Senior IT Project Manager

company context

OryxAlign has grown very successfully since its inception in 2006 and is now a highly respected Managed Services Provider with a well-established and growing brand and client base.  The company has invested significantly in its people and business infrastructure over this period and continues to do so; we now employ more than one hundred staff in our London, Manchester, and Manila offices.

OryxAlign’s business model is based on three core elements: delivering an excellent service; client intimacy to develop trusted partnerships with a broad client base; and high levels of operational efficiency. To maintain relevance as a Managed Services Provider in an evolving market, we continue to make significant strides in all three areas.  To support the company in its journey, we require the right talent, which we will reciprocally invest in.

job profile

Reporting to the Head of Professional Services, the Senior IT Project Manager will be responsible for managing and delivering multiple infrastructure, network based projects for our customers.

We are looking for an experienced Senior IT Project Manager with experience working in a MSP sector with strong technical knowledge of networks and extensive experience working on construction sites.  You will have worked across a variety of IT projects of varying size and budgetary value.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate first class inter-personal skills, have strong IT knowledge and at least 10 years’ experience in a Project Manager role.

context

The role is based in London offering hybrid working.  The role will involve management of the profitability, revenue, cost, and utilisation across projects. Travel to sites will be required and fully expensed from the London office.

responsibilities

• Manage customer-based IT transformation projects from initiation to project closure.
• Develop necessary documents such as project scope, schedules, RACI etc.
• Maintain and monitor project plans, project schedules, timesheet management, resource scheduling and expenditures
• Organise, attend, and participate in stakeholder meetings, prepare necessary presentation materials for meetings
• Manage project financials
• Manage customer relationships and maintaining client’s trust
• Risk and issues management
• Facilitate workshops for project scoping and design
• Plan, monitor and control the progress of projects and ensure high and consistent quality throughout the project lifecycle. This involves planning customer specific tasks, understanding the scope and technical delivery approach.
• Responsible for resource management within each project.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects while coordinating virtual teams made up of colleagues with diverse specialist expertise and roles.
• Ensure health and safety is adhered to while on customer sites and construction sites
• Work with the Professional Services leadership team to ensure a consistent high quality of governance of projects, and be responsible both internally and externally for all communications regarding aspects of the project (status, risks, financials, issues, scope, schedule etc.)

knowledge, skills, and experience

• Proven project management experience in a Network and construction sector
• Excellent customer facing skills in a customer facing role
• Experience in technical IT services sector
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, networking, and or cloud
• Proficient using Microsoft office including Microsoft Project
• Excellent written and verbal communications
• Strong coordination and organisational skills

education and qualification

• Essential – Prince 2 Foundation & Practitioner
• Desirable – ITIL V3 Foundation or higher
• Desirable – CCNA

remuneration and benefits

equal opportunities

OryxAlign prides itself on its People and Culture. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), sex or sexual orientation, religion or belief, or because someone is married or in a civil partnership.  We welcome applications from all backgrounds.