Job Description
Description
About us
We are Digital Science and we are advancing the research ecosystem. We are a pioneering technology company, and our vision is of a future where a trusted and collaborative research ecosystem drives progress for all. We believe in better, open, collaborative and inclusive research. In creating the next generation of tools and working in partnership with the community we tackle some of the biggest challenges to research. In order to achieve our vision, we need innovative, inspiring and dynamic people to join our team. Want to join us?
Your new role
Key role in the set-up, mobilisation, and delivery of key projects designed to deliver on our organisational transformation. Working closely with the Business Leaders and the wider Programme team (Sponsors, Technical Project Managers, etc…), you will support the design and drive the delivery and adoption of project management best practices, enabling the realisation of benefits and key strategic success measures.
What you’ll be doing
Be responsible for taking control of in-flight projects as well as the set up and running on new projects, with support from Programme Leadership and existing workstream teams / representatives.
Work with the Programme Manager / PMO Lead to actively establish projects consistently and aligned to the Programme.
Deliver projects according to appropriate gated / stages methodologies (potentially customised by DS or Industry-standard), working at pace to deliver Transformation Programme and wider DS Objectives.
Ensure a proactive risk-based project management approach across all deliverables relating to your assigned projects, from ideation stage through delivery and benefits realisation to deliver projects to schedule, quality and budget.
Create and maintain project plans, track and report on key milestones and align with wider Programme Plan / dependencies.
Manage and report on risks, issues, decisions and dependencies relating to your projects, actively identifying mitigating actions to resolve and opportunities to improve plans where possible.
Manage project stakeholders and create appropriate communications and engagement plans based on global and virtual teams.
Facilitate, lead, and organise meetings, prepare presentations and manage notes/actions in a timely manner.
Provide change management support to enable the adoption and embedding of proposed project goals, through understanding and engaging impacted people and user communities.
Provide support and education to Project Managers across the DS business, ensuring that PMO processes, templates and tools are understood and adopted as appropriate
You have a hands-on approach. You’re a doer and jump in where needed to support the team and the transformation
What you’ll bring to the role
You will have a proven track record of Project Management from ideation through to transition to BAU and benefits realisation.
Ideally, you will have experience of working with Start Ups who have scaled quickly and enjoy fast-paced environments where you can lead and influence global and remotely based teams.
3+ years’ experience of working as a Project Manager as part of a PMO / Transformation Office
Experience of techniques for planning, monitoring, and controlling projects including risk management
Experience in data, information management and ideally, in business intelligence, analytics, and reporting
Confidence in working with both waterfall and agile environments, dealing with Organisational changes and technology
A proven track record of engaging and managing stakeholders across different levels (including Senior Leadership), functions and geographies with ability to challenge the status quo.
Leadership capabilities, communication, and presentation skills, with an ability to drive action in others
Proven experience pro-actively managing multiple deadlines and resources within a challenging project environment
Flexibility to work across several time zones
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or equivalent
An appropriate qualification or professional accreditation in programme/project management
An understanding and experience with SaaS businesses, as well as Organisational and Technology change / transformation. This is not a technical Program, Project or Product Management role.
Our vision and values
We invest in, nurture and support innovative businesses and technologies that make all parts of the research process more open, efficient and effective.
The talent we secure is fundamental to us achieving our vision and our growth plans. The values we live by are:
We are brave in the pursuit of better
We are collaborative and inclusive
We are always open-minded
We are from and for the community
We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status
About Digital Science Digital Science is a technology company working to make research more efficient.
We invest in, nurture and support innovative businesses and technologies that make all parts of the research process more open and effective.
Our portfolio includes admired brands including Altmetric, Anywhere Access, Dimensions, Figshare, ReadCube, Symplectic, IFI Claims, GRID, Ripeta, Writefull, Gigantum and Overleaf.
We believe that together, we can help researchers make a difference.