Posted at: 17 March
Project Manager —Oxfordshire, UK
Company
Wolfram
Wolfram Research is a Champaign, Illinois-based B2B software company specializing in computational tools like Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha, serving the education and technology sectors globally.
Remote Hiring Policy:
Wolfram supports remote work for certain positions and hires from various regions, with a focus on candidates eligible to work in the United States.
Job Type
Full-time
Allowed Applicant Locations
United Kingdom
Salary
£28,000 to £31,000 per year
Job Description
Responsible for project delivery across a wide range of content; both internal business development projects and for Technical Consulting projects with customers. This will involve the establishing of key milestones and deliverables, and adding them to project plans on a JIRA Database, and monitoring completion.
Reports to: Technical Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Planning, managing and delivering multiple technical services and consulting projects simultaneously ensuring they are on time, within scope and within budget
- Collaborating with stakeholders to define objective, deliverables and success criteria
- Providing regular updates and reports to stakeholders and senior management
- Developing detailed project plans, timelines, and risk assessments
- Monitoring project progress, manage changes and address potential challenges proactively using the project library, JIRA database and other internal systems
- Continuously assessing and evaluating project plans
- Ensuring adherence to industry best practices, company standards, and compliance requirements
- Tracking and monitoring estimated and actual time spent on projects
- Producing project reports for customers containing details of the full project cycle (such as minutes and actions)
Qualifications:
- Minimum two years of experience as an IT project manager in a similar role with a successful track record delivering complex projects and working with external customers
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Scrum)
- Ability to work as both part of a team and independently
- Highly organised – able to prioritise workload, complete multiple tasks to deadlines and work under pressure
- Self-motivated and a pro-active approach to all tasks. Able to use own initiative
- Perceptive, with the ability to apply judgement, common sense and find practical solutions
- Strong planning, interpersonal and analytical skills, able to communicate well at all levels both externally and internally. Ability to adapt style of communication accordingly.
- Flexible and adaptable approach, open-minded and positive attitude with a good sense of humour
- Proficiency with project management tools such as Jira
This role offers hybrid remote. Office:Home / 60:40
Salary: From £28,000 - £31,000 per annum. This fixed-term role for a period of 12 months, with the possibility to become permanent
Wolfram is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at its company.