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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supporting the successful coordination and delivery of the IT ProgrammeBe instrumental in building a tailored PMO function in the US IT team, ingesting existing & new projects into the framework and providing ongoing management supportTo deliver assigned change Programs and standalone IT Projects on time, within budget and quality.Weekly meeting cadence with PMO team and stakeholders to review project artifacts & progressSupport, motivate, guide, coach and develop the IT PMs in Project Management including definition of scope, objectives, planning, stage gates, quality criteria & communication plans, ensuring involvement of all relevant stakeholdersDevelop detailed project plans to set deadlines, assign responsibilities/resources and monitor progress of own projects with standard PM artifacts such as risk registers, RACIs, test plans, and training documentationManage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniquesShow leadership in managing key stakeholders and maintaining communications plansDrafting and reviewing Project Mandates to ensure initiatives align to the Business and IT strategiesScope and business case management & collation through the PMOPerform discovery efforts to compare solutions and vendors that meet the business needs, IT standards and budgeting requirementsEnsure structured Quality control/procedures and processes are in place and adhered toRisk & Change Management. Ensure that Project risks, issues and constraints are 'rolled-up' to the wider IT Programme, driving risk-mitigation, issue-resolution and constraint-management at a Programme level; managing, supporting and updating as neededPrepare and deliver updates for assigned programs in a timely mannerPrepare Project Status Reports, collate & review PSRs from the PM team and issue weekly to stakeholders and ITWorking with other internal functions such as BAs, IT Operations, IT Apps & Data teams, Master Data Team, Database team & Data Architects to determine their roles in projects, and track their contributionsBuild strong working and strategic relationships with a variety of suppliers, augmenting internal teams where needed to deliver the Programme, and ensuring suppliers adhere to high quality on-scope, on-time, on-budget deliveryDeputize for the Director of Projects and Innovation as needed including assisting in the creation, presentation and ongoing upkeep of IT strategies, business-steering, senior level communications and other administrative duties

Required Skills:

Retail industry experience is requiredA proven background in delivering IT change initiatives in a complex organization, retail preferredExperience in varied project methodologies with the ability to know when to work 'agile' and when to work 'waterfall' while applying the correct level of governance to stay delivery-focusedUnderstanding the running of a PMO is advantageous and a desire to make this a career pathExperience in managing multiple projects concurrently in a mixed-delivery environment of both internal and external delivery teams and shared multi-project resourcesAbility to work, and lead, under pressure - and meet tight deadlines while remaining results drivenStrong communication and influencing skillsPeople-management and leadership skills; coaching, mentoring and developing Project ManagersSupplier management experience including negotiation, tender and contract managementClear and concise presentation skills, including experience in program updates to senior teamsStrong financial and budget management, managing project budgets, and tightly controlling capital expenditureBusiness or systems analysis experience with exposure to Point of Sale and/or data integrationsAbility to take ambiguous requirements and refine them to clear objectives and deliverables 1443827_1769111825 To Apply for this Job Click Here