IT Data Project Manager

At Pepco, we’re growing fast and building our Tech Hub in Porto to support our business across Europe.

We are looking for an IT Data Project Manager to join the team. In this role, you will  work as part of the business facing team for the IT function and be responsible for the delivery of a wide range of technology related projects through every stage of the Delivery Lifecycle to agreed time, quality, and cost parameters. The Project Manager is the main link between the projects key business stakeholders, IT and 3rd parties and leads IT project delivery.

If you like things simple, practical and with real ownership, you’ll fit right in.

• →Takes responsibility for defining, confirming, and controlling scope for all assigned IT initiatives, ensuring this is clearly and consistently communicated to all stakeholders throughout.
• →Builds and maintains relationships with key internal and external stakeholders that can be leveraged during the delivery of IT initiatives.
• →Responsible for ensuring project delivery by follows the Pepco IT Delivery Framework, and that this framework is clear and understood by all stakeholders.
• →Leads, motivates and is a role model for the project team to achieve the desired business outcomes and benefits.
• →Facilitates a continuous improvement mindset within the project teams, ensuring efficiency is built into delivery of projects and programmes.
• →Proactively manages projects on a day-to-day basis with focus on risks, issues, resource contention, scope, and timescales to ensure that IT are always actively communicating challenges to stakeholders in these areas.
• →Creates, maintains, and executes detailed, task orientated project plans covering all stages of the Delivery Lifecycle as appropriate, from shaping, discovery, development, testing, implementation and support.
• →Organises and runs all required project meetings in line with the Pepco IT Delivery Framework as required, including but not limited to project kick off meetings, daily stand ups, weekly project reviews and monthly steering group meetings.
• →Communicates critical project information as necessary in line with the Pepco IT Delivery Framework, including but not limited to project highlight reports, project steering group reports and budget reports.
• →Engages with and manages senior stakeholders from board level down on project progress, challenges and required support.
• →Manages new and existing third-party suppliers working with Pepco on the delivery of IT projects, ensuring that they have clear, scope, deliverables, and timescales, and that their chosen method of delivery is aligned to the project and the Pepco IT Delivery Framework.
• →Contributes to the evolution of the Pepco IT PMO function, sharing ideas, improving processes, and educating colleagues from across the organisation.

Pepco is one of Europe’s fastest-growing retail companies, with thousands of stores and millions of customers visiting us every month. Behind that growth, there’s a team of people who make things happen. We keep things simple, we focus on results, and we support each other to get there. At Pepco, no two days are the same. And that’s exactly how we like it.