ERP Enhancement Project Manager

• Prepare project plans, working with SSLs and Product Leads to establish, schedule and assign tasks. Tasks may be assigned to SSLs, PLs or to other stakeholders (eg, end users, technical developers).
• Track progress against plan: work with project resources and the ERP Scrum Manager to ensure that progress is recorded. Actual progress should be tracked against a project baseline.
• Manage revisions and updates to the plan: Ensure that any changes to the plan scope or schedule are recorded and accounted for in an updated plan. Ensure that any changes are appropriately communicated to project stakeholders. Provide progress reporting, tracking effort, actual outcomes and schedule changes against the project baseline.
• Work with the Scrum manager to maintain alignment between DevOps and MS Project, ensuring the accuracy and consistency of reporting from both tools.
• Champion the use of MS Project for the ERP team leadership.
• Co-ordinate engagement with other stakeholders (ie, business stakeholders / users, other DigiTeams, external parties). Ensure appropriate participation and completion of project deliverables, providing timely escalation of issues potentially impacting project success.
• Contribute to long term scheduling for the team provide forward visibility of new entity roll-out / significant project schedules and associated resource requirements.

Create and maintain project plans using appropriate tools (ie, MS Project)

• Initiate and lead project planning sessions with SSLs, PLs, and other appropriate stakeholders
• Ensure agreed tasks and timelines are reflected in the plan
• Agree task assignments to appropriate resources

Participate in Scrum calls for in-scope projects.

• Capture details of progress
• Ensure actual progress is recorded in the plan.

• Update project plans, retaining a baseline version and provide reporting on project progress and schedules.
• Provide ad hoc reporting on project progress as required by team leadership.
• Attend regular team meetings and provide appropriate updates on project activity.
• Work with SSLs and PLs to establish business priorities, define in-scope projects and provide a forward schedule.
• Work with the Scrum Manager and PLs to ensure that DevOps User Stories are properly updated to support management reporting.

• Proven communication skills; able to engage with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels in the business.
• Planning, prioritising and time management skills
• Project management experience.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft office tools, particularly Teams and Project.
• Relevant applications management experience ideally with Oracle Cloud solutions.
• Experience in an analytical role a logical and analytical thinker.
• Facilitation skills (workshops, scenario building, planning).
• Track record of success in building productive collaborative relations across diverse stakeholder groups.

• Experience of Scrum Management / Agile development processes.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Energetic and enthusiastic with a can-do attitude; tenacious and resilient
• Experience in ERP applications implementations, enhancement or support.
• Self-motivated, requiring minimal direct supervision