Technical Project Manager

Job Description

As one of the world’s largest networks of audit, tax and consulting firms, RSM delivers big ideas and premium service to help middle-market businesses thrive. We are a fast-growing firm with big ambitions – we have a clear goal to become the premium adviserto the middle market, globally. This vision touches everything we do, motivating and inspiring us to become better every day. If you are looking for a firm where you can build a future and make an impact, then RSM is the place for you.Background to the roleRSM is a leading professional services firm with over 5000 staff and over 30 offices in the UK. Due to ongoing investment in technology and the constant need to upgrade and innovate in the firm’s IT infrastructure, the need has arisen for an experiencedTechnical Project Manager. The role sits within the firm’s IT department and offers significant opportunity for learning and personal growth due to the varied nature of the technical projects the individual will be asked to manage.Role descriptionThe Technical Project Manager will be responsible for the successful delivery of technology projects within the RSM UK National Technology department. You will be responsible for planning, executing and delivering technology projects on time, within budgetand scope in line with the Technology Delivery Framework. Throughout the lifecycle of each project, the Technical Project Manager manages project teams and provides frequent and detailed project updates to senior management and project stakeholders. Theywill use their experience to unblock barriers as they arise, escalate concerns to senior management, and above all they are relentless in pushing through the project successfully and always keeping in mind the target business benefits.The responsibilities are varied, but will include:

• Managing technically complex projects across multiple teams within the IT department, covering areas such as IT infrastructure, networks, upgrades/enhancements and software delivery.
• Contributing to the technical design, architecture and planning of technology projects.
• Assigning appropriate technical resource assignment.
• Creating and executing and managing project plans.
• Tracking project milestones.
• Using a combination of waterfall and agile SCRUM methodologies, tools and techniques to manage workload and project progress across teams.
• Demonstrating and following best working practices in use the of technologies, keeping up to date with and communicating developments in the industry.
• Contributing to agile meetings, including planning, review, retrospectives and daily stand ups.
• Recommend strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organisation outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements.
• Maintain a quality service by establishing and enforcing organisational standards.
• Appraising outcomes; coaching, initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.

CandidateThis role is in an agile team, collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders so excellent communication skills are essential. The right candidate will be experienced in the management of varied, large complex IT/technology projects. The candidate shouldhave sufficient technical expertise to be able to offer technical insight into the progress of the project and identify and mitigate risks, and also be able to demonstrate a previous track record of delivering projects in a similar organisation, coming froman Infrastructure or DevOps environment.Essential skills and experience

• Excellent IT project management and team leadership skills – demonstrable experience of leading at least five complex IT projects within the context of a sizeable IT function.
• Experience in the implementation of cloud, hybrid, and on-premise applications.
• Experience and knowledge of IT infrastructure and projects within that domain, such as for example corporate networks, hosting, enterprise computing.
• High standard of written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent facilitation, collaboration, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Focused and versatile team player who is comfortable under pressure, ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability.
• Strong knowledge of business objectives.
• Experience in delivering projects under different process frameworks of lifecycles (i.e. Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall).
• In depth understanding of project management concepts.

Desirable skills

• Prince 2 Qualified.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM).

Diversity and Inclusion at RSMAt RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work. Our clients come from all walks of life. We aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experienceand perspective in our own teams, so that we can genuinely understand our client’s needs. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work. That’s why we’re working together to ensure our firm’s principles and processes support a firm culturethat embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.At RSM we work hard to create an environment where our people can make a difference - to themselves, their career, their teams, and to the success of our firm and clients. We support all our people to work flexibly, to manage their family and other responsibilitiesalongside their work commitments; we believe this is key to achieving an inspiring and fulfilling working environment.