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Project Manager

hace 26 días

Newcastle upon Tyne

About Bedford Bedford Consulting is one of Anaplan’s largest and most established Gold Partners, recognised as Anaplan’s EMEA Partner of the Year for 2025 - our tenth consecutive win. We help businesses make smarter, faster decisions by connecting their planning processes through Anaplan’s cloud-based platform. With certified expertise across all functional and industry specialisations, we’re committed to delivering excellence for our clients and continuous growth for our people in a collaborative, values-driven environment. Role Opportunity An exciting opportunity for a Project Manager is now open within the Project Management Office. The role will work closely with the Bedford Professional Services teams, across all regions, to manage projects within Bedford’s Services and Product portfolio to deliver value to both Bedford’s customers and its business. Reporting into the Head of PMO, project management responsibilities include the management and transition of projects via the ‘Anaplan Way’ Agile based methodology with the required governance and control in line with Bedford’s project delivery framework. The Project Manager, ideally with EPM or Application Development experience, will be managing several (sometimes large and complex) projects simultaneously to their respective plans. This role will also play a crucial part in delivering the right outcomes to the satisfaction of Bedford’s customers. It is important therefore, the candidate has significant experience of communicating effectively to all levels of a business and different external stakeholders, as well as being used to working in a dynamic & fast paced environment. Reports to: Head of PMO Location: Hybrid – mixture of remote working and travelling to customer site or London Head Office approx. x2 days per week Key Responsibilities • Govern the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders, to drive the project through its ‘Foundations’ phase., • Develop a project plan to manage each project from, adhering to Bedford’s governance criteria and commercial parameters., • Lead internal resources/teams as well as all partners (third parties/vendors) and Customers for the seamless execution of projects, ensuring all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and to budget., • Manage changes to the project scope through the appropriate project or commercial control methods. Feeding through lessons learned through to Bedford management for corrective action as part of the Continuous Improvement process., • To manage project risks and issues appropriately, providing the correct risk management response and action from review with relevant internal business and/or Customer/partner function or stakeholders., • Measure and report project performance (RAG) using suitable services and techniques (such as the traditional RAID log and planning tools) regularly communicating to management and escalating as required in an appropriate method, with possible solution options to any challenges faced., • Providing full financial control end to end during the project. Budget tracking/forecasting and time-recording to keep to project tolerances., • To manage the transition of projects in an assured and auditable manner. Formally transitioning the products and/or solution into the Bedford Care team and Manage Services for business-as-usual support, both from a Bedford and Customer perspective before ‘Go-Live’ and closing the project correctly., • Lead and encourage all professional services team members throughout project delivery. Formulating collaboratively agreed plans and keeping the project team always updated with progress and any risk or issue management., • Work effectively with all key stakeholders to manage business expectations, both internal and Customer based. Providing confidence (backed up by evidence based objective project reporting) and building relationships to ensure Bedford project delivery will deliver to the outcomes expected., • To undertake continuous learning (periodically researching new tools and methods, or new business concepts or frameworks) and consider how to optimise productivity, reduce waste and generate more customer value. Key Pre-requisites • Proven technical project management experience of 5 years plus within an IT Professional Services and/or Manage Service environment., • Experience working within an IT Consultancy as well as an advanced knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle projects, • Knowledge of Anaplan, products/services and delivery projects, would be advantageous., • Excellent Customer-facing and internal communication skills, both written and verbal., • Solid organisational skills, including attention to detail and multitasking, as well as an ability to prioritise demanding workloads to maintain productivity., • Strong Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) skill is essential. Working knowledge of Software Development tools such as Jira would also be advantageous., • Certification within Agile PM, Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2 or similar is required., • Professional qualification in degree, equivalent discipline or alternatively to hold significant industry experience., • Able to manage several large and/or complex project deliveries in parallel at any one time., • Excellent presentation skills with proven ability to speak comfortably in front of groups and to executive audiences., • Able to chair meetings and facilitate workshops with differing audiences, assimilating information and leading discussion to achieve clear objectives., • Ability to thoroughly understand related industry technology, to formulate and articulate effective solutions with attention to commercial parameters., • Experience of working with CRM, ERP and ITSM platforms – to underpin the full Sales into Service project lifecycle - and has working knowledge of ITIL., • Good at team building, enthusiastic, self-motivated and able to motivate others as well as resolve conflicts to achieve common goals and objectives., • Personable and able to build key relationships (to be flexible in approach) and trust with colleagues, partners and customers., • A record of contributing to the wider PMO department, helping both the PMO and the wider business to achieve its strategies as well supporting the aim of continuous improvement. Company policy statement Our preferred selection process includes a combination of interviews and assessment centres. Additionally, to protect our business interests and ensure employee wellbeing, we reserve the right to conduct proportionate pre-employment checks and ongoing diligence both before and during employment.

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