Project Manager

Location: Leeds, United Kingdom

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

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Team Overview

In the role of Project Manager, you will plan, organise, and lead projects through the entire life-cycle and deliver them to time and to budget within an agreed framework. This includes managing project schedules, identifying and managing risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders.

You will also work closely with Technical, Product and Project Leadership to determine project priorities. You will get involved with the delivery teams and the delivery process and be adaptable enough to take on several roles to "get things delivered.”

This role reports into the Senior Director - Transformation UK & Europe. This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

Role Overview And Core Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate complex and technical delivery projects and projects that align with longer running improvement programmes across a Global environment.

• Lead a team of Business Analysts, Technical Architects and Engineers through a flexible matrix structure.

• Ensure all non-technical activities are identified and developed to successfully deliver and embed change.

• Create and execute realistic and achievable project plans.

• Evaluate risks and develop strategies to overcome project obstacles.

• Identify and implement appropriate quality standards to ensure project quality.

• Manage Requests for Change to protect the project deliverables and timelines.

• Interact with diverse technical and non-technical groups spanning all organizational levels.

• Projects managed within the agreed framework.

• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of the project.

• Assume responsibility for schedule adjustments, costs, and project modifications.

• Identify and implement appropriate quality standards to ensure project quality.

• Assume responsibility for resource acquisition (staff, equipment, facilities, etc.) to satisfy project demands.

• Prepare project communications to keep stakeholders appraised.

Required Knowledge And Experiences

• Strong project management experience in complex and technical delivery projects.

• Experience of corporate technology landscapes and cloud hosting infrastructure (Azure, AWS or similar).

• Experience of the project lifecycle in software delivery and infrastructure environments 

• Working knowledge of traditional and agile Project Management Methodologies such as Waterfall/Agile.

• Delivery focused; forward thinking with a problem-solving mentality.

• Strong organisational and time management skills.

• Ability and motivation to lead a delivery team.

• Ability to challenge and propose alternatives.

• Methodical, thorough, and diligent.

• Risk identification and management.

• Ability to use Microsoft products to a good standard.

• Educated to degree level or otherwise suitable experience desirable in one or more of the following: 

  • DSDM Practitioner

  • SCRUM Master 

  • RAD

  • PRINCE 2 or APM

  • ITIL

TransUnion Overview:

At TransUnion, we encourage and are committed to creating a real, positive impact and shared sense of purpose within our Workforce for Good, which empowers our people to grow, innovate and contribute to a better future for our communities and customers. We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver’s seat of their professional development— while having access to help along the way. We recognize that success comes when our associates thrive both professionally and personally; that’s why we prioritize work/life flexibility and offer resources for our teams across the globe to collaborate and drive excellence.

 

Be a part of our Workforce for Good – you’ll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.

TransUnion Job Title

Advisor, Project Management