Project Manager (Software)

Project Manager - Bristol
£40,00 - £60,000k per annum (dependant on experience) + benefits

iO have recently partnered with an award - winning technology and investments solutions business. Their strength comes from seamlessly integrating three core disciplines, discretionary investment management, platform services and intuitive technology.
The role will be project managing to plan, lead, organise, and motivate agile project teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering projects that provide exceptional business value to users mainly implementing software to web development projects. Experience in financial services is strongly desirable.

Main responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of projects aligned to strategic goals of the business
• Define project scope and schedule while focussing on regular and timely delivery of projects, whilst maintaining excellent stakeholder engagement
• Support the initiation of complex projects
• Manage the end-to-end project execution with a focus on exceptional customer and business outcomes, including both technical and business elements
• Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments
• Supporting the Design Team, Product Owner or Business Analyst in managing customer expectations for project deliverables
• Define and manage a project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives
• Work with scrum masters to promote empowerment of the team
• Working with the Practice Managers to ensure correct number of resources are planned in for the project
• Overseeing the accounting, costing, and billing of projects

Experience required:

• Proven track record of successfully implementing software or web development projects
• Experience overseeing multi-function project teams including Developers, User Experience, Business Analyst and QA/Tester
• Experience in financial services is strongly desirable
• Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating and team building
• Solid understanding of Agile Project Management tools and techniques
• Proven ability to lead software development projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met

What's on offer

• competitive salary aligned to your skills and experience which will review each year, as well as a generous benefits package, including:
• 25 days holiday per year (excluding 8 days bank holiday and 2 x half days Christmas and New Year's) increasing by 1 day per year to a maximum of 28 days
• Private healthcare with Cigna, taxable benefit. Option for family cover
• Life assurance with sum assured of 8 x salary
• Group income protection offering 75% of your salary should you be incapacitated for 26 weeks or more until you make a recovery or until state retirement age
• Pension with 10% employer contribution
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Gym subsidy
• 3 days volunteer leave per year
• Season ticket loans - bus/train and parking annual purchase
• Salary sacrifice - GAYE, cycle to work and pension contributions

In addition, you will enjoy working in their modern open plan offices in central Bristol, be invited to a variety of social activities ranging from payday drinks to film nights and benefit from their commitment to employee wellbeing as well as our focus on providing career development opportunities. Our client has a long-term commitment to building inclusive workplaces; we value diversity in our workforce and welcome enquiries from everyone.

Please apply ASAP