Project Manager

Project Manager

Salary - £46,000 inc Car Allowance
Location - Hybrid, Leamington Spa or Northampton (Midlands)

We're supporting a prestigious global software reseller, they have the largest experienced engineering experts, supporting their clients across multiple industries from Aerospace & Defence, Architecture & Construction, Industrial Manufacturing and Automotive to name a few!

The Project Manager role is focused on helping customer-facing Professional Service teams to complete implementation, development, and consulting projects effectively and efficiently. Client success, clarity of communications, and mutual understanding and alignment on business requirements, project plans, deliverables, timelines, and budget are some of the key objectives of the Project Manager.

Responsibilities, but are not limited to

• Initiate projects with clients and internal teams (email, internal planning calls, client kick-off calls, etc.)
• Act as the primary point of contact for the client throughout the project lifecycle
• Present templated project plans and standard processes effectively to clients and internal teams
• Coordinate meetings and collaboration between the groups technical team members and clients
• Maintain, monitor, and update project plans, schedules, help identify issues, and manage changes in project scope
• Build and manage customized project plans with the assistance of technical team members
• Ensure thorough gathering and documentation of project requirements by the project team
• Conduct formal risk and issue management (RAID logs) and work with project team to develop mitigation strategies
• Monitor and report on project Earned Value (% complete vs. % budget spent) compared to original estimates
• Assist the Sales team in estimating potential projects (effort days/hours and calendar elapsed time)
• Support Sales with content and input on Proposals and Statements of Work
• Assist with mentoring of junior project managers by providing guidance on project methodologies and best practices

Experiences required

• Degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, related discipline, or equivalent job experience
• Must have completed a Project Management fundamentals course (eLearning or instructor-led)
• Certificate in Project Management: PMP, PRINCE2, CAPM etc
• Demonstrated Project Management experience
• Project managed software implementation or software development for either: PLM, PDM, ERP, CRM or CPQ etc
• Understanding of both on-premises and cloud-based software deployments would be beneficial
• Exposure to, or experience in design engineering and/or manufacturing operations and processes
• Background in Sales or Customer Service

Key Skills - Project Manager, PMP, PRINCE2, CAPM, PLM, PDM, ERP, CRM, CPQ, Engineer, Manufacturing, Implementation, Software, Development, Deployment, RAID, Quoting