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What We'll Bring:
The main purpose of the Principal Project Manager is to plan, organise and lead projects and deliver them to time, budget and quality tolerances within the TU project management framework; engage the relevant resources, ensure accurate reporting, and manage risks, issues and dependencies.

In addition to the Project Manager role the Principal Project Manager leads a group of projects. They provide guidance and direction to all their project teams, provide support and cover when required. Works closely with management and senior management teams and represents the program of work in project reviews with TU Leadership.

What You'll Bring:

• Work closely with sponsors, 3 rd parties, suppliers , IT, the business and operational teams to understand their requirements, developing effective working relationships and on-going management processes for the projects and service delivery

• Create and execute realistic and achievable project plans

• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of the project

• Manage, monitor and motivate the cross functional teams assigned to the project

• Project manage within the TU delivery framework

• Prepare project communications to keep stakeholders up-to-date with progress

• Conduct project presentations and compile reports

• Evaluate risks and develop strategies to overcome project obstacles

• Identify and implement appropriate quality standards to ensure project quality

• Ensure the project knowledge base is captured, current and stored appropriately

• Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion

• Manage Requests for Change ensuring the project deliverables and timelines are not adversely affected

• Liaise with Development teams to coordinate change, building, testing and implementation

• Ensure Post-rollout reviews take place and feedback loop followed

• Establish direction by developing a project vision and strategies to achieve their team's projects.

• Develop and implement task responsibilities to ensure timely completion of project deliverables.

• Assume responsibility for schedule adjustments, costs, and project modifications.

• Identify and implement appropriate quality standards to ensure project quality.

• Assume responsibility for resource acquisition (staff, equipment, facilities, etc.) to satisfy project demands.

• Prepare project communications to keep stakeholders apprised of project maturation.

• Evaluate risks and develop strategies to overcome project obstacles.

• Excellent project management skills

• Strong organisational and time management skill

• Ability to lead and develop a team

• Ability to develop and lead process improvements

• Excellent communication skills

• Ability to challenge and propose alternatives

• Methodical, thorough and diligent

• Risk identifier and manager

• Excellent documentation skills

• Results driven; forward thinking with a problem-solving mentality

• Balances the expectations of stakeholders (customers) and members of the project team

• Defines project requirements, objectives , and critical milestones

• Ensures that projects are completed on time and within budget tolerances

• Generates project success through the individual success of every project team member

• Recognizes crisis points in a project and uses alternate strategies to keep the project on track

• Recognizes when members of the project team are struggling and coaches them toward appropriate solutions

• Adapt style, tactics and communication channel(s) as appropriate for the situation, audience or circumstances.

• Challenge existing paradigms without creating more resistance than support.

• Create and negotiate win/win solutions that generate positive results individually and through others.

• Use direct persuasion, facts, and figures appropriately in order to gain buy-in and compel others to positive action

• Anticipate and recognize concerns, issues, problems, and/or obstacles and suggests solutions

• Arranges unclear facts into logical patterns and concepts

• Develops solutions that are not constrained by existing paradigms

• Recognizes and expresses related concepts or potential outcomes of a decision, situation or issue

• Actively pursue opportunities to collaborate with others across the enterprise.

• Build strong, trust based relationships.

• Demonstrate effective communication, collaboration and conflict management within and across organisational boundaries.

• Drive sharing of information, solutions and best practices with others across enterprise boundaries.

• Degree level or equivalent

• 5 + year s Project Management experience