You will direct and manage the full project life cycle, setting standards for assignments and applications. You will be responsible for the delivery of the defined work packages to the client and providing effective management to teams and giving guidance to others and key business users. 

• Develop strategies and direct teams ensuring that project deliverables are completed within agreed cost, timescale and resource budgets, and are signed off
• Take full accountability for the definition, approach, facilitation and satisfactory completion of medium scale projects with diverse scope
• Facilitate scoping and business priority setting for complex changes, engaging senior stakeholders as required.
• Scope of responsibility includes any and all phases of the project life cycle as well as project team management and possible budget administration
• Track resources and assure deliverables are met, negotiates effectively for key resources, and screens and selects team members
• Understanding client requirements seeking to fully address client needs, identifying, evaluating and recommending options, plus the establishment of a base-line on which delivery of a solution can commence
• Demonstrate use of a structured iterative methodologies, manages scope changes and communicates the impacts, and secures approval when needed
• Ensure that realistic project plans are maintained, ensuring regular and accurate communication to stakeholders, consistent with the methods in use
• Develop project plans using standard project management tools, e.g. MS Project or Project Workbench.
• Use metrics and project plans to assess the success of the project and make necessary changes
• Conduct knowledge transfer and project post-mortem for lessons learned and improving best practices
• Identifies, quantifies and manages issues impacting delivery of projects. Establish clear goals and priorities needed to assess performance

• Essential
  • Relevant third level qualification or equivalent work experience
• Desirable
  • Project Management qualification
  • Management qualification or relevant years of experience

• Excellent client-facing skills
• Strong technical skills and numeracy
• Problem-solving skills - a bold thinker and doer, matching an innovative approach with logic and vigilance
• People management skills - introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encouraging mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions
• Teamwork and emotional intelligence
• Good self-management – continuous performance is both an objective and a mind-set 

• Demonstrated experience leading technology and infrastructure projects
• Experience deploying cloud solutions
• Experience working with operational infrastructure teams in the management of data centres, firewall management, and infrastructure maintenance and upgrades
• Experience managing complex infrastructure architecture for global organisations

At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and a substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.

We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help our you achieve a healthy work life balance.

By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ours peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their lifetime, please do not let this discourage you from applying for this role. Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes all CV’s and will consider your application in line with the values, requirements and role competencies.