Release And Cutover Project Manager in Reading, Berkshire

Release & Cutover Project Manager
6 Months initial contract
£600 per day (Inside IR35)
2-3 times on site in Reading per week

My client in the utilities industry are looking for a Release And Cutover Project Manager to join their fast paced team on an initial 6 month contract.

As an integral part of the CPR Programme team, the successful candidate will report directly to the Release & Cutover Lead and will have direct liaisons with key Business, Programme and IT Workstream leads.

The successful individual should be highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Technical Project Manager with utilities and consultancy experience. This position plays a critical role in overseeing the successful execution of customer data and functional migration projects during weekends. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in project management, excellent leadership skills, understanding of the utilities industry and systems and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Establish and maintain highly effective relationships within the CPR Programme, IT and business teams to ensure requirements are integrated into the overall cutover plan.

Primary deliverable outputs include:
* Collaborate with the Release and Cutover Lead to develop a comprehensive cutover plan and timeline, ensuring the successful transfer of data from source systems to target systems.
* Assist in coordinating the activities of the cutover teams, providing guidance and support to team members throughout the weekend.
* Support producing material for stakeholders to make go no go decisions and outputs from the migration.
* Monitor the progress of cutover activities, identifying and addressing any potential risks or issues that may impact the project or weekend timeline.
* Provide hands-on support and troubleshooting during cutover activities, ensuring the smooth execution of the plans and minimizing system and business downtime.
* Support the update of documentation related to cutover processes, including runbooks and resource plans.
* Work with the Release and Cutover Team, the wider Programme team and business teams to ensure the plans are produced, resource and communicated.

Business Knowledge
* Good knowledge of the energy sector.
* Have a working knowledge of Energy Billing and industry best practices.
* Experience in the delivering or working with Electricity & Gas Billing industry implementations.
* Proven experience in release management, preferably in a leadership or supervisory role.
* Experience of working in high-intensity project/programme environments.
* Ability to define and execute multiple detailed activity plans simultaneously, maintaining an ability to articulate progress and status clearly to key stakeholders.

Essential Functional / Technical Skills
* Preferred qualifications to include: PMP (Project Management Professional), PRINCE2 Practitioner, PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner, SAFe - Scaled Agile Framework, Agile Scrum Master.
* Proven experience on previous complex customer transformation programmes and strong track record of delivering business cutovers successfully end to end.
* Cutover Management experience with the ability to advice, guide, own strategies, approach execution, follow up and own go-no-go.
* Proficiency in working in a fast-changing technical, operational, and commercial environment, with strong business acumen.
* Excellent time management skills.
* Exceptional problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to think critically and make informed decisions in time-sensitive situations.

Personal Attributes / Competencies
* Ability to demonstrate a track record of business delivery.
* Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills to ensure effective engagement, collaboration and consultation with programme.
* Proactive, hands-on approach to planning and delivery.
* Excellent communication skills for engaging stakeholders at all levels of the project and business.
* Dynamic, with the ability to manage complex workloads in time pressured environments.
* Strong focus on outcomes and attention to detail.
* Flexibility to work weekends and extended hours when required to meet project deadlines.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.