Role: IT Teamcenter Project Manager – Outside IR35
Location: North Oxfordshire / Hybrid
6 Months (Plus possible extension)
Salary: £400 - £500 per day

Role Purpose:
This role is responsible for ensuring the successful implementation and delivery of the Teamcenter and NX upgrade project.

The role encompasses a number of aspects of project management, from testing to implementation and benefits realisation. The role operates as a change agent delivering this transformation project that may require a cultural shift and introducing new ways of working - gaining buy-in from stakeholders is essential to the role and keeping the project team on track. The role requires both a highly organised approach and the ability to enthuse and motivate the project team within a matrix management working environment to deliver projects on budget and on time.

Operational Duties:
• Define, document and deliver the project with the support of 3rd parties and internal resources.
• Identify, assess and manage risks to the success of the project.
• Prepares realistic plans (including resource, quality, risk and communications plans) and tracks activities against the project schedule, providing regular and accurate reports to stakeholders as appropriate.
• Monitors cost, timescales and resources used and take action where these deviate from agreed tolerances.
• Ensure that projects are formally closed and, where appropriate, subsequently reviewed for benefits realisation and that lessons learned are recorded.
• Ensure that project deliverables are to the required quality standards.
• Responsible for the overall use of project resources and initiation of corrective action where required.
• Responsibility for compliance with service standards as applied within an ITIL framework, e.g., change control management.
• Provide leadership to project resources and act as the main point of contact for own projects, directing and motivating the team.
• Engage directly with business stakeholders as required.
• Ensure adherence to wider programme governance and reporting processes.
• Responsible for project administration and compliance with programme standards.
• Build strong relationships and trust with key business/programme stakeholders by demonstrating a deep understanding of their business issues and requirements.
• Manage project communications in line with defined standards.
• Facilitate the adoption of new functionalities, ensuring adequate support to business users in familiarisation and initial training as required.
• Organise and ensure handover to BAU of the upgraded system and new functionality as appropriate.
• Collaborate with end users and senior management to define business requirements for future systems development and gain buy-in as required.
• Maintain up-to-date technical and professional knowledge relevant to the post.
• Flexibility to work at other offices in Oxfordshire as required and occasional out-of-hours and weekend work.
Qualifications & Experience:

• Professional qualifications or relevant experience operating at this level - Essential
• Demonstratable experience in delivering successful Teamcenter and NX implementation and/or upgrade projects in an enterprise environment - Essential
• Agile Methodology certificate or equivalent practical experience - Essential
• Prince2 Project Management certificate or equivalent practical experience - Essential
• Demonstratable experience engaging with stakeholders on all levels of a business, internal and external – Essential. 
• A team player used to learning new skills & taking on new challenges – Essential. 
• Experience working within the engineering and/or motorsport industry – Desirable. 
• ITIL Foundation certificate or equivalent - Desirable

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time-to-time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities.
Qualifications & Experience:

• Professional qualifications or relevant experience operating at this level - Essential
• Demonstratable experience in delivering successful Teamcenter and NX implementation and/or upgrade projects in an enterprise environment - Essential
• Agile Methodology certificate or equivalent practical experience - Essential
• Prince2 Project Management certificate or equivalent practical experience - Essential
• Demonstratable experience engaging with stakeholders on all levels of a business, internal and external – Essential. 
• A team player used to learning new skills & taking on new challenges – Essential. 
• Experience working within the engineering and/or motorsport industry – Desirable. 
• ITIL Foundation certificate or equivalent - Desirable

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time-to-time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities.