Project Delivery Manager - Expiring soon!
Posted 15/08/2024 by Allpay Limited
allpay is a privately owned FinTech company, providing innovative payment solutions for over 30 years.
As we continue to expand, we’re looking for a hands-on Project Delivery Manager to join our collaborative team.
The role is based at our Hereford Campus, featuring state-of-the-art facilities. We offer a variety of workspaces, including an open-plan office, outdoor areas, and meeting pods, along with plenty of spots to relax, unwind and socialise.
We value in-person collaboration, so our teams primarily work from the office, with a mix of remote working. Our PMO team operates an informal hybrid model that balances business needs with personal flexibility, ensuring customer and project priorities are always met. In this role, you’ll be expected to work in the office 2 to 3 days a week
If you excel in a dynamic environment, managed a variety of projects across different areas and know how to balance agile and traditional methods, this could be the perfect role for you.
The Role:
As our Project Delivery Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering projects and initiatives critical to allpay's operations, involving systems that process annual transactions worth billions of pounds, serving both internal stakeholders and our extensive client and customer base.
Our Project Delivery Manager will report into the Head of Portfolio Management and the department’s core purpose is to manage a portfolio of IT initiatives from inception through to completion considering business priorities, risks and benefits.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Lead the overall planning, coordination, and delivery of projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and agile principles and acting as a champion for the Portfolio Management office.
- Contribute to the release planning of the broader portfolio/programmes, leveraging agile methodologies to adapt to evolving priorities and market demands.
- Demonstrate a positive and open attitude to change and transformation.
- Possess an ability to translate complex concepts between business customers and technical project teams.
- Facilitate agile ceremonies and processes, ensuring teams remain focused, aligned, and empowered to deliver high-quality outcomes.
- Proactively identify, report and mitigate project risks and issues, leveraging agile frameworks to adapt and respond to changing circumstances effectively throughout the project delivery life cycle.
- You will lead efforts to enforce project management best practices, methodologies, and standards, ensuring consistency, quality, and compliance across project delivery activities.
What We’re Looking For:
- Project Management Expertise: You’ve managed a diverse range of projects (inception to completion) across various business areas and functions, demonstrating adaptability between agile and waterfall environments.
- Natural Leader with excellent communication skills: You’re a strong communicator and problem-solver fostering collaboration and accountability among internal and external stakeholders.
- Tech-Savvy: You understand the ins and outs of software, databases, and system design, and can translate technical jargon to facilitate effective communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Committed to professional development: Certified Project Management qualification and/or IT or Management qualification, reflecting a commitment to professional development and best practices.
- Industry Knowledge: You’ll have sound knowledge of Financial Services, particularly in areas such as BACS, direct debits, payment cards, prepaid, and cash transactions.
Why Join Us?
You will get involved in meaningful work that has a real impact on our clients and the industry, and you’ll join a professional and dedicated team that values curiosity, collaboration, integrity and agility.
We offer a competitive salary, opportunities for professional development, and a flexible working environment that supports work-life balance.
About The Company
People are at the heart of allpay and we reward our employee with a competitive benefits package which includes, a defined contribution group pension scheme, income protection, life assurance, an array of health and wellbeing options including private healthcare cover and an onsite gym. This is coupled with our excellent Learning and Development offering.
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- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- 15/08/2024
- Contract Length:
- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- 0693
- Job ID:
- 222173576
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