Senior Digital Project Manager

Job responsibilities

Main duties and Responsibilities

Manage a portfolio of large scale, complex IT projects and changes as part of Alder Heys Digital Futures Strategy and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital's Digital Excellence Strategy.

Create robust written project plans for the implementation of complex, large scale IM&T projects

Capture and document business requirements clearly in order that technical solutions can be developed to meet the customers desired business outcomes

Creation of impact analysis reports that will inform the change process

Creation of communication plans to ensure all stakeholders are kept informed throughout the duration of any projects or changes

Coordinate the production of technical specifications and related documentation

Production and maintenance of resource plans that will be used throughout the duration of each project or change

Coordination of test plans to ensure successful testing outcomes

Management of third-party supplier contributions to individual projects and changes

Management of project and change related risks and issues ensuring successful outcomes

Management of individual project budgets monitoring the expenditure and costs against benefits realised

Establishing clear Benefits Realisation plans and subsequently ensuring these are monitored, tracked and reported to the relevant stakeholders.

Creation of work packages for delivery by technical teams

Production of highlight reports

Maintenance of RAG status reports for all projects and changes on portfolio

Monitor progress and report exceptions to the Programme Manager and relevant parties

Leads projects and influences others to achieve project outcomes. Includes leading work streams, allocating/delegating of work and holding project teams to account

Responsible for setting up IT systems to track and monitor project activity. This includes both project management toolsets which will feed into the overall programme management agenda.

Carry out research and keep abreast of new and emerging technologies

Carry out audits to ensure specified requirements of customers are met through each project

Manage Project Managers within the team and coordinate their work

Communicate with a range of senior stakeholders providing recommendations, factual and evidenced based views in relation to complex projects/plans.

Facilitate collaborative working between senior managers in a number of departments/organisations in order to achieve project objectives; this will require developed negotiation and motivation skills to deal with highly complex and highly contentious information.

Present information in a variety of ways to both large groups as well as on a 1:1 basis.

Analyse complex performance data and trends in order to assess and interpret the impact on project plans.

Determine how potential conflicting information will affect project priorities

Work within broad professional policies, advises without reference to manager

Freedom to achieve agreed objectives in own way

Acts as a lead specialist in own area

Manages own work independently

Operate in a highly complex technical environment, have a strong understanding of a wide range of technologies involved

Capability for project planning, complex document production, research and a high technical IT competence

Management of IM&T Project Manager roles within the team

Education and Training

Essential

• Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working in project delivery.
• Project Management Qualification
• Evidence of on-going personal and professional development

Experience

Essential

• Experience of IM&T project change and delivery
• Experience of appropriate project management methodology (e.g. Prince2)
• Formal delivery planning using Gantt charts or similar
• Extensive demonstrable experience of leading a high performing project / programme team.
• Experience of completing complex project plans and supporting documentation such as risk and issue logs, lessons learnt and communication plans.
• Proven ability to negotiate and motivate teams, including SMEs, to ensure project delivery.
• Supervisory experience

Desirable

• Experience of working within the NHS

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of NHS Information Governance principles
• Knowledge of current legislation such as Confidentiality, Freedom of Information, Data Protection Act and Caldicott
• Extensive IT systems knowledge
• Organisational strategy

Desirable

• Clinical systems

Skills

Essential

• Clear communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills
• Ability to construct and deliver insightful, clear information/ instructions to a broad range of stakeholders at all levels
• Proven relationship management skills, able to build and maintain positive and productive relationships across a range of stakeholders
• Ability to process complex information and determine course of action to take
• Ability to identify issues, anticipate risks and create solutions to ensure project delivery
• Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines
• Able to respond quickly and professionally to new issues in short time frames
• oConfident in the use of the Microsoft TM Office toolset email, web browsers and project management tools

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Highly motivated and able to work on own initiative
• Adaptable and flexible approach to duties to meet deadlines
• Professional, calm and efficient manner
• Encouraging and engaging
• Strong leadership traits

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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