Operation Manager

Responsibilities

• Ensure the successful implementation of the business strategy, responsibilities, services and deliverables
• Monitor programme reporting and assist the team in reporting to senior management and stakeholders
• Establish frameworks and standards for programme and project management manage and compile programme related financial and KPI information oversee project costs and ensure finances are well managed
• Provide and maintain a capacity planning and resource tracking service across the programme
• Planned track financial reporting whilst ensuring that the programme and projects adhere to the agreed budget
• Ensure cross-programme dependencies are managed and the dependency log is accurately maintained
• Coordinate project closure to distil good practice and ensure lessons learned are logged
• Build cohesion within the team and motivate team to produce quality work
• Define and embed project control and governance
• Provide Project planning, milestone management, scope management, resource forecasting
• Financial Management; change management across the project portfolio
• Prepare regular status reporting for the engagement leadership

Requirements:

• Proven track record for planning, executing, controlling and closing projects
• Experience of managing the complete lifecycle of a project with teams of 5 to 25 people
• Experience of project management using AGILE methodology (or equivalent) for medium to large sized projects
• Strong skills in creating and maintaining project and programme plans, including risks, actions, issues, dependencies
• Highly efficient in resource planning and tasks assignment
• Knowledge of benefits and dependency mapping, risk management and resource planning
• Highly proficient IT skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS project
• Excellent written/oral communication skills for reports and presentations.
• Diplomatic ability to influence others at all levels of the business
• Strong and demonstrated ability to build lasting relationships with key stakeholders
• Ability to competently mediate disagreements and negotiate agreeable resolutions
• Experience of Programme and project level financial management
• Experience of defining and delivering benefits realisation for projects and programme