Ambitious PE backed business is looking for a Project Manager to lead integration projects post-acquisition. This is a great opportunity to join a business at the start of a high-growth phase, affording fantastic career opportunities and scope to develop professionally.

The role will be home based with nationwide travel expected on a weekly basis. You’d be able to manage your own diary around when site visits take place and some weeks this might be no site visits and other weeks, a couple. Driving license a must.

About the role

• You will work on multiple concurrent post-merger integration projects, to bring newly acquired businesses into the company.
• Projects will range across Finance, IT, HR and Ops domains and business change and communication will be a key factor in all.
• You will specifically manage the post-acquisition month 1 comms plan.
• Be responsible for updating and communicating company policy to newly acquired businesses.
• Document As-Is ways of working and business process as needed to ensure the delivery of integration projects.
• Manage 3rd parties as required where needed to deliver integration elements.
• Create deployment plans for IT / Tech related projects to manage downtime and go-live activities.
• Review project plans to ensure activities within your area are up to date on the PM system.
• Escalate any risks and issues identified and manage mitigating actions.
• Organise the booking and attendance of training sessions as required for business systems projects.
• Deal with system and people data, to enable the successful delivery of system integration projects.
• Support with the development of comms, training and other key information as needed for the integration projects.
• Help the Head of Projects with the creation and delivery of project and programme level reporting and continuous improvement of the young PMO.
• Provide project / administrative support as required.

About you

• A Project Manager with c.3 years minimum Project Management experience.
• Ideally a project management qualification such as APM or Prince 2
• A good understanding of risk and issue management.
• Experienced in project planning both creation and updating plans.
• Experience in managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Confident dealing with project stakeholders and 3rd parties.
• Lots of initiative, desires autonomy, able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Well organised with great communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Willing to undertake weekly national and some international travel to France / Germany.
• Full driving license and own car.

Desirable experience:

• Prior business integration or business change projects would be desirable but not essential.
• France or German language skills.
• Experience using Monday.com

Please send your CV for immediate review.

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