Small Change Project Manager Wakefield, England
Job description
We’re looking to strengthen our existing team and are recruiting for a Small Change Project Manager. Your role will focus on managing and delivering small change and business as usual (BAU) IT projects within Card Factory. You will report directly to the IT Programme Manager and collaborate with the Transformation Office to standardize and mature project delivery methods.
As a small Change Project Manager, you will also work with various stakeholders, CIO and IT Directors, Exec Director for Transformation Office and Programme Managers. It’s important to be able to build strong working relationships and work in a collaborative way across various teams.
We offer smart hybrid working, allowing the successful candidate the opportunity to work from home, but also in our Wakefield office, great links to the MI and free onsite parking.
Main Responsibilities- Owning and delivering all small change and BAU IT Projects, ensuring accountability for project delivery
- Managing projects using agile, Scrum, Kanban and waterfall methodologies
- Providing line management and leadership for project teams, motivating, coaching and developing colleagues
- Delivering projects of varying size and complexity across the full project lifecycle, including creating and operating governance with appropriate monitoring and controls
- Owning IT resource demand, capacity, utilization reporting, while supporting resource planning and allocation
- Collaborate with matrixed project teams based on/off shore (business analysts, product owners, designers, developers, testers, infrastructure and in life operational teams
The Ideal Candidate
- Demonstrable experience in Project/Programme related roles, focusing on IT Delivery ideally in a Retail or Fintech organization
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Knowledge of methodologies that will work effectively in a transformation and technology delivery program
- Ability to work autonomously and be self-driven, with a strong ownership mind set
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration or a related field (preferred)
Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greetings cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland. In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer. This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part of our exciting journey.
cardfactory have just have been ranked as the UK's 3rd Best Big Company to Work For by Best Companies in their Q1 league tables, and placed 1st as the Best Big Retail Company to Work For in the sector league table.
In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
Benefits
- Pension
- 15% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
- Save As You Earn scheme
- Financial Wellbeing Support
- Financial Education Tools
- Salary Advance
- Seasonal incentive schemes
- Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together
- Discounted gym membership, mobile phone contracts, and car leasing
- Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave
This is an exciting role with genuine prospects for the right candidate. If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click apply now.
For any questions email: [email protected] (we do not accept CVs/Applications via email)
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient suitable applications have been received. We advise applying early to avoid disappointment as applications will be reviewed regularly.
No agencies, please.
