The role
The project management team plays a crucial role in delivering complex technical solutions. This function is responsible for our business analysts and project management function and oversees multidisciplinary delivery teams consisting of strategists, UX experts, developers, designers, and marketers.
As the Head of Project Management, you will define the project approach and governance for our active deliveries, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within budget and to our quality standards. Your responsibilities will include the line management and support of team members, ensuring they have the skills, knowledge, and tools to steer projects toward success, while providing the business with robust and accurate project reporting. Additionally, you will monitor and evolve our delivery processes and capabilities in alignment with the business strategy and vision.
Main responsibilities
Leadership
- Collaborate Across Departments: Work with senior managers across the business to ensure the principles of insightful excellence are integrated into our processes and outputs.
- Model for Success: Create a model for success and quality within the team, ensuring that all members understand what success looks like at individual, project, team, and business levels.
- Evaluate and Adopt Emerging Technologies: Provide thought leadership on emerging technologies and trends, adopting them where appropriate.
- Define Direction: Collaborate with other department heads and subject matter experts to define the direction required to deliver large-scale and business transformation projects for our clients.
- Knowledge Sharing: Help the department stay up to date with new technologies, lessons learned from previous projects, and share insights.
- Motivate and Drive: Motivate and drive the team to succeed, championing quality and aligning the team’s output with Equator’s high standards.
- Support Information Security: Work with the Head of Compliance and Head of IT to maintain our Information Security Management System, ensuring it meets business and external stakeholder expectations.
- Business Development: Support business growth opportunities by reviewing and contributing to proposals, shaping our approach, contributing to estimates, and selling our services and capabilities to stakeholders.
Performance
- Approach Deployment: Work with the Head of Delivery to determine the appropriate approach for each project, including the use of documentation and controls such as User Stories, Project Plans, Sitemaps, Wireframes, Functional Specs, Technical Specs, Test Plans, Project Reports, and Client Action Logs.
- Maximise Profitability: Deliver maximum profitability by ensuring high performance and quality, monitoring departmental performance, and developing initiatives to continuously improve our delivery processes.
- Lifecycle Management: Manage multiple projects throughout their lifecycle: selecting the project team, scoping, planning, resourcing, information gathering, budgeting, and liaising with the client. Scope, document, and deliver projects, taking full ownership of the approach, delivery, and project financials.
Management
- Mentor and Support: Mentor and support your team to reach their full potential.
- Provide Feedback: Ensure clear and constructive feedback is provided to team members.
- Personal Development Plans: Create Personal Development Plans for your team and support them in achieving these through one-to-one sessions and appraisal feedback processes.
- Set Objectives: Set clear, transparent objectives for your team.
- Skill Development: Develop the skills and expertise of your team in line with business objectives.
- Manage Recruitment: Manage recruitment for your department, ensuring a balance of capability, experience, and seniority.
The Ideal Candidate
- You have knowledge of a wide range of techniques, tools and concepts related to project management and business analysis and a willingness to learn more.
- You are an excellent communicator, both written and verbal.
- You are forward-thinking and proactive.
- You are a motivational leader.
- You build great rapport with clients and the production teams. Your educated and justified opinion is respected by them, you inspire them, and you pitch confidently to win business.
Salary
Competitive
What's in it for you?
Benefits
Generous Pension Scheme
We want a secure future for all our team. Join our Pension Scheme and 10% will be matched by us.
Lots of holidays
34 days holidays so we can all relax and enjoy our time off. Also, you get an extra day for every year you work (up to 5 extra days)
Free Gym Membership
Exclusive membership to the hi-tech Village Gym, or a contribution to a gym of your choice
Flexible working
We have been a champion of flexible working long before the pandemic
Free Private Healthcare
Every team member gets private healthcare, to make sure you get access to the best treatment.
Mental health aware
We are passionate about mental health, so everyone gets access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme. You can also become one of our mental health first aiders.
42% off a New Bike
Take part in the Cycle-to-Work scheme and save up to 42% on a new bike.
Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
We are a family-oriented company. Get enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a huge celebration when you bring in the baby!
Daily Coffee, Friday Drinks and Mountains of Fruit
Fresh fruit, bottomless caffeine, and celebratory drinks every Friday for a week well done!
The Best Social Scene
From summer BBQs on a private island on Loch Lomond to Christmas glamour there’s always something to look forward to.
£1000 Referral Bonus
You get a grand every time one of your friends join the team.
Long-term service rewards
The longer you stay, the more we celebrate you. At each major milestone you’ll get a surprise gift as a big thank you.
After you’ve sent in your CV…
Application process
The interview
This is a telephone or Teams call to chat about your experience and what the role looks like. It’s your chance to show us what makes you remarkable.
The task
Take on a small task to let us see your skills in action. Once complete you’ll meet with up to 3 people from your team to discuss the task.
Meet the team
Our culture is precious to us. So senior and externally facing roles involve an additional meeting with members of the board to ensure the candidate is a good fit for the business.
You're in! Now what?
Getting started
The Tour
Meet the team, tour the studios and learn how we work. We want you to feel comfortable, and you get to know a few people who can help you out.
The induction
This dedicated induction with our People and Culture team will make sure you’re fully up to speed with your role and how to get things done. At this point, you should feel inspired and confident to get started.
The first 3 months
We’ll help you put together a 3-month programme covering key competencies, support and learning outcomes to make sure you’re fully equipped to thrive.
Get a Buddy
After the induction period, there will still be a lot of new things, so everyone new is paired with a Buddy, who will be your go-to for any questions you have! And then it’s onwards and upwards!
Ongoing support
Our people and culture team conduct regular welfare check-ins to ensure everything is working out the way you’d hoped and ensure you feel supported
Breakfast with the Founders
John, JJ and Garry are keen to have the chance to meet everyone that joins the team. You get breakfast and a chance to ask anything and maybe hear one or two stories from their colourful pasts!