Are you looking to become part of an innovative and industry leading organisation; an opportunity that provides not only challenges but, also rewards you for your hard work and effort?
Then look no further. Here at ITG we are currently seeking a new Junior Project Manager to join our friendly and supportive team.
About the Role:
The Junior Project Manager role will work as part of the Delivery team to deliver and manage current and future project delivery activities, creating and managing project plans and AGILE Sprint defining and estimating User Stories managing resource burn down and project costs against budget and generally working through all stages of the System Development Life Cycle.
Where does this role fit in?
Reporting to the Delivery Director, you will work with a team of Technical resources, overseeing all work and the delivery of client projects from inception through to implementation and measuring and reporting on critical success factors and agreed KPIs.
Your main responsibilities include reporting for all active projects, managing project P and L, attending meetings with Clients as required for pre-planning, discovery, servicing of client accounts and management of projects.
You will ensure that all projects are managed in accordance with the ITG Creator Delivery approach and standards set out by the Program Management Office.
The role may include some overseas travel and you may be required to attend meetings and run workshops and presentations to Client teams.
Junior Project Manager | Project Manager | Junior | Project Management | PMO | IT | AGILE | SCRUM
Essential Requirements:
* experience within an IT Project Management capacity, bonus points if this is in an agency environment!
* A complete, end to end, understanding of all aspect of the System Development Life Cycle
* Strong skills in delivery, planning and problem-solving, working through what needs to be done, by who and by when
* A good understanding of and exposure to formal Project Management methodologies and PMO approaches. In particular, direct hands on experience with AGILE using SCRUM and/or Kanban approaches is considered a significant advantage
* First class communication skills, both written and oral
* Excellent customer service, customer liaison and negotiation skills
* User of Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook, Visio)
Desirable Requirements:
* Any user exposure to Project workflow tools, such as Jira
* Any experience working in a Digital Agency or software development environment
* experience of e-marketing and e-commerce concepts
* experience, of data design and data driven, digital marketing systems, with any direct, hands on exposure to SQL and.Net development a distinct advantage.
About Our Company:
We are a specialist marketing services and technology business that helps major brands and retailers improve the efficiency, speed, cost and control of their marketing operations. We employ over 500 people.
Our Birmingham head office, based at Fort Dunlop, is home to the artworking, customer service, digital and marketing communications teams. Our clients include Heineken, M and S, Audi, Tesco, Joules, Puma, Skoda, Pizza Hut, Renault, Sainsbury's, Bourne Leisure, Cath Kidston and Care UK.
We have a technology centre in Dartford, where we develop marketing resource management platform Media Centre and its mobile adaptation, Status. Media Centre manages all the marketing administration tasks faced by its clients, including briefing, requesting quotes, managing assets, approving artworks, planning campaigns, managing suppliers and reporting on all marketing activity.
We recently acquired Creator (now ITG Creator), which manages the strategic development of online sales and services for over three billion customer engagements.
ITG Creator helps companies understand and react to customer behaviour, making sense of big data to turn it into revenue opportunities. Clients include TUI Group, Liberty Global, Merck Sharp and Dohme, Virgin Media, Virgin Trains, Kwik Fit, Axa, De Vere, The Gym Club and David Lloyd Clubs.
We have recently opened offices in Chicago and New York, and have client offices in The Netherlands, France and Germany.