Project Manager - Jira Delivery
- Brentford, England (GBR)
- £500 - £550 Per Day
- 6 Months
- Start date: ASAP
- Ref: GSK0JP00078953
- business transformation / Change Mang
- Project Management - generalist
- jira
- documentation
- Agile
This role is accountable for the design, delivery, change management & training of Enterprise Cloud Jira across Global Applications & Development (GA&D Tech) Tech Portfolio of Projects. GA&D Tech is responsible for the global products including finance, procurement, manufacturing, HR, Legal, Real Estate and Corporate Functions
This includes validation and scale up of the proposed design, working with the GSK Core Tech (Technology Platforms and Infrastructure) teams on the Jira tenants, visualisation tools, collaboration with other Tech groups engaged in deployments & implementing best practice processes & procedures for ways of working & operational support.
Key Responsibilities
•Building and implementing an effective onboarding & rollout plan across GA&D, including definition of adoption and reporting metrics aligned to Value, Flow & Quality
•Developing Jira design taxonomy & structure for GA&D Tech Portfolio and scalability
•Developing & documenting best practice guidelines & training plan for users
•Building a change management approach & plan to engage & bring onboard teams
•Lead the implementation and rollout of Enterprise Jira across GA&D Tech
•Prepare & run steering meetings with senior leaders
•Lead data discovery process for all Projects in Portfolio and data migration plans
•Lead small team in determining adoption, processes & ongoing support model
Experience/skills
•Deployment of Jira at scale across large organisations
•Scrum/Agile certified
•Agile/Safe methods experience
•Minimum of 10 years project management experience
•Data & analytical expertise
•Visualisation tool expertise in PowerBI
•Deep knowledge of Jira & Atlassian suite of modules through demonstrated use of tools
•Proven communication skills including workshop facilitation
•Training experience including design and development of training materials
•Self-starter with proven collaboration skills
Scale
•Organisation of approx. 1700 people, located in 3 major centres with 3 satellite centres
•Portfolio of approx. 300 projects (blend of waterfall & agile)
•Product taxonomy of approx. 80 products
Who Are We - GSK?
We are a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. GlaxoSmithKline plc was formed in 2000 as a result of a merger between Glaxo Wellcome plc and SmithKline Beecham plc , although our history can be traced back more than 300 years to London’s Plough Court Pharmacy in the 1700s.
Our goal is to be one of the world’s most innovative, best performing and trusted healthcare companies.Our strategy is to bring differentiated, high-quality and needed healthcare products to as many people as possible, with our three global businesses, scientific and technical know-how and talented people.Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture:
Our values are Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity
Our expectations are Courage, Accountability, Development, Teamwork– Establish ways of working and ensure EDMO requirements are built into the different JV plans (there is not one plan)
