Our client is seeking a Manager for their Technology Consulting team, located in Guernsey. This full-time position involves leading technology consulting initiatives that enhance clients’ trust in their digital environments. The role requires effective project management and collaboration with diverse teams to deliver high-quality technology solutions.
JOB DUTIES:
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of client-facing technology projects, ensuring alignment from discovery to implementation and support.
- Undertake project management activities by defining scope, plans, milestones, and responsibilities, while managing delivery to budget and quality expectations.
- Act as a technical product owner, setting priorities and translating business objectives into clear requirements and user stories.
- Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to understand business processes, facilitating workshops to define functional and non-functional requirements.
- Manage project and product backlogs, balancing business value and team capacity.
- Provide clear direction to development teams, holding members accountable for delivering high-quality outcomes.
- Bridge communication between business stakeholders and technical teams, translating needs and considerations effectively.
- Work with developers and solution architects to ensure proposed designs meet business needs while being maintainable and secure.
- Provide timely reporting to senior stakeholders regarding project progress, risks, and decisions.
- Proactively identify and resolve project issues, risks, and dependencies to maintain momentum.
- Build trusted relationships with clients and internal teams, coaching junior team members and contributing to practice development.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Strong academic background, ideally with a bachelor's or master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a similar field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Project Management certification such as AgilePM Practitioner, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or Scrum Master, with demonstrable project management experience.
- Extensive experience managing the end-to-end delivery of technology projects or digital products in a consulting environment.
- Experience leading software development teams, both onshore and offshore.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
- Proficient business analysis skills, including requirements definition and stakeholder engagement.
- Experience acting as a product owner or equivalent, managing and prioritising delivery backlogs.
- Sufficient technical understanding to engage with developers and architects regarding solution design and technical risk.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.
- Strong verbal communication, presentation, and reporting skills.
- Effective team-working and people-management skills, including the ability to delegate and develop junior staff.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Familiarity with formal methodologies and risk, quality, security, and governance protocols.
- An understanding of the application of AI technologies in project delivery and software development.
WHAT YOU’LL LOVE:
You will thrive in a supportive and dynamic work culture that prioritises collaboration and professional growth. Our client offers opportunities for continuous development in a forward-thinking environment while valuing individual contributions.
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