Project Manager

As a Project Manager you will be accountable for the day-to-day management of projects, products or services, under the remit of the Programme Manager. Working in the Strategy and Transformation team, you will be the go-to individual to oversee all change (this includes responsibility for Projects, Changes and Fixes), in-line with established processes and using an accepted project management framework. You will also be responsible for mandatory changes such as security and platform upgrades for a Project, Product or Service.

You will lead your project team to ensure their projects are delivered on time, to quality and within budget. You will also ensure that any type of change relating to the project, product or service is managed and communicated and that your projects comply with departmental standards.

Key Tasks/Areas of Responsibility 

• Identifying and managing risks and issues throughout the life of a project, product or service Ensuring all change follows the agreed methodology and adopting robust governance standards including compliance with data security regulations
• Working with stakeholders to define expected benefits and to create plans for their realisation
• Working with nominated business representatives &/or experts to help qualify and put into content, any contact made directly to IT Service Desk, or raised via other comms channels, to ensure work is prioritised effectively
• Ensuring all necessary change applicable to the project, product or service are prioritised, planned and communicated in line with the agreed portfolio priorities
• Liaising with the Programme Manager to ensure the required resource is scheduled in line with the agreed portfolio priorities
• Creating, issuing and gaining sign-off on all project, product or service documentation and plans
• Managing and reporting progress to the business against the baselined project as well as key milestones for all change planned, linked to the project, product or service
• Delivering expected outputs to high-quality standards
• Engaging, communicating and presenting to SMT members on all changes for a project, product or service
• Managing external suppliers to ensure they deliver within contractual obligations
• Overseeing any allocated budget to deliver change associated to the project, product or service, within the portfolio, ensuring the correct process for quoting, invoicing & approval of spend are followed
• Capturing and reporting on lessons learnt

Key Measures of Performance 

• Achieve a minimum of 90% of project methodology compliance per project
• Stakeholder / Sponsor satisfaction surveys
• Implementation of priority changes/fixes resulting in a reduction of open incidents and problems
• Budget & financial management of spend against a project, product or service

About You

To be considered for this role you must have extensive and demonstrable experience as a Project Manager ideally within a large scale, geographically dispersed multi-layered organisation. You will be Prince 2 or equivalent qualified and have an excellent understanding of project management methodologies. You will also be able to evidence successfully leading and inspiring your teams to deliver exceptional results.

• You will be a confident communicator/presenter with the skills to lead and manage your project teams to  ensure their projects are delivered on time, to quality and within budget
• A person capable of decisive and effective decision-making, in a time pressured environment
• A passion for building and motivating high-performing teams
• Have the ability to effect and successfully implement change.
• Someone that really enjoys resolving problems and demonstrates high levels of resilience, self-motivation and flexibility.
• Demonstrate the core values of DPD DNA – Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring and Accountability
• Full clean driving licence with a flexible approach towards travel is essential

Remuneration and Benefits

Your package will include an excellent basic salary, company car or cash alternative, attractive bonus scheme, based on individual and company targets and Private Medical Insurance

As well as this we recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…

• Holiday trading
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
• Health Kiosks visiting every location
• Vitality at Work
• Free On Site Parking
• Discounted shopping from 100’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
• Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
• For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.

If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today