Technical Project Manager

Job Title: Technical Project Manager

Location: Slough

Type of Job: Contract

Duration: 6+ Months

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

• Project management in delivering in an IT/Consultancy Services delivery scenario
• Deliver complex projects from initiation to completion
• Bring thought leadership and think outside the box in terms of setting project approach
• Experience on VMWare / Active Directory / Wintel.
• Build relationships multiple stakeholders involved
• Stakeholder management– ensure expectations are clearly set and managed throughout the programme lifecycle (‘under-promise’ and ‘over-deliver’ approach)
• Chair meetings with cross supplier attendees with differing business agendas
• Manage both Fixed Price and T&M engagements without exposing Cognizant to commercial risk whilst maximizing revenue and margin

Key Skills and Experience:

• Experience of managing Infrastructure projects
• Competent leader of Project resources (able to assimilate multiple work streams, identify common challenges/dependencies and advise on effective management approaches)
• Ability to manage large complex projects in multivendor environment
• Strong MS Excel skills
• Project cost estimation, budgeting and control
• Ability to foresee risk and managing them in advance
• RAID management
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders at different levels within client organization
• Ability to create a program roadmap
• Setting up PMO and reporting functions
• Hold a discussion with technical team and managers
• Running KPI based model with risk
• Credible and competent within senior management meetings (both internal & external)
• Nice to Have Skills.
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management and its application to projects/programmes
• Experienced user of Microsoft Project Suite (specifically including Word, Excel & Microsoft Project).

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

I you’re not interested please refer your friends for this position that would be great help.

Thanks & Regards,

Rishi Kadakuntla

Sr. Executive – Recruitment(TAG-UK&Europe) I Damcosft

Email: rishi.kadakuntla @ damcosoft.com

Web Site: www.damcosoft.com

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.