Senior Project Manager

Job description

Coventry University Group is a global education group with a mission of Creating Better Futures. Driven by our passion and belief that through education, equity, and innovation our students, people, and communities are empowered to transform their lives and the world around them.

We do not stand still – innovation is part of the DNA here – and we are always looking to improve everything we do. As a result, we are creating a new “Enhancing Futures” team within CU Corporate Service Ltd, to ensure we continue to exceed the ever-changing needs and aspirations of our communities, students, and people by delivering an inclusive and impactful global education while addressing societal challenges through our research and innovation.

Our people make the difference, we are extremely proud and privileged to help shape and transform the lives of others in all that we do, if you have a passion for helping others and changing the world around you then this is the team for you.

The Role

As the Senior Project Manager at Coventry University, you will lead a team of project managers to coordinate the delivery of online degrees which are accessed by thousands of distance learners across the world. You will have experience of managing large scale projects and coordinating large project teams within a rapidly changing and progressive environment.

In the role you will contribute to the establishment of mechanisms for building transformational learning experiences in a wholly online environment. This initiative is of significant strategic importance and will consequently have a great deal of visibility within the Coventry University Group.

You will be responsible for meeting and building relationships with senior stakeholders associated with projects to assist with understand the project brief and objectives and maintain regular communication with stakeholders regarding plans, progress and problems.  You will also manage the relationships with faculty management and academic course teams in line with the online degrees.

Person Specification

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• A professional project management qualification (e.g. APM, PMP, PRINCE 2).
• Familiarity with and understanding of Agile principles and practices e.g. Scrum and / or Kanban.
• Experience of managing large-scale projects across the project lifecycle from inception to implementation and evaluation.
• Proven ability to deliver outcomes by collaborating with and coordinating the work of large project teams as well as external suppliers in a matrix organisation.
• Experience of fostering relationships and managing a wide range of stakeholders, internal and external
• Experience of using cloud-based project management and collaborative tools (e.g. Office 365 Sharepoint/OneDrive, Google Docs, Trello, Slack, Pivotal Tracker, Smartsheet etc) to oversee multiple projects in parallel.

Our Benefits

Along with a competitive salary we offer an industry leading Rewards and Benefits package which includes

• Annual Company Bonus up to 10% based on company performance
• Employers Pension Contribution matched up 10%
• 30 days Annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Life Assurance 4*Salary
• BUPA Cash Plan
• 50% off Tuition Fee’s for staff dependants
• CU Reward Scheme – Discounts across a range of High Street/ Online Retailers
• Discounted Staff Membership to our Coventry campus Sports Centre & Fitness Gym
• Cycle To work scheme
• New Electric Car Scheme
• New Holiday Purchase Scheme up to 5 Additional

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