FILLED Application Upgrade Project Manager (ref DB6144)
Interim Project Manager,
Application Upgrade Initiative,
Financial Services,
6 months +,
Canary Wharf,
market rate.
Application Deadline: 5pm, Thursday 20th June
Role Summary
The ability to communicate well with business users and
manage external suppliers is key, as a number of deliverables will rely on
technologies provided by outsourced infrastructure and 3rd party suppliers.
The application upgrade project manager will operate
throughout the full project lifecycle to
deliver upgrades to end user and infrastructure technologies as well as a proof
of concept of a browser upgrade.
This will involve:
* understanding the impacts of upgrades of applications
on users and dependant technologies
* designing solutions which minimize the impact upon the
business
* planning and reporting on project progress, risks,
issues, dependencies
* budget management and reporting
* following the delivery framework (based on Prince 2)
and managing the project through key stage gates
* management and communication to external suppliers and
business stakeholders
Key skills and Requirements
* Significant experience of delivering projects from
throughout the full project using
structured PM methods and approaches (e.g. SDLC, Prince 2)
* Experience in delivering end user system / application
upgrades at an enterprise level
* Experienced in managing external suppliers and
outsourced suppliers in large and complex business transformation programmes