Workstream Project Manager
Location
Chertsey, Surrey | United Kingdom
Job description
Matrix is a business transformation - people centric & digitally enabled.
Matrix improves the lives of Unit Managers and many of our other colleagues through transforming ways of working by making them simple and efficient. These have all been designed by well experienced Compass colleagues who have taken the time to understand those critical moments where real value can be generated - the moments that matter.
Bringing integrated processes, data & systems built using the latest technology, Matrix solves many of our colleagues' main frustrations - their pain points.
Matrix improves lives of our colleagues and frees up time to do what we all love to do the most - delight our clients & consumers.
Brief description of the role:
Workstream Project Managers play an important role in relation to governance and project management. They will work with country and central project teams, including overall PMO team, System Integrator and other internal and external stakeholders, to ensure country is ready for the Deployment phase of Compass' transformation project. Following Deployment, that the new systems, processes and ways of working are adopted and embedded in countries.
Job Holders are typically responsible for (key accountabilities):
- Ownership of planning to completion phases of relevant workstream tasks and deliverables to plan
- Clear, accurate, actionable and regular reporting of status of each deliverable
- Proactive and timely raising and management of issues including recommendations on how to resolve such issues
- Definition of and adherence to monitoring, and part-ownership of various Governance and Project Management processes which include, but not limited to:
Capacity and resource planning
Stage Gate criteria adherence
Schedule management
Change control
Lessons learnt
- Deliverables quality review and working with other Workstream PMs to ensure alignment in overall deliverable quality
- Team briefings and communications on existing Programme standards
- Ensuring that key Project tools - Microsoft Office Suite/JIRA - are used as intended for the purpose to support project delivery methodology
- Contribution to the Programme methodology including recommending ways to improve efficiency of processes/ways of working
- Stakeholder management at various levels (workstreams to the Programme Execs)
- Ad-hoc reports and be a delegate for wider set of the PMO-related activities
Core Skills & Knowledge: - Project Management competencies
- Understanding of SAP Global Template delivery methodology in a complex legacy landscape
- Strong communication skills, experienced at stakeholder management
- Pro-active follow-up
- Ability to prioritise and take decisions
Functional Skills & Knowledge: - Understanding of importance of relevant workstream delivery on overall project success
- Understanding of technology and business change/transformation
- Expert in using Microsoft Office & Jira
- Awareness of S/4 HANA and app delivery methods
Track Record (Proven Skills): - Previous experience as Project Manager/Associate Project Manager
- Experience of transformation projects
- Cross functional work
- Ability to set and maintain high compliance and standards
- Ability to manage delivery of 3 rd parties
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