Junior Project Manager

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Job ID:39944
Location:London : 71 Fenchurch Street
Position Category:Management
Position Type:Employee Regular

Junior Project Manager

Location: London, UK

Are you a driven Project Manager with a knack for thriving in fast-paced, high-impact roles? We're looking for a motivated professional, ideally with a background in Business Analysis, to join our team in delivering key projects across a global business change portfolio. You'll work alongside Senior Project Managers and Programme Managers to bring projects to life, leveraging your expertise in project management methodologies and cross-border delivery. If you excel in stakeholder engagement, have experience managing projects across multiple geographies, and are ready to contribute to LR Group's strategic success, we want to hear from you.
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What we're looking for

The Project Manager will be a highly motivated individual with PM experience who has ideally stepped up from being a BA in the past. They will thrive in a fast-paced role as part of a significant program delivery for the business.

With support from Senior Project Managers and Programme Managers, the Project Manager will undertake the delivery of projects within the Group-wide business change portfolio and in accordance with the appropriate LR delivery framework.

The Project Manager will have a solid understanding and experience of project management methodologies and the application thereof and will be responsible for the delivery of the projects or workstreams that have been assigned to them.

They will have some experience in delivering projects across multiple geographies and teams simultaneously. Maritime experience is not a pre-requisite but experience working in global organisations with the cross-border challenges that can bring during transformation exercises would be invaluable.

The Project Manager will have the confidence to build relationships with and regularly liaise with, mid- to senior-level senior stakeholders, holding them to account where necessary and knowing when to escalate with the program if required.

The Project Manager will ensure that all scope is delivered on time, to agreed quality standards, and within the approved budget with appropriate monitoring and control. This includes the preparation, review, and stakeholder endorsement of all project documentation needed as part of the project.

They will be an ambassador for LR Group through successful project delivery that supports the achievement of LR's strategic goals and objectives.

What we offer you

• Competitive Salary.
• A regular full-time position.
• Flexible work schedules with an appreciation for work-life balance.
• Working in a global company with the ability to work with different cultures and diverse people.

• The opportunity to work for an organization that has a strong sense of purpose, is values-driven, and helps colleagues to develop professionally and personally through our range of people development programs.

The role

• Responsible for the successful delivery of assigned workstreams and projects as measured by scope, timescale, budget, and quality of the delivered solution in accordance with the appropriate Lloyd's Register delivery framework
• Responsible for the successful delivery of multiple projects or workstreams that will be assigned from either individual or multiple project plans, dependent upon size and scale of the activity.
• Leading of Project Teams and management of Stakeholders across LR to ensure a successful outcome
• Scheduling of, and preparation of materials for, the Project Steering Groups with appropriate Sponsorship and representation from all key Business Areas to ensure key and timely decision making alongside the removal of any project roadblocks
• Responsible for the preparation of regular project reports for differing audiences to include the Project Team and Key Stakeholders.
• Preparation of all project management documentation. This includes but is not limited to Project Charters, Project Reports, Key Deliverables against Requirements, Risk & Issue Registers, Escalation Reports, Project Board Presentations, Lessons Learned Reports, Project Minutes & Actions
• Proactively managing financial plans to support the project delivery and ensure cash-flow for each project stage. This will include regular financial reporting of spend against budget, forecast versus actuals, plus a tolerance report.
• Creation and execution of viable project plans with clear stages & gateways that will be subject to continuous review as part of the project management process
• Managing all stakeholders and governance of the project
• Ensure new services are transitioned into production using the transition and quality gate framework
• Applying and enforcing project methodology & Software/Product Lifecycle Development standards
• Managing project risks and issues and delivering appropriate reporting. Chairing regular risk & issue review meetings where mitigations can be agreed and escalated into the Steering Group if required.
• Responsible for the escalation of any project matters as required and through the appropriate channels

What you bring

• Experience and knowledge of project management processes, principles and methodologies and the application thereof:
  • Recognised professional project management qualification or equivalent experience
  • Good commercial acumen able to effectively manage the third-party suppliers and the overall project budget
  • Good stakeholder management skills
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • The ability to identify and proactively manage project risks and to escalate in a timely fashion through the appropriate channels
• Experience in delivering on large-scale change programs with multiple competing demands is important
• Experience in data gathering, aggregating, and deploying would be very useful
• Experience in process design, training design and creation, and working closely with change management previously would be advantageous.
• Ability to communicate at all levels and good negotiating and influencing skills
• Results-oriented and customer-focused, whilst ensuring all affected teams are equally engaged and aware of project requirements in sufficient time to meet them
• The ability to receive guidance and steer on projects and workstreams assigned
• Good time-management skills with the ability to prioritize assigned activities
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, MS Project, SharePoint, and Visio. Experience in the use of Monday.com as a Project Management tool is an advantage.

