Junior Project Manager

This Position

The Junior Project Manager/Administrator will support project and program managers in the delivery of key projects and programs within VikingCloud including co-ordination, planning, controlling & reporting on projects, as well as supporting Program Delivery leadership in the delivery of Program Delivery led initiatives.

Your duties will include maintaining schedules and plans, maintaining cross program RAIDLL logs, resource management and ensuring adherence to & maintenance of Program Delivery project documentation and processes. You will effectively communicate progress against plan to all impacted stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• You will work closely with client facing, product and technology teams to understand organizational initiatives and ensuring they are captured centrally in project registers.
• You will work closely with Program Delivery colleagues to ensure project documentation is kept up to date and accessible for each project.
• You will develop and maintain project reporting including the maintenance of program level plans, schedules, risks, issues, actions and dependencies.
• You will produce regular reporting on project/program progress.
• You will work with key stakeholders on projects to identify and report on key program delivery KPIs, benefits and performance reports.
• The role involves the following key areas of responsibility:
• Establishing and maintaining excellent relationships with key business stakeholders, team members and external stakeholders (clients & vendors).
• Manage the planning, estimation and scheduling of work for the delivery pipeline.
• Work closely with cross functional teams from mobilisation through to release planning & production deployment.
• Resource planning & monitoring.
• Ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget, within scope and to a high standard of quality.
• Establishing and maintaining project delivery KPIs and performance reports.
• Updating and maintain project management processes and documentation. • Establishment and continuous monitoring of a risks and issue log.
• Facilitate meetings necessary to keep the wheels turning.
• Project management specific strategic projects from initiation through to post-delivery support with necessary supporting documentation.
• Ensuring Jira & Confluence are kept up to date with the release management cycle.

Key Knowledge & Qualifications

• You will have knowledge of applications and tools used to support effective delivery teams (including MS Office Suite, document management systems, Sharepoint etc).
• You will have excellent knowledge of Jira/Confluence
• You are interested and proactive you make suggestions on how to improve things and bring your experience to the table
• You are skilled at balancing competing needs & interests to determine the optimal course of action
• You are excellent at analysing and interpreting data to produce key insights that allow both the team and the organization to grow
• You are organized and timeline driven
• You have excellent communication and people skills and can adapt your style to achieve business goals.

Qualifications/ Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role interfacing with product and technology projects.
• PMP or other PM Certification.
• Change and delivery methods and associated controls from conception to benefits realization – tailoring to the needs of the organization.
• Experience managing resource planning within technical organisations.
• Great Jira & Confluence experience is a must.
• Experience of working in a SDLC – waterfall, scrum, agile.
• Fluency in English, spoken and written, is a must.