Head of Platform Projects

Ideal opportunity for an ambitious candidate to step into a leadership role
Generous salary package with hybrid working

About Our Client

I have partnered with a leading e-commerce business who are searching for a Head of Platform Projects.

As Head of Platform Projects, you will be the driving force behind a team of Project Managers while owning the success of the platform projects portfolio.

My client is looking to speak to Project Managers or Implementation Managers who have a strong track record leading customer facing e-commerce of software projects. This could be the ideal opportunity for an ambitious candidate to take the next step into a leadership role.

This is a hybrid role, based out of Ripon, North Yorkshire.

Job Description

Provide leadership to the project management team and support their continued growth and development.
Take ownership of key strategic initiatives.
Oversee the delivery of the organisation's platform related projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the agreed scope while maintaining strong governance around risk and compliance.
Serve as the primary escalation point for project related challenges and drive timely resolution.
Build and sustain effective working relationships with internal development teams, external partners, and client stakeholders.
Contribute as a core member of the senior leadership group, supporting broader business objectives.
Bring credible technical input and delivery insight to client discussions and planning sessions.
Play an integral role in shaping project kick off activities, scheduling work, and reporting on portfolio progress.
Take responsibility for refining and enhancing the overall project delivery framework and ways of working.

The Successful Applicant

Proven project management experience in an IT environment (e-commerce, Software development, Platform Business).
A good general technical understanding of e-commerce and platform based businesses enabling solid risk assessment on projects as well as contributing towards discussions on subjects such as Enterprise Architecture, Dev tools, Data Security, New Technologies etc.
Significant experience of delivering projects to external clients as well as managing suppliers as a part of the project team.
Experience of Release Management including incident management, testing methods and tools.
Good working knowledge of both waterfall and agile delivery methods.
Able to demonstrate risk and issue management experience both at the project level and portfolio level.
Solid experience of financial management on projects including business cases and budget tracking.
Experience of creating Gantt chart project plans from scratch and understanding CPA.
Demonstrate solid Stakeholder management experience and the ability to influence key decision makers at C suit levels both internally and externally.
Professional qualifications (Prince 2, PMP, SAFe, Scrum, DevOps) would be an advantage but not essential.
Familiar with tools such as MS Project, Jira, Service Now, Excel, and Smartsheet's.