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Service Management Project Manager

Employer
Sopra Steria Ltd
Location
Wiltshire
Salary
market rate
Closing date
7 Feb 2019

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Clearance Level
SC
Sector
Defence, Information Technology
Job Type
Contract

Service Management Project Manager

Location: South West England

Duration: 6 Months [initially]

EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY: Sopra Steria is currently recruiting for a Service Management Project Manager to join a large and established team, tasked with enabling a large scale programme of work, delivering secure access to information and communication services for users across various locations in the UK and overseas, providing a configurable network that has a single sign-on.

For the project to transition from the Design/Deliver to the Operation Phase, there is a need for an established Service Management Project Manager to join the programme.

The role of the SM Project Manager will focus on establishing the Internal and external organisation capable of supporting end to end security and service management. There is a requirement to establish a Project which would focus on the development and alignment of processes, delivery of resource and ensure that the technical aspects of Security and Service Management have been captured.

This contract is for an initial six months, with the option to extend for at least another six beyond that.

On client's instructions, due to the urgency, nature and length of the assignment, the successful candidate must have current security clearance to a high level.

Responsibilities:

The SM Project Manager will:

  • Manage the SM Project and associated deliverables
  • Gather Management Information from the Work Package Leads. Work Packages will include:
    • Establishment of a Deployed Service Management Governance
    • Creation of Deployed SM Processes and Deployed Functional Orgs
    • Aligning and integrating SM Tooling and Security onto project systems
    • Development of a Support Organisation
    • Validation of KURs and production of KPIs (SLAs and OLAs)
  • Work with Key Stakeholders (internal and external) to ensure that the Project is coherent with the approved SM Strategy.
  • Support/draft business cases for the approval of resource, software or hardware required to support SM Project
  • Briefing and updating the Programme Board and wider stakeholder community on the Project progress
  • Provide cost modelling and forecasting
  • Ensure that quality is assured through rigorous application of Time, Cost and Performance measures in conjunction with the Programme Manager
  • Ensure that all safety and security requirements associated with the Project are legally adhered to.
  • Ensure the accuracy and currency of all Project Artefacts
  • Other activities as directed by the Programme Manager or the lead for Deliver.
  • Organise/Manage workshops to facilitate:
    • The development of SM processes
    • The development alignment of SM tooling
    • The validation of SM processes

ESSENTIALS SKILLS:

Be skilled in Project Management Methodologies and Frameworks including:

  • PRINCE 2
  • APMP
  • MOR

Be skilled in Project Management Tools including:

  • Microsoft Project
  • Active Risk Manager

Be skilled in Service Management Methodologies and Frameworks including:

  • ITIL - to Practitioner level

Desirable Skills/Experience:

  • Have had experience with Deployed Service Management in a Military Deployed environment
  • Have proven experience of managing IS/IT Project Delivery, including to the UK Military
  • Have had experience of working in a Dev/Ops environment

On client's instructions, due to the urgency, nature and length of the assignment, the successful candidate must have current security clearance to a high level.

There are no agencies working this requirement, please contact me directly.

The post holder will work through Sopra Steria Recruitment for Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital transformation, providing one of the most comprehensive portfolios of end-to-end service offerings on the market: consulting, systems integration, software development, infrastructure management and business process services.

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