Delivery Project Manager / 9 month contract / Package negotiable/ Hybrid – Boston

Are you as excited about the intersection of technology and retail as we are? Here at Primark we have an exciting opportunity for a Delivery Project Manager to join us on a 9 month contract, with hybrid working out of our Boston office.

The Delivery Project Manager will manage the creation, testing, deployment and Go Live of new EPOS software for use across the US Retail estate. This will involve working with the US programme manager, the Integrations project manager and co-ordinating third-party vendors, internal resources and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing the definition and creation of a new EPOS software for US stores with internal resources and external vendors.

• Managing the testing and successful sign off for a new EPOS software for the US.

• Establish and maintain strong relationships with business and IT colleagues and suppliers, resolving conflicting priorities or issues as they arise.

• Plan and actively manage the deliverables produced or consumed by the project; tracking dependencies and delivery to meet agreed time, quality and cost criteria.

• Work with stakeholders to agree scope, feasibility, costs, project timeline to ensure the project is sequenced correctly.

• Ensuring Primark Technology standards and policies are always adhered to.

• Identify and manage project risk and issues.

• Drive continuous improvement, through third party suppliers and within team.

• Effectively communicate project updates to US Programme manager and Key Business Contacts -

o Project sponsors

o US Retail team

o Technology Leadership teams

o Third Party Suppliers/Partners

• Lead project status meetings and updates with internal and external teams.

• Develop project status reports in line with governance models.

• Work with internal teams to ensure that the scope delivers the expected business outcomes.

Essential knowledge, education, skills, and experience:

• 5 years plus experience in Retail IT Software industry.

• Sound knowledge of retail processes and systems i.e. Epos Systems, electronic Credit/Debit Card authorisation.

• Experience and knowledge of Cloud based systems.

• Experience or solid understanding of how to manage and develop procedures is essential.

• The candidate must be an energetic, hands-on individual with strong communication and interpersonal skills to enable effective communication across the functions.

• Excellent project management skills (experience of large-scale projects)

• Excellent communication skills (writing and presentation)

• Analytical thinking

• Ability to multi-task

• Display good judgement and be proactive

• Team player

• Technical Problem Determination skills.

• Enthusiastic self-starter

• Experience of using PPM Tools e.g Planview

If the above is of interested to you then please apply and we can discuss the next steps in detail.