Project Manager, Business Systems & Technology Analysis, Change Management

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Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company? Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team? Why join Softcat's internal technology team?
Softcat is an amazing success story and as part of our continued growth we are investing significantly more in a new technology strategy going forward. Softcat's internal Technology Team is undergoing an exciting transformation this evolution aims to provide greater opportunities for our people's professional development and prepare us to execute our more ambitious technology strategy effectively. We're passionate about what we do, how we do it and the positive impact our technologies have on the lives of our employees and customers.  

With new leadership, a clear vision, an ambitious technology roadmap and a new operating model, we are gearing up to drive some of the biggest technology initiatives in Softcat's history. This is a great opportunity to be a part of rapidly growing and successful company.  Introduction We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to support Tech Fwd, Softcat's strategic internal technology transformation programme.

Working across the programme's multiple work streams, you will provide the day-to-day coordination, planning and delivery discipline needed to maintain momentum and create a clear, joined-up view of delivery. You will work closely with the Programme Manager and workstream leads to understand progress, dependencies, risks, issues and upcoming milestones. You will bring information together across the programme, ensuring actions are followed through, interdependencies are actively managed and stakeholders have clear visibility of delivery.

The role requires strong project management disciplines alongside the ability to operate effectively across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery environments. The Programme Manager retains overall accountability for programme strategy, governance, financial oversight, benefits and senior stakeholder leadership. As Project Manager, you'll be responsible for:
Integrated Planning & Delivery Coordination  Build and maintain an integrated view of delivery across Tech Fwd work streams Coordinate milestones, activities and delivery commitments across work streams Work with workstream leads to understand progress, upcoming activity and areas requiring intervention Identify where changes or delays within one workstream could affect another Maintain clear visibility of delivery status and provide consolidated updates to the Programme Manager Support sequencing and coordination where work streams have shared dependencies Follow through key actions and decisions to ensure momentum is maintained

Risk, Issue, Dependency & Change Management  Maintain programme RAID, dependency, decision and action logs Work with workstream leads to ensure risks, issues and dependencies are identified early and actively managed Identify and track cross-workstream dependencies and understand their potential impact on delivery Coordinate mitigation actions and ensure owners and target dates remain clear Escalate programme-level risks, issues or decisions to the Programme Manager where intervention is required Support impact assessment where changes could affect multiple work streams, milestones or outcomes Provide clear information, options and recommendations to support decision-making

Governance & Reporting  Coordinate reporting inputs from individual work streams and maintain a consolidated programme view Ensure reporting clearly communicates progress, key milestones, delivery confidence, risks, dependencies and decisions required Support preparation for programme governance forums and Steer Co meetings Track decisions and actions arising from governance forums through to completion Work with the Programme Manager and PMO to maintain appropriate governance and delivery controls Support consistent use of agreed project and programme governance standards across Tech Fwd Maintain programme documentation and ensure key delivery artefacts remain accurate and up to date Stakeholder & Workstream Coordination  Build effective working relationships with workstream leads, Product, Technology, Business Change, the PMO and business stakeholders Act as a central coordination point for delivery information across Tech Fwd Facilitate cross-workstream planning, dependency and delivery conversations Bring the right stakeholders together where issues or…