Project Manager, Systems Implementation

Program Manager, Systems Implementation | 12 Months | c. £400 - £500 per day (Outside IR35) | Remote

For a large, global organisation, we are recruiting an Interim Program Manager, Systems Strengthening to support the Director of Finance and IT deliver multiple automation initiatives to enhance organisation-wide systems. The Program Manager will gather requirements, present a standardised approach, shortlist, and oversee vendor partnerships, ensure integration, facilitate UAT, training, and associated roll-outs to ensure the initiatives are implemented within budget and time frame. With 8 automations at various stages of implementation, the Program Manager will collaborate extensively with stakeholders globally, including UK and International travel (20 - 25 days).

Main Duties:

• Overall project management of a number of different systems initiatives, all of which are at different stages of implementation
• Oversee timely delivery of projects and performance within budget, identifying financial risks, taking actions for mitigation and management reporting
• Reporting to the Director of Finance and IT, and other Finance stakeholders
• Requirements gathering and understanding of integration with other solutions
• Undertaking bid and vendor selection processes, terms of reference, deliverables, pricing and procurement, on-boarding, and monitoring of vendors
• Resource and budget management for projects
• Build and lead internal working groups
• Lead testing in sandbox environments to gain understanding before deployment
• Develop and roll-out comms of all new releases and upgrades and lead the development of online and off-line training
• Report to programme steering committee
• Build strong relationships with all staff within the organisation

Person Specification:

• Substantial experience of leading and delivering large-scale transformation and finance system projects
• Experience of implementation of large-scale complex IT transformation projects in the charity or government sector
• Experience of implementing an ERP system
• Strong experience of organisational change methodologies and using diagnostic tools
• Strong experience of delivering process efficiency's, and of influencing and achieving buy-in to actions at senior level
• Ideally experience from the global NGO sector

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