Project Manager - NonVolume

Location:
Basingstoke (hybrid working 3 office days per week)

Employment Type:
Permanent, full time

Additional Benefits:
Annual Bonus

Think the AA is just about roadside assistance? Think again.

For over a century, we've been evolving and adapting. Today, as the nation's leading motoring organisation, we offer a wide range of products and services to millions of customers. From roadside assistance to home and motor insurance, and the latest driving technologies, we have it all. As we continue to expand, diversify, and modernise, joining us as a Project Manager, means you'll play a crucial role in our success and be part of this exciting motoring journey.

Our Chief Operating Office (COO) are the backbone of The AA, providing both stability and structure to support growth and innovation. We are the drivers of change.

#LI-Hybrid

We are seeking a Project Manager to lead the delivery of a number of strategic, commercially significant projects across Transformation.

The Project Manager will be responsible for the successful delivery of Enterprise-wide projects, ensuring they are implemented on time, within budget and to the AA’s agreed governance framework.

The Project Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight for the project(s) working closely with the Transformation Lead & PMO to ensure the overall scope and project is broken down into workable iterations that sit across many functions such as IT, networks, Data, Digital, Customer Operations.

Experience of project management is a pre-requisite.

• Creation and maintenance of the project delivery plan and RAID log
• Owning Initiative delivery meetings, which consists of a consolidated project view to be discussed with X-functional senior stakeholders.
• Managing all levels of personnel both internal and external in order to complete tasks.
• Communicating the progress and status of projects to the project sponsor / key stakeholders and other members of the project team.
• Managing project costs (capex and opex), ensuring appropriate governance and control, and adhering to the monthly financial reporting cycle
• Ensuring all project delivery documentation is accurately produced, appropriately stored and maintained throughout the life of the project
• Ensuring the required level of support is in place following project handover, and all support documentation is complete before projects are closed out.
• To identify and make recommendations on resources required to ensure optimised implementation.
• To create and maintain a good working relationship with project sponsors and other senior managers and assist with the initiation and facilitation of solutions based on business need.
• To support and participate in the continual improvement in ways of working across the team and department, ensuring consistent and repeatable delivery (incl. governance)
• Breaking down silos and working in a more agile, X-functional construct.

• Experience of delivery of a wide range of projects in both scale and outcome
• Experience working with technical experts and third parties in order to build costed technical roadmaps
• Strong Project financial management, including actuals and forecasting
• Able to lead multi-functional teams to successfully complete assignments
• Experience of working with different project delivery methodologies e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Planned Iterative etc.
• Excellent understanding of change control, configuration processes, as well as risk management techniques
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Prince 2 certification
• Knowledge or certification of Scaled Agile
• Additional qualifications not required, but will be evaluated based on relevant and merit
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, and ability to engage at all levels of the business
• Quick and flexible learner, with an aptitude for new processes, technologies and procedures
• Excellent negotiator, creative thinker, problem solver, self-starter
• A commitment to ongoing personal development

We’re always looking to recognise and reward our employees for the work they do. As a valued member of The AA team, you’ll have access to a…