Senior Digital Project Manager
Job summary
We require a Senior Digital Project Manager, with excellent project management experience, as well as technical knowledge, to work as part of a dynamic and agile Infrastructure team. The post holder will be responsible for running technical projects and programmes, both internally and for our customer base.
As a Senior Digital Project Manager you will need to provide budget and financial assurance for your portfolio of projects, ensuring value for money from project resources. You will manage and monitor individual related project budgets, monitoring costs, expenditure and benefits. As an individual you will have excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate in both a technical and non-technical language.
You will maintain effective engagement with customers and project team members in a variety of formats, so the progress of the project at each stage is understood and managed.
Main duties of the job
Evaluates complex situations using multiple sources of information to validate and interpret.
Manages and appropriately escalates: risks, issues, and changes associated to the project delivery Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams and interact with all levels Analysis, planning, developing requirements documents, building functional models, developing procedures, developing functional architectures, and other related management and technical duties Assigns and monitor work of technical personnel, ensuring that project steps are in alignment with business objectives, on-time and within budget Creates a method of change management including ownership of documentation, communication plans, process training, etc.
About us
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.
As part of the NHS People Promise, your wellbeing is our priority, and we are committed to ensuring our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance supported by our flexible working options and by making reasonable adjustments where possible. We believe no-one should have to sacrifice family, friends, or their personal interests for work.
We are a modern employer able to attract and retain high quality staff through our commitment to the NHS People Promise. As an employer, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best. We want to ensure that our workforce is representative of the population we serve. More information - inclusive practice people promise.
Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD Team. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values. Please click below to view our EDI page: Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (dgft.nhs.uk)
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.
Person Specification
Experience · Essential
Significant experience of Project Management and evidence of delivering complex large projects Experience of line management duty and leading project teams Experience of leading business realisation with a clear focus on patient experience and outcomes
Desirable
Significant experience of managing high profile contentious projects within an Acute Trust Experience of working within a PMO and following PMO processes Communication & Relationship
Skills · Essential
Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with staff from a variety of backgrounds
Desirable
Excellent Microsoft Project and Visio skills Planning & Organisational
Skills · Essential
Ability to working to regular, tight deadlines Robust risk management experience Ability to forward plan, experience of succession planning and experience of assessing digital maturity within an organisation
Desirable
Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills Qualifications &
Education · Essential
Project Management qualification or equivalent experience Educated to degree level or equivalent with post graduate qualification or experience in an IT project management-related subject
Desirable
Excellent Microsoft Project and Visio skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
