Senior Project Manager (Contract)

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects or project workstreams concurrently.
• Own end-to-end project delivery from pre-sales through to operational support.
• Act as the primary point of contact and accountability for assigned projects.
• Maintain accurate project data, planning, forecasting, and reporting within Codec’s PM tool (Projector).
• Deliver projects to agreed scope, budget, and schedule, applying formal change management where required.
• Identify, manage, and resolve inter-dependencies across projects.
• Develop, update, and maintain detailed project plans and schedules.
• Proactively manage RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) and implement mitigating actions.
• Report project status and progress in line with PMO governance and organisational standards.
• Produce accurate project cost estimates and support financial tracking.
• Achieve defined PMO quality gates and governance checkpoints.
• Manage project milestones, deliverables, and resources effectively.
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional delivery teams.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 5+ years’ experience in a Senior Project Manager or Project Manager role.
• Recognised Project Management qualification (PRINCE2 Practitioner and/or PMP).
• Proven experience delivering business applications projects within large enterprise organisations.
• Background in IT consulting or professional services environments.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering projects to time, cost, and quality commitments.
• Experience managing cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Project.
• Experience delivering projects using agile, waterfall, and hybrid methodologies.
• Experience with ERP (Microsoft Business Central) and/or CRM / Workflow (Microsoft Dynamics) projects is advantageous but not essential.
• Experience using Projector is preferred but not mandatory.

• Agile based project delivery with emphasis on sprint planning and management
• Results-driven with a strong focus on delivery.
• Excellent planning, organisation, and multi-tasking capability.
• Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines and changing priorities.
• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple senior stakeholders across clients and internal teams.
• Proactive, structured, and solutions-focused approach.

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