Digital Project Manager
The Pilot Group
Todays world runs on critical infrastructure and technology. Pilot Group are dedicated to improving peoples lives and the environment. We lead the way in SMART, SAFE and SUSTAINABLE infrastructure solutions. With combined experience over 5 decades spanning across electronics, electrical, heating and lighting markets, we pride ourselves in working in partnership with organisations world-wide to deliver integrated technology to improve working environments and transport systems.
Our businesses cover energy management, LED Lighting, data storage and connectivity, EV charging and traffic control systems, working across a wide range of commercial and industrial applications.
Digital Project Manager /Business Analyst (Manchester) -Summary of the role:
We are going through a digital transformation at ESL and investing in a new Ecommerce platform as our first major step towards bringing ESL online and enabling future growth. We need an experienced technical business analyst to join us to help us get this work completed. There is an opportunity for the role to become full time as part of the digital change agenda and is based on the success of this first stage.
Key Responsibilities
Managed day to day activities with development agency
Keep business users informed of progress, providing weekly status reports
Manage the projects RAID log and establish mitigation to remove/reduce risk where possible
Capture and document business requirements on Confluence and where possible add or drive technical details
Own platform configuration documentation and setup
Conduct business playback sessions, signs offs and keep business process documentation up to date
Own UAT and functional testing
Recommend and apply the right Agile framework in collaboration with a development agency, focusing more on the ESL business side
Build a clear backlog of work driven from a value-based prioritisation approach in JIRA
Support the high-level road map work in Asana and link to JIRA backlog items
Support IT group governance on change management and dependencies with ESL ERP Gateway such as release communication
Any other responsibilities a laid out by the Head of Ecommerce
Requirements / Experience
Have demonstrable success delivering website builds and/or digital applications i.e., CRM
Loves governance, documentation and collaboration tools and uses them as an enabler to the project and not a necessary evil
Experience in change management and configuration control
Understands the customer point of view while trying to maintain focus on the project and allowing sponsors to represent these views
Have experience coordinating through others and maximising support cross-functionally in high pressure and time-sensitive environment
Desirable Experience
PRINCE 2 or equivalent qualification
Agile SCRUM/Kanban qualification be very advantageous
Experience in delivering in both waterfall and agile-based projects
Support UX/UI with work such as personas, user flows and content management
Used Magento or other ecommerce platforms such as Oro Commerce, SAP, Shopify
Confident in running customer interviews, user acceptance testing, user testing and requirements gathering workshops
Experiences in documentation technical requirements from a business point of view while managing technical teams to add in the science
Competent in office applications and collaborations tools like Asana, JIRA, Confluence, Teams
Culture
The Pilot Group are a blue-sky thinking, entrepreneurial, family-run, small to medium enterprise with big ambitions. No job too small, no task too big, our teams help and support each other across our sectors. Our employees are a collaborative, inclusive team that lead the way in the development of smart, safe, and sustainable technologies. Our company values its greatest asset - the people it employs. Be part of the solution with Pilot Group.
We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
What you can look forward to:
Salary up to £45k depending on experience
We are looking for someone who can be based at our Manchester office for a few days a week
Able to start mid in March 2022
Recruitment Agencies
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