Cos IT Project Manager

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 5000+ employees on all continents. We deliver award-winning enterprise software solutions throughthe use of embedded digital innovation and a single cloud-based platform to help businesses be their best when it really matters-at the Moment of Service.

At IFS, we're flexible, we're innovative, and we're focused not only on how we can engage with our customers,but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society's greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and accept that there are so many different perspectives in this world. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be partof a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We're looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs.If you want to change the status quo, we'll help you make your moment.

Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

**Job Description**:
Corporate Services (CoS) is responsible for driving all current and future digitization and IT related business transformation projects under the guidance of our Chief Digitization & Information Officer (CDIO). The position of IT Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of the business benefits that these projects are designed to facilitate.

The position forms part of a Project Management Office and is assigned to a broad range of digitization and IT related initiatives, some bringing improvements to our internal IT operations, but many targeting the wider IFS business needs. Consequently, the position is required to demonstrate leadership skills, both to the immediate project team and to the wider IFS organization, instilling trust and confidence in our ability to deliver business value.

The main responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

- Delivering successful project outcomes in accordance with defined benefits and deliverables to time, cost and quality;
- Leading and managing project team(s) and their day to day activities to secure project deliveries aligned to the project objectives;
- Balancing the right ingredients (structure, information, simplicity, motivation, etc.) for each project to boost the team’s engagement and performance;
- Managing all aspects of the project life cycle (stakeholders, budget, resources, timeline, quality, risks, hand over to operations, procurement, vendor relations, etc.) to secure a healthy project execution and deliveries aligned to the project objectives;
- Consolidating project performance data (KPIs) and analyzing it to enable informed decision making;
- Reporting to the Project Steering Committees and the Project Management Office regarding project status & performance, project risk and risk mitigation and project financial performance;
- Managing projects in alignment with the CoS project methodology and tools and actively contributing to their continuous improvement;
- Engaging with co-workers from the PM community through sharing experiences and mentoring;
- Undertaking lessons learnt activities following project completion and contributing to continuous improvement activities and initiatives.

Essential Duties:

- Project planning including developing/maintaining resource plans, delivery schedules, cost schedules and key deliverables/milestones;
- Project reporting including internally to the project team and to key project stakeholders including Project Steering Committees;
- Managing project documentation production in accordance with schedule, scope and quality objectives;
- Managing conflicts within the project including those relating to cost, timescale and quality;
- Risk management including maintaining the project risk register and managing the mitigation of project risks in accordance with the IFS risk management process;
- Issue management including their resolution in accordance with agreed impacts upon the project;
- Stakeholder management ensuring expectations are managed appropriately and agreed business objectives are fulfilled;
- Project resource management including ensuring that sufficient resources are available to meet the project schedule, that the appropriate competencies are available within the project team and that individual performance is achieved in accordance with expectations;
- Supplier Management of all vendors whose products and/or services are required in support of the delivery of the project. This includes managing the quality, cost and timely delivery of all supplier deliverable items in a