*this role is open to remote working within the UK. Successful candidates will be required to travel to their closest UNiDAYS campus (London or Nottingham) on occasion.
The role in a nutshell
The Senior Project Manager will partner with business leaders to support delivery of key strategic initiatives in line with the company's goals, ambitious growth plans, and vision. You’ll be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of a variety of projects including launching new initiatives, processes, services and market expansions; ensuring all projects have clearly defined goals, comprehensive plans, and the ability to execute to achieve key milestones. You’ll thrive in ambiguity, and will be pivotal in navigating unfamiliar and complex scenarios; bringing together cross-functional project teams and challenging assumptions to ensure plans are well-considered and future-proofed. The role will require managing multiple projects at one time, so you must be comfortable with prioritisation and have excellent time management. You’ll have strong empathy and influencing skills, making sure stakeholder groups are aligned on where we are now, where we need to get to and the deliverables required to achieve the common goal. You’ll collaborate with leadership to ensure business change is effectively planned, managed and embedded at UNiDAYS whilst understanding the impacts and risks; ensuring measures are in place to mitigate these effectively. We’re looking for an experienced Project Manager with a combination of operational know-how,strong analytical and technical skills, able to adapt and flex your delivery approach based on the requirements of the project, and the stakeholders involved.
Day to day responsibilities
- Managing a portfolio of complex projects that span one or multiple areas of the business strategic initiatives, aiming to deliver value incrementally through effective project plans.
- Transform a high-level objective into a clear, focused, and measurable plan of action driven by quantitative and qualitative metrics which are connected to OKR’s.
- Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery from initiation to deployment across multiple workstreams.
- Balancing various strategic projects simultaneously. You will drive strategic project progress, provide recommendations based on your analysis and create top-notch presentations for stakeholders to understand business change and impact.
- Provide leadership and direction for project stakeholder groups by building and motivating team members to meet project goals and milestones.
- Establishing best practice ways of working, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature UNiDAYS.
What we need from you
- Successful candidate must have a strong track record in stakeholder management; communicating with senior leaders (verbal and written) and external vendors.
- Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods and techniques, and experience adapting the approach to get the best outcome on a project by project basis.
- Experience delivering results through both influencing other teams and rolling up their sleeves to dive deep independently and make things happen.
- Experience supporting leaders in shaping strategic initiatives / complex projects through conception, planning and execution stages.
- Knowledge and experience of implementing change management principles, methodologies and tools.
- Strong understanding of how people journey through change, as well as the change process.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Flexibility to work in ambiguous situations and support other cross program work-streams is vital.
- Organised, with a natural inclination for future-proofing VS quick-fix solutions.
- Problem solving and root cause identification skills.
- High level of integrity, energy and sense of urgency to make things happen.
- Ability to establish and maintain trust, credibility and build strong relationships.
- Resilient and tenacious with a propensity to persevere.
- Expertise leading cross-functional workshops to drive consensus.
- Experience in managing internal, vendor, and consultant resources.
- Demonstrated organisational skills, ability to prioritise tasks and manage time efficiently while maintaining attention to detail.
- Willing to take action and enjoy working in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
What You Have Done
- 5+ years experience in project/program management in a fast-paced quick-growth environment.
- Proven experience of delivering complex, ambiguous projects.
- Established leader and strategic thinker with an ability to execute in an evolving, ambiguous, and dynamic environment.
- Experience utilizing Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies.
- Experience of working within technology, commercial or online media businesses.
- Experience with large-scale organisational change efforts
- Experience working in a start-up or scale-up environment is preferred but not essential
- Experience in managing strategic programs of work is preferred but not essential.
- Formal Project Management qualification is preferred but not essential.
- Business Analysis experience is preferred but not essential.
Perks
We've accomplished a lot since we started in 2011, but in many ways, this is just the beginning. This is the chance for you to get in on ground zero. An opportunity to make a difference within the business with global reach. We are the world’s largest Student Affinity Network, with over 22 million verified members in 115 markets including the US, UK, Germany, India, Canada and Australia. We work with 800 of the world’s biggest brands globally, taking their products and services into the hearts and minds of tomorrow’s professionals, delivering engagement, building affinity and sales. You’ll also be working for a Great Place to Work CertifiedTM company who have been recognised on the UK’s Best WorkplacesTM for Wellbeing and UK's Best Workplaces for Women 2022 list. To find out more about our workplace initiatives, see our UKexclusive case studywith Great Place to Work and be sure to visit ourprofilefor more information.
We offer a fast paced, fun & social working environment where you can truly make an impact. We believe that work should enhance and complement your life which is why we leave it up to you to decide where you work. You can choose to work from your assigned campus (either Nottingham or London) or from home, whatever works best for your individual needs. Your manager may request you attend team meet ups at your campus but other than that it is up to you! We work hard atUNiDAYS, but we also believe in fair compensation for hard work. That's why we're pleased to offer all employees full access to our comprehensive benefits package.
Our perks include:
- 25 days holiday per year increasing with length of service, plus flexible bank holidays
- Competitive salaries
- 4pm finishes every Friday
- Company bonus scheme
- Company pension scheme
- Private health insurance (Vitality)
- Income protection policy
- Life assurance policy
- Employee Assistance Program
- Enhanced parental leave pay
- Core hours with flexibility around how/when you manage your time
- Regular team building activities
- The latest tech and hardware will be supplied from day one
- Good Vibes Program: we know we’ve all had to adapt to new ways of working andUNiDAYShas always taken pride in the community we’ve created in the office but we’re just as committed to creating an innovative approach to fostering connections and improving engagement outside of the office! We want to boost your remote working experience so think virtual parties, pottery classes, wellness classes and guest speakers just to name a few!
- Support for home working for all new team members. We will help assess your home set up and you can expense £150 towards any additional furniture you may need to be safe and comfortable when working from home
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.