Job Title: Head of Projects
Working Arrangements: Full time, office based, Darlington
Salary Range: (£60,000 – 70,000 per annum + benefits)
About Helixr
Helixr is a business restructuring and ERP services consultancy, based in the UK, with a global reach, expertise and experience that focuses on the Life Sciences sector. Our ethos is to ‘do the right thing’ and break commercial boundaries to make a difference in our clients’ journey. Engaging with Pharma and Consumer Healthcare clients, we offer services across business restructuring, finance & tax technologies and ERP programs, including end-to-end project management solutions. Our name embodies the sentiments by which we endeavour to engage with our clients – to nurture cohesive and symbiotic relationships, break down traditional commercial boundaries, and honour our core values of trust, integrity, and transparency.
Job on offer
Helixr is looking for a quality-focused candidate to spearhead and grow a team of Programme and Project Managers, embedding a high performing, accountable and customer driven culture.
Your role
As head of projects, you will be responsible for:
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Providing organisational leadership to evolve and promote the project excellence practice
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Embedding project delivery best practices across the organisation through a learning and development framework.
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Developing and maintaining project management methods, tools sets and processes to drive client engagement, ensuring quality and compliance across programme deliverables.
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Developing junior project managers through training, coaching and mentoring
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Accountable for delivering of software product development (in the innovation centre)
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Building and managing stakeholder relationships identifying the communications and relationship needs of stakeholder groups.
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Effectively managing client escalations to resolution and facilitate business decision-making processes.
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Ensuring that realistic project plans are maintained within area of responsibility and partnering with project/programme lead to ensure regular and accurate updates of overall project deliverables, status, risks and issues are maintained.
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Applying due diligence, expertise and specialist knowledge to projects, ensuring they are delivered to time, scope, cost and quality \
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Leading programme or project control boards, project assurance teams and quality review meetings ensuring project plans are maintained to enable regular and accurate communication to stakeholders.
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Contributing to business development, driving new sales opportunities and optimising organic growth from a portfolio of clients
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Ensuring effective stakeholder engagement at executive levels to secure client retention and consultancy engagements.
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Writing white papers for publication on company’s website establishing recognition as a trusted advisor in areas of expertise.
The Scope of the work within the role will include:
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Inputs into departmental budget
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Designing and delivering a learning and development framework for embedding project delivery best practices using innovative education ideas
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Exercising personal responsibility and autonomy within a clear framework/area of responsibility
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Accountability for setting deadlines and objectives for self and the team
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Responsibility for planning, designing and delivering workshops within area of responsibility
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Contributing to marketing by writing case studies, insights and white papers
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Identifying new leads and opportunities within existing clients and preparing proposals for new clients
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Managing client relationships and engagements
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Responsibility for planning, monitoring and delivering projects to time and budget, within area of responsibility
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Responsibility for supplier contract negotiations and sourcing new suppliers within the supplier management process
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Responsibility for managing medium off-shore / 3rd party consultants
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Preparing and updating business strategies for growing project excellence practice in line with overall Helixr vision
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Leading the decision making process in a specific area by influencing and making decisions
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Using initiative to solve problems on a regular basis, based on industry experience
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Contributing to new product development
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Contributing to the quality control and management process
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Contributing to the implementation of policy and strategy. Creatively applying a wide range of technical and/or management principles
What we are looking for
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10+ years’ experience leading large teams including project managers
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Experience in software product development (Desired)
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Demonstrated expertise in programme and project management with awareness of evolving best practices
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Experience of designing and adapting project management methodologies and frameworks
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Experience in developing business cases, strategies and roadmaps
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Project Management Certifications preferred (PMP, Prince 2, Agile)
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Strong interpersonal skills, with proven ability to listen, communicate and collaborate effectively
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Proficient in relevant tools for Programme and Project Management (eg: MS Projects, Jira)
Additional requirements
- Flexible and adaptable to changing roles and priorities
- Flexible with travel and working across time zones
