint activity, milestones, review points and critical events, monitoring progress and updating schedules accordingly.

Lead Agile project teams

• Lead by example, empowering and inspiring the project delivery team and ensuring that trust, confidence and collaboration is maintained throughout the project delivery cycle.
• Facilitate Agile stand-ups, demos, retrospectives and sprint-planning sessions with the project team and stakeholders, acting in a scrum master capacity.

Manage risks

• Proactively identify, monitor and report on project risks (threats and opportunities), developing and implementing mitigation plans accordingly.

Manage process and improvements

• Follow Box UK project management and agile software development best practices, with a focus on effective governance and project status transparency.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives.

Support company growth

• Support the execution of Box UK strategic initiatives to achieve company growth ambitions and goals.

For this role the following skills are essential…

And you will also need…

• Essential skills

• A minimum of 3 years experience managing software delivery

• Excellent client communication and management skills
• Motivated by, and able to motivate others, in achieving set goals or

• Enjoys taking responsibility for project delivery and managing risks

• Desirable skills

• Certified Scrum Master
• Experience of working in an Agency or software development house

And in return…

You will enjoy a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. We recognise that our success comes from the talent, passion and dedication of our team. Working collaboratively, we share the challenges and rewards that come from growing our company, reinforcing our culture of ownership. We understand the importance of personal growth and professional development and invest in the skills of our people to nurture their talent. Our working environment is fast paced, exciting and fun to work in. We are an inclusive employer that welcomes diversity, challenges discrimination and promotes equality. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic.