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

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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.

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