Senior Project Manager

Here at YBS we are modernising our approach to create value aligned teams which bring our IT and Transformation colleagues into the heart of enabling our strategy, working in partnership with our business teams and removing barriers to optimise our delivery of value to members. We have a brilliant opportunity for a Senior Project Manager within the Change Delivery team to lead the delivery of technical changes as a part of an integrated programme team. You’ll be skilled in both translating complex outcomes into business language and working closely with technical subject matter experts. You will have experience establishing, implementing and embedding governance frameworks and will be comfortable managing third party suppliers to deadlines.

We’ll expect you to be able to evidence how you have applied your experience, focus on quality and organisational skills to achieve high quality outcomes within complex deliveries. Experience in improving organisational processes and management of digital transformations would also be advantageous.

At YBS we work in a hybrid way. Working from home is OK but you’ll be expected to travel into our head offices in Leeds and Bradford as required for meetings and workshops.

This is a fixed term contract (FTC) opportunity for 12 months

About the role

As Senior Project Manager within the Change Delivery team, you’ll step into a leadership role within an already established, cross functional programme team. You will -

• Ensure appropriate assurance, governance and reporting is in place and that Sponsors and Key Stakeholders are fully engaged
• Enable successful delivery of required business outcomes by ensuring compliance with the YBS Change Framework / Governance model
• Have full accountability for the overall scope, timeline, budget, dependencies, risk/ issues and benefits of these initiative(s), and will report into a wider Programme structure.

About you

You’ll have an accreditation in programme or project management (PRINCE2, MSP, APM, Agile) or equivalent in practical experience and be able to demonstrate your understanding and experience to deal with delivery challenges drive change at the right pace, bringing your team & stakeholders with you with. In addition, you’ll be able to demonstrate

• Significant experience of managing complex technical deliveries which impact people, processes and technology
• Practical experience of both agile and waterfall methodologies including incremental delivery
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Budget management experience of £2m plus
• Practical experience of a managing 3rd party suppliers to time, scope and quality outcomes