Delivery Lead Job in Vistra

Key Responsibilities

• You will play a major role in several transformational programmes as well supporting the completion of a number of inflight projects
• You will be responsible for managing the items on Yardi Voyager backlog recorded as developments
• Managing the creation and delivery of project outputs within tolerance levels (time, cost and quality)
• Collaborating with the Yardi Voyager support team
• Day-to-day management of operational and tactical aspects of the project
• Planning and monitoring the project, including the production of progress reports, board reports etc. against plan
• Managing project-level issues and risks with appropriate management/mitigation plans as required
• Eliminate ambiguity around project scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources and risk - both forecasting during up-front planning phases and then iterate throughout the remainder of the project
• Plan, define, verify and manage the scope, timeline, budget, and quality of projects
• Be held accountable for timely communication of status or critical decisions needed from accountable executives
• Provide strong leadership and oversight throughout project life cycle from initiation, through to closure
• Direct and be accountable for engaging stakeholders through the process of delivering the project
• Identify, quantify, prioritize, and manage delivery risks; develop and manage project risk mitigation plans; invoke mitigation plans and escalate to programme board for contingency plan execution as necessary
• Plan, direct and in conjunction with the change manage ensure all executive stakeholder and overall project communications; ensure completion of appropriate documentation and distribute to appropriate parties
• Anticipate, plan and ensure project tasks are resourced appropriately
• Manage work package leads and/or project teams to achieve project goals and objectives
• Ensure full participation in the performance development review process of the platform and maintain an up to date record of all training and development activities/programs.

Technical Skills

Application migration experience
• Excellent organisation skills, to plan the use of people and resources to meet deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills, to motivate and lead your project team
• The ability to monitor and control budgets
• Good communication and negotiation skills, to manage expectations
• The ability to use your initiative and make decisions under pressure
• Excellent skills in complex stakeholder management
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with the tenacity, confidence and resilience to deliver high quality results
• Proven leadership skills across global environments
• Good facilitation and analytical skills.
• Application of quality management principles and processes

Relevant Experience

• 3-5 years project management experience, ideally gained in strategic complex project delivery; and demonstrated outcome delivery across different types of high-risk, high-value projects
• Educated to at least degree level
• Formal Project Management Certification
• Proven track-record of successful delivery of critical projects
• In depth knowledge and experience of all stages of the project
• Proven leadership experience directing senior staff resources, including project leads, technical and other business resources
• Demonstrated ability to drive the planning, execution and delivery of complex projects than span several business areas
• Proven and relevant experience of budget management and resource allocation
• Ability to manage conflict internally and externally, making difficult decisions by pragmatically weighing the complexities involved against the need to act

Education

• Project Management accreditation, e.g. PRINCE2 / PMP is must.
• Qualified in recognised project management discipline (Agile/Scrum)