Head of Projects

Based in: Farnborough, Hampshire

Additional Package Info: Pension, Healthcare, Life Cover, Bonus

Are you looking for a new challenge and responsibility?
Opportunities like this don’t come around too often, so you will need to be willing to give everything that you have got to make it happen and succeed?
We’re hiring for this brand new role and looking for a motivational leader who is hugely customer focus - is this you?

About our Role

To be successful in this role, we’re looking for someone who can lead the coordination of projects and initiatives that drive the realisation of Customer and business value.

You will be working to ensure that agile delivery teams are engaged with the outcomes needed, are unimpeded and are able to proceed, while providing outstanding visibility to stakeholders about progress and delivery schedules. You will also be comfortable with being actively engaged in projects, and be hands-on as necessary.

To work seamlessly across the Company, you will be able to support business teams with prioritising initiatives (including resources), as well as effectively communicating requirements and deliverables.

A coach, mentor and leader; you will be able to support members of the Agile PMO and business to act as effective Product Owners for teams, whilst maturing agile practices and customer engagement.

Essential Requirements:

• Commercially minded with an excellent knowledge of UKCloud products and changing customer needs
• Gravitas, drive and the ability to motivate and coach colleagues to achieve results. Able to influence and guide others to make changes and take action without direct line authority
• Self-organised with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Business analysis, specifically in relation to identification of business value and priorities. Will be able to create relevant artefacts such as business process diagrams, use cases, acceptance criteria, test cases and user stories. Identification and classification of Non Function Requirements
• Will have successfully delivered Software/Infrastructure technology programmes/projects, £2 million+
• Will have led/worked with an Agile Project Management Office. Will be able to identify and implement strategies for the management and delivery of Agile Programmes
• Implementation and/or experience of maturing agile implementations
• Agile certification or equivalent experience (ideally certified in Scrum, SAFe or other framework)

Desirable Requirements:

• Good level of technical experience and able to easily converse with highly technical engineers, Customers, partners and vendors
• Exposure to NIST-aligned Cloud products, i.e. IAAS, SAAS or PAAS
• Will have held senior management posts and able to make clear and reasoned decisions; ability to take calculated risks