The Project Manager key roles and responsibilities encompass project initiation through to close including delegating tasks, monitoring progress, budgeting, ensuring coordination among team members and collaboration. They provide day-to-day management of internal or client facing projects, workstreams and tasks. Interfacing across teams, to complete defined deliverables

Responsibilities / Objectives

• Facilitating projects from initiation to completion, including supporting through quoting and engagement with potential clients.
• Responsible for managing projects independently or with support from more senior team members. Projects will consist of a number of deliverables and workstreams and will require client and supplier interaction.
• Responsible for delivering projects within scope, on time and within budget
• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with Technical Project Leads (TPLs), the project teams and internal / external stakeholders.
• Clear and accurate communication of project progress, risks and issues to the TPLs and stakeholders.
• Client facing as the main point of contact with clients representing Broughton.

Key tasks

• Support or lead internal projects involving internal stakeholders.
• Management of a project team with the potential to involve some external suppliers / clients.
• Creating and maintaining an overall project management plan (PMP) including timelines, responsibilities (RACI) matrix and risk management plan.
• Define project work breakdown structures and coordinate key activities between the project team.
• Coordinating and leading planning sessions for project development and execution
• Defining project objectives and scope, identifying involvement of internal and external stakeholders.
• Control of finance budget for each project including regular reporting and addressing deviations.
• Tracking progress, reporting on project outputs and communicating with management, clients and other stakeholders.
• Conduct risk analysis to reduce unforeseen obstacles and costs.
• Manage decisions and changes in accordance with correct processes and industry best practices.
• Deal with project issues promptly and professionally, escalating where necessary.
• Manage client and other stakeholder expectations to maintain productive and engaged relationships.
• Compiling and submitting project status reports to clients, management and other stakeholders.
• Responsible for managing projects by exception in line with Broughton project management process.
• Set-up and manage project calls, providing clear agendas and promptly providing meeting minutes, actions and timelines.
• Manage the time spend on activities to ensure that the estimated time is line with the budget set.
• Conduct project closure including final finance summaries and appropriate lessons learnt activities.
• Engage in continual learning to remain abreast of industry best practices, new technologies and emerging standards.
• Any other duties as required to fulfil business goals.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Graduate of a Scientific or related subject area - preferred
Project Management qualification - preferred
Minimum of 2 years consistent experience in client facing project management.
Key skills and attributes

Essential

Preferred

Excellent people skills; attributes of respect, collaboration, empathy and clarity

PRINCE2 or Agile methodology qualification or experience.

Experience in project design and planning.

Experience working within a project environment/managing a project

Experience of having budgetary control and effective management of deviations.

Project management tools and software

Proactive problem solver able to pre-empt and respond to issues to resolve.

Scientific background or experience within a scientific industry.

Ability to work under pressure and make decisions to achieve project objectives.

Good communicator in both written and verbal presentation forms

Client management experience focused on delivering results.

Good organisational skills

Able to work within and lead a team

Salary and benefits

Salary
£30,000-40,000 based on experience.

Broughton Day
Option of a fixed day off every 2 or 3 weeks through salary sacrifice (full time only)

Holidays
25 days per annum, plus option to purchase up to 1 weeks additional holiday through salary sacrifice

Pension
Auto-enrolment

Annual Bonus
£1,200 based on company and personal performance.

Life Insurance
2 x Death in service

Health Care
Cash Plan Health care cover