Senior IT Project Manager

Job Description

Job title: Senior IT Project Manager

Company: Bupa

Job description: Job Description:

Senior IT Project Manager

Hybrid (up to 3 days per week working from home)

London SW5 0TU

Permanent

£60,000 – £72,000 per annum, depending on experience

Target Management Bonus of 10% + Benefits

Full-time – 37.5 hours per week

At Bupa, we’re passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives.

Right from the start you’ll become part of our digital strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.

Working for our Cromwell Hospital, the Senior IT Project Manager will lead, oversee and ensure the successful delivery and management of complex and large-scale IT projects. The IT Senior Project Manager is expected to deliver business value by providing expertise and experience in project management enabling greater productivity within the IT Delivery team.

This is a hands-on role, looking for a self-starter, with strong technical and project management experience, being able to shape the IT implementation approach for its projects. This role is expected to design implementation strategy with defined success criteria.

How you’ll help us make health happen

As Senior IT Project Manager, you will:

Be the go-to lead for the project team, vendors and business, owning the management process throughout the entire project lifecycle from Initiation to Transition into Operation.

Plan and direct the overall project of work by driving a clear vision and goals.

Ensure accurate and adequate documentation and reporting during delivery and into service.

Creating an engaged project team throughout the whole project/engagement lifecycle.

Lead the development of the overall approach for the projects assigned to, its time frames and the definition of its deliverables to address and meet the desired goals and outcomes.

Develop and control the project budget, and manage expenditure within agreed spending plans.

Ensure and balance the availability of the required skills and competencies across project teams within the project.

Effectively liaise with all relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure that requirements are identified, assessed and appropriately integrated into the project.

Develop the delivery strategy and lead the procurement and execution of the IT project.

Provide input into the wider programme/portfolio risk assessment and management process.

Review project proposals or plans to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements and allotment of available departmental resources to various project phases backlog prioritisation.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

Experience on leading and delivering complex IT projects or programmes in a healthcare environment.

Significant experience in delivery/project/program management in both Agile and Waterfall, multidiscipline environment in roles across the business and IT.

Experience on predictable planning and Agile ceremonies

Proven experience in systems integration, migration and implementation projects.

Experience working on multiple and large-scale IT complex projects.

Strong working knowledge of project management tools (Microsoft Project, Jira, Dev Ops, Planner …)

Strong working knowledge of change management practices

PMP / PRINCE2 / Agile/SCRUM Master/Change Management/Risk Management certifications desirable

Demonstrable experience in managing 3rd parties within the delivery lifecycle.

Flexibility to meet the demands of a hospital undergoing digital transformation.

The ability to work under pressure, deliver to tight deadlines and manage professional stakeholders

Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate written and verbal communications clearly and concisely.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

• Annual performance-based bonus of up to 10%

• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available

• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you would like more information on the role, require an alternative format, or would like to discuss other opportunities suited to your skills and experience, please contact the recruiter.

Time Type: Full time

Job Area: IT

Locations: Cromwell Hospital London

Expected salary: £60000 – 72000 per year

Location: South West London

Job date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 02:20:06 GMT

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