Technical Project Manager G7

Job Description

Join us as a Technical Project Manager within the Home Office – G7 Level (Croydon, Full-time, Permanent) *We are keen to hear from candidates who are seasoned IT Project Managers, skilled in cloud Migrations and Networks, who possess effective Stakeholder engagement skills* About Capita At Capita, we support clients across a range of sectors, including local Government, central Government, education, transport, health, life and pensions, insurance and other private sector organisations. We support with expertise applied by the talent across our business in combination with technology, insight and analytics to keep our clients ahead of change, sharper than competitors and more efficient than ever – and we always need new talent to help us achieve our goals. Why Join Home Office This role is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and innovative person to be at the forefront of change in one of the great Departments of State. We are delivering significant transformation in order to continue keeping our citizens safe and our country secure. New technology and the fast-evolving nature of the threats we face mean we must adapt, and adapt fast, and with the UK having left the EU, the need for change is greater than ever. Project Managers provide a key role delivering the Home Office Transformation Portfolio. It is large, complex and challenging and encompasses over 20 major and/or mission critical projects and programmes plus four business portfolios of change. There is a strong focus on agile, modular project delivery, supported by enterprise-wide portfolio management and you could find yourself working on a project for the UK’s critical national infrastructure through to a complex technology enabled business change programme. The Role of a Technical Project Manager Delivery of several workstreams within a programme with the aim of developing AWS police accredited cloud platform. This platform is intended to host and service multiple consumer services that are appropriate form implementation. The workstreams within the scope of this programme include but are not limited to: Delivery of the AWS cloud platform technical backlog of change: e.g. AWS workspaces, DevOps tooling, Backup and Auditing solutions, Connectivity capabilities for user and systems access. Creation and delivery of appropriate support models, transition plans, and acceptance into service. Key Outcome & Deliverables Manage projects and workstreams from end-to-end, from requirements gathering / Discovery, through to implementation and early life support. Implement and manage effective and appropriate project governance. Own the production of key project management products, ensuring they meet the required quality standards and are approved by the relevant stakeholders. Identify and manage dependencies and interdependencies. Define and manage project and workstream budgets and resourcing plans within project and programme levels and tolerances. Work closely with the business in producing high quality business requirements and translating requirements into deliverable plans. Lead the development of the commercial approach and plan, and supplier engagement for the project or workstream in line with the overarching strategies, liaising with the programme commercial team and, if required, leading the procurement process. Ensuring that the project or workstream focuses on realisation of business benefits by creating business readiness plans, taking into consideration technology deployment, data migration, capability deployment (training and engagement activities) and any business activities required to integrate new processes or jobs into the ‘business as usual’ environment. Leading stakeholder engagement with internal and external stakeholders. Supporting the development of other team members. Essential Criteria: Successful candidates should have experience delivering a range of business and/or IT transformation projects. In addition: Proven track record of delivery of complex or multifaceted technology projects Experience of full project lifecycle experience (from requirements gathering / discovery through to implementation) Experience of a range of structured programme and project management methodologies, including Waterfall and Agile. Strong ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams, leading the collaborative planning process, prioritising work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical people Ability to engage and work with development teams, to understand the technical solution and make informed decisions Strong and effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills Networks Experience Desirable/ Specialist Skills: Understanding of the governments digital and technology transformation agenda Previous experience of working with security partners Previous experience of working on and knowledge of technology infrastructure (including but not limited to; AWS predominantly; Azure Significant experience of delivering Data Migration projects Experience of planning and manage technical Proofs of Concept, Technical Trials and Dress Rehearsals (for system implementations and/or data migrations) Financial forecasting, tracking, and reporting skills Experience of managing in-house delivery through a mix of sources and types of resources Experience of managing delivery through external suppliers Experience of supporting software that is in live use (either long-term, or early life support) Experience of managing a diverse portfolio of smaller projects Experience of setting up a new service, including the design and implementation of new business processes, and of operating that service Experience of Data Profiling and Data Quality initiatives Experience of service quality improvement initiatives Expected Qualifications and Professional Memberships include: PRINCE2 (Practitioner) Agile Project Management (Practitioner) APM Qualification (Practitioner) APM Registered Project Professional Please note successful applicants will be expected to go through vetting and Security Clearance We look forward to hearing from you and wish you the very best of luck with your application.