Project Manager

Howdens are growing and with that are looking for a new Project Manager to join our digital & IT projects team.

We are seeking a resilient Project Manager to lead diverse digital and IT projects from initiation through to successful delivery. This role will work across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned to strategic objectives.

This is a permanent full time work working onsite at least 4 days per week.

What you will be doing

• Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop project plans, budgets, and schedules, securing buy-in from technical teams and resource managers.
• Establish and maintain appropriate project governance, documentation, and reporting standards.
• Identify, engage, and manage stakeholders across business, technical, and strategic teams to ensure effective communication and collaboration.
• Monitor project progress, proactively managing risks, issues, dependencies, and changes to ensure successful delivery.
• Support project teams by providing guidance, removing obstacles, and ensuring resources are efficiently allocated.
• Conduct project closure activities, capturing lessons learned and ensuring benefits realisation is measured.

Dimensions

Dimensions: Projects range from 12 weeks to 18 months, involve 5–30 resources, and budgets up to £3m+.

What we need from you

• Project Management qualification (APM PMQ, APM PPQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner and/or PMI PMP)
• At least 3 years working in a project management role
• Expert user of MS Project
• Experience using Azure DevOps or similar (i.e. Jira or Confluence)
• Able to demonstrate a strong understanding of Project Management practices including project planning, risk and issue management, stakeholder management, change management, different methodologies, and project budget management processes
• Proven track record of multiple successful deliveries of complex/cross-functional projects, using different methodologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal, persuasion, influencing and team engagement skills

What we can offer you

• Competitive salary and annual company bonus
• Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the option to buy additional days
• Staff Discount
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional Reward and Recognition events

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