Senior Project Manager

We are growing our Delivery team and looking for a Senior Project Manager to join us on our exciting journey and be part of the Hitachi Solutions family.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall, and day-to-day delivery of large-scale projects to time, quality and budget in accordance with the contract.
• Responsible for project scope, and adhering to the published methodology and project controls. 
• Responsible for the preparation and communication of most project deliverables, including forecasts, timesheet management, project status reports (PSRs), etc, in full dialogue with the Project Director. 
• Responsible for the management of large project budget and associated communication, such as forecasting and client reporting. Is able to resolve most budget challenges independently, informing the Project Director of key decisions.
• Planning, delegating, monitoring and controlling all of the Project Team’s activities in accordance with the project plan.
• Responsible for ensuring that the project plan is resourced throughout all phases of the project lifecycle, and ensuring that all resourcing demands for the project are managed via the agreed request process.
• Responsible for ensuring that the project plan can be delivered when considering all external factors, and taking any remedial actions, and escalating as necessary
• Responsible for preparing and presenting large, complex change requests, in dialogue with the Project Director, in order to govern changes in scope, cost and time, and be able to resolve minor conflict situations.
• Ensuring that the acceptance process is followed, and that all deliverables, milestones, and project phases are accepted, and that written evidence is obtained by the client before proceeding.
• Act as a point of contact for the Project Team and escalate any required actions, issues, or risks to the Steering Group.
• Responsible for ensuring that all identified risks, issues, and actions are captured, and contain the appropriate level of detail, including ownership, priority and date.
• Responsible for maintaining an awareness of the financial status of the client’s account and support Finance with any debt collection and/or debt recovery activities
• Responsible for mentoring and developing Project Managers under their span of control or as advised by the Programme Director
• Execute assigned responsibilities in a manner consistent with Hitachi Solution Europe Ltd’s Quality Management Policy.