My client, a Global Media / Advertising Company based in Central London are searching for an experienced Project Manager for a Business Intelligence / Data Warehouse programme. This is a contract role paying up to £400/day for 6 months.
The responsibilities include:
- SDLC Project Management duties
- Participate in requirements analysis using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis
- Proactively communicate to all stakeholders with up to date relevant information
- Interpret business issues, opportunities and user requirements and distinguish between the real business needs vs. user desires
- Capture user requirements using story cards, workflow diagrams & documentation where necessary to ensure that knowledge is retained within the team and organisation
- Be the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams
- Run the project meetings with progress, issues, risks (i.e. daily stand-ups, iteration planning meetings, retrospectives)
- Ensure a complete and thorough initiation, pre-planning and planning phases are performed for all projects, following company standard processes
- Monitor progress throughout all phases of a project
- Perform a formal closeout process at the end of all projects and communicate the results to interested parties
- Ensure that the end result of a project fulfils the agreed requirements and meets the business needs
The essential skills for the position include:
- Skilled and “hands-on” Project Manager with experience in the relevant product area.
- Extensive experience in delivering large Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing projects
- Extensive experience in managing multiple projects, working closely with development teams, products owners, end users and business stakeholders.
- Commercial experience of working within an agile or iterative development team for over 2 years
- Business case and project initiation experience
- Proven stakeholder management, including senior management/director level engagement
- Experience working with off-shore or external software development teams
- Industry recognised Project Management and/or Business Analysis certifications (preferred)
- The ability to work with and present to senior management
- Strong planning, problem solving and decision making skills
- An advanced level of written and oral English
- Highly developed organisational skills
- The ability to quickly learn and understand new business environments
- The ability to achieve high quality results by paying attention to detail
- A proactive, “can do” attitude
- The ability to bridge understanding between business and technical staff
- Excellent time and expectation management skills
Highly desirable skills include:
- Experience in the media or advertising industries
- Detailed knowledge of agile or iterative development methodologies
- Experience working with teams across multiple physical locations
- Business Analysis skillset – deep experience of agile and traditional business analysis techniques – Business Process modelling, Scenarios, User Stories, Use Cases, etc.
- Understanding of the issues involved in designing, integrating and implementing data models
- Possesses a good understanding of technology trends and movements
- Product Experience: Ab Initio, Microsoft SQL and BI, Tableau, MicroStrategy
Location City of London
Industry IT
Duration 6 months
Start Date
Salary £370 – £400 per day
Recruiting Company Summary
| Company Name: | Lorien Digital |  |
| Location: | City of London | |
| Type: | Contract |
Contact Sarah Sandhu
Reference 50143243
Contact Telephone
Posted Date 08/12/2013 08:27:00
