IT Project Manager

What do you need to know about us?
M+C Saatchi Performance is an award-winning global digital media agency, connecting brands to people. We deliver business growth for our clients through effective, measurable, and evolving digital media strategies.

What can you look forward to:
Being a part of the world’s largest independent advertising holding group:
- Family Health Insurance Coverage.
- Flexible Working Hours.
- Regular events including Reece Lunch & indoor games.
- Employee Training/Learning Programs

What You'll Do:
You will be responsible for project managing the delivery of a single, integrated productivity suite across a global business. The objective is to align a disparate technology estate to a single, strategic Microsoft 365 platform underpinned by a global Cisco network roll out. This role will be at the centre of the delivery execution across a global estate. This role will migrate data from current to new platforms (primarily moving Google Workspace and Zoom users to an integrated Microsoft platform).

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end project management, including planning, monitoring execution, and control of the single, integrated, productivity suite
• Deliver plans and monitor outcomes vs scope, objectives, deliverables, and key performance indicators (KPIs) in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Working with existing PMO framework to manage RAID and mitigate blockers
• Ensure alignment with overall organisational strategy.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, dependencies, challenges, and develop contingency plans.
• Co-ordinate project resources across various time zones, including internal team members, external vendors, and consultants.
• Effective communicator, enabling collaboration across the project team, stakeholders, and departments to ensure project success.
• Monitor and report on project progress, providing regular status updates.
• Effective stakeholder engagement with teams across the globe.

You’re good at:

• Strong team player with the ability to work collaboratively
• Experience working with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation, including the C-suite
• Influencing and working with those outside of the team, communicating with stakeholders on the way.
• Creating structure and simplicity in a fast-paced environment.
• Influencing across competing agendas to ensure alignment and deliverables
• Attention to detail and ability to manage conflicting priorities.
• Flexibility to adapt easily to changing requirements and priorities.

You bring (experience & qualifications):

• Project management qualification or certificate
• Experience of project management principles, methodologies and tools
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks to time driven deliverables
• Experience in risk management, communications, and reporting
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Analytical mindset with proficiency in data analysis and interpretation.
• Some prior experience of
  • Working in with multiple productivity platforms
  • Managing complex data migration from legacy to strategic platforms
  • Working within a globally distributed IT function
• Change management experience would be beneficial
• Strong commitment to ethical business practices and corporate governance.

About M+C Saatchi Performance:
M+C Saatchi Performance as part of M+C Saatchi Group has pledged its commitment to create a company that values difference, with an inclusive culture. As part of this, M+C Saatchi Group continues to be an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not and shall not discriminate, celebrates diversity and bases all hiring and promotion decisions solely on merit, without regard for any personal characteristics.

All employee information is kept confidential according to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).