About us

We are a leading international technical professional service provider and a leader in classification, compliance, and consultancy services to the marine and offshore industry, a trusted advisor to our customers helping to design, construct and operate their assets to the highest levels of safety and performance. We are shaping the industry's future through the development of novel and innovative technology for the next generation of assets, while continuing to deliver solutions for our customers every day.

Be a part of

Lloyd's Register is wholly owned by the Lloyd's Register Foundation, a politically and financially independent global charity that aims to engineer a safer world through promoting safety and education. For a thriving ocean economy, Lloyd's Register colleagues and Lloyd's Register Foundation work together to fund research, foster industry collaboration and develop action-oriented solutions to make the world a safer place.

Want to apply.

Here at Lloyd's Register, we care, we share and we do the right thing in every situation. It's ingrained in our culture and everything we do. We are committed, and continually strive, to lead with our values that empower and enable an inclusive environment conducive to your growth, development and engagement. It doesn't matter who you are, what you have experienced, how you identify, how old you are, where you are from, what your beliefs are or how your brain or body works - the diversity of our colleagues is fundamental to our futures and the changes we can make together. Our inclusive culture allows us to connect together authentically and to be courageous and bold. We don't just talk about our differences, we celebrate them!

We are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application and we will do everything we possibly can to support you.

If you don't tick every box in these ads, please don't rule yourself out. We focus on hiring people who share our goal of working together for a safer, sustainable, thriving ocean economy.

We care, we share, we do the right thing

If the above matches your field of interest and your qualifications, please apply online as soon as possible- by the latest 31.08.2024.

We conduct ongoing interviews and close the position once the right person has been found.

All inquiries are treated confidentially.

Please note: We do amend or withdraw our job and reserve the right to do so at any time including prior to the advertised closing date.

If you have further questions about this role, please contact us at careers@lr.org and we will respond to you as soon as possible

About us

We are a leading international technical professional service provider and a leader in classification, compliance, and consultancy services to the marine and offshore industry, a trusted advisor to our customers helping to design, construct and operate their assets to the highest levels of safety and performance. We are shaping the industry's future through the development of novel and innovative technology for the next generation of assets, while continuing to deliver solutions for our customers every day.

Be a part of

Lloyd's Register is wholly owned by the Lloyd's Register Foundation, a politically and financially independent global charity that aims to engineer a safer world through promoting safety and education. For a thriving ocean economy, Lloyd's Register colleagues and Lloyd's Register Foundation work together to fund research, foster industry collaboration and develop action-oriented solutions to make the world a safer place.

Want to apply.

Here at Lloyd's Register, we care, we share and we do the right thing in every situation. It's ingrained in our culture and everything we do. We are committed, and continually strive, to lead with our values that empower and enable an inclusive environment conducive to your growth, development and engagement. It doesn't matter who you are, what you have experienced, how you identify, how old you are, where you are from, what your beliefs are or how your brain or body works - the diversity of our colleagues is fundamental to our futures and the changes we can make together. Our inclusive culture allows us to connect together authentically and to be courageous and bold. We don't just talk about our differences, we celebrate them!

We are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application and we will do everything we possibly can to support you.

If you don't tick every box in these ads, please don't rule yourself out. We focus on hiring people who share our goal of working together for a safer, sustainable, thriving ocean economy.

We care, we share, we do the right thing.

If you have further questions about this role, please contact us at careers@lr.org and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

Diversity and Inclusion at Lloyd's Register:

Together we are one Lloyd's Register, committed to developing an inclusive and safe workplace that embraces and celebrates diversity. We strive to ensure that all applicants to LR experience equality of opportunity and fair treatment, because we believe it is the right thing to do. We hope you do too.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

• ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.
• communicating and promoting vacancies offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
• anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.
• at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people.

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