IT Agile Project Manager / Epic Delivery Owner

IT Agile Project Manager / Epic Delivery Owner - ERP, SaaS & Enterprise Applications, Modernisation

Rate: 600 - 800 per day

Duration: 1 year

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior IT Project Manager / Epic Delivery Owner (EDO) to lead complex technology initiatives across a portfolio of corporate enterprise applications supporting functions such as Finance, HR, Risk, Audit, Compliance and Legal.

The environment consists predominantly of e nterprise packaged solutions, ERP platforms and SaaS applications, ranging from specialist applications through to large-scale business-critical platforms supporting thousands of users.

The successful candidate will lead initiatives including:

• New ERP / enterprise package implementations
• SaaS and cloud application implementations
• Major application upgrades and migrations
• Modernisation of existing enterprise applications
• Infrastructure upgrades supporting business applications
• Enhancements and integrations across existing platforms

Applications may be SaaS, cloud-hosted or on-premise.

This is an end-to-end delivery position requiring strong project leadership, vendor management and sufficient technical understanding to manage complex dependencies across applications, integrations, infrastructure, security and the wider technology landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of one or multiple complex IT projects/Epics, from initiation and planning through implementation and go-live.
• Lead ERP, SaaS and enterprise package implementations, upgrades and migrations.
• Develop and maintain detailed delivery plans covering scope, milestones, resources, budgets, forecasts and dependencies.
• Coordinate multiple business and technology teams across different locations, divisions and entities.
• Manage third-party software vendors, system integrators, implementation partners and outsourced teams.
• Understand the wider application and technology ecosystem and proactively identify cross-project and technical dependencies.
• Identify, manage and resolve risks, issues and dependencies, establishing clear mitigation and remediation actions.
• Work closely with architects, security teams, infrastructure teams, application specialists and business stakeholders.
• Manage project budgets, resource requirements and delivery forecasts.
• Own change control, challenging and negotiating changes to requirements, scope, timelines and priorities where necessary.
• Provide clear reporting to senior management, project sponsors and key stakeholders.
• Lead project governance and support Steering Committee decision-making.
• Ensure projects comply with internal delivery, security, risk, governance and quality standards.
• Act as the primary interface between business sponsors, IT teams and external suppliers.
• Drive continuous improvement across project delivery and ways of working.

Essential Experience

• Strong experience as a Senior IT Project Manager, Epic Delivery Owner, Programme Manager or Technology Delivery Lead.
• Proven delivery of large-scale ERP, SaaS, COTS or enterprise packaged application implementations and/or major upgrades.
• Strong track record of end-to-end project delivery, from initiation through implementation and go-live.
• Experience managing complex application projects involving multiple business and technology teams.
• Strong experience managing third-party vendors, system integrators and/or outsourcing partners.
• Experience managing project budgets, resources, forecasts, RAID and dependencies.
• Strong change control and scope management experience.
• Excellent senior stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work effectively across both business and technical teams.
• Good understanding of enterprise technology environments including SaaS, cloud, on-premise applications, integrations and infrastructure.
• Ability to quickly understand complex application landscapes and identify technical and business dependencies.
• Experience leading projects across multiple teams, locations and disciplines.
• Ability to operate independently and take accountability for successful delivery.

Desirable Experience

• Experience delivering applications supporting Finance, HR, Risk, Audit, Compliance or Legal functions.
• Experience with major enterprise platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Workday, ServiceNow, SuccessFactors, Microsoft Dynamics or comparable ERP/SaaS/COTS solutions.
• Experience within banking, financial services or another highly regulated environment.
• Cloud and enterprise application modernisation experience.
• Experience managing large external implementation partners.
• PRINCE2, PMP/PMI or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience working within Agile and/or hybrid delivery environments.

Please do send an up to date CV to eobiechefu@welovesalt.com

*Rates depend on experience and client requirements