Senior IT Project Manager

The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than 2.1 billion in property assets and over 55% of the governments office estate.

We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers. And we are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.

Representing the best covenant in the UK His Majestys Government we are leading significant transformational programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme. We are also delivering cost-effective property services such as asset management, lifecycle replacement and workplace services.

Innovation and progress underpin our behaviours. We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged. Our four core values are at the heart of everything we do. They shape our culture and guide how we work, lead and grow together:

• Striving for excellence- We always aim to deliver great results
• Empowering through respect- We insist on fair treatment for all, always
• Acting with integrity- We consistently do the right thing
• Succeeding together- We rely on each other to achieve success

We are committed to representing the communities we serve by making Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) part of everything we do. Our strong emphasis on EDI is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces. To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth. We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.

This post will play an integral role in the transformation of the Government Estate. GPA IT offers interoperable technology that enables all users, regardless of their organisation, the ability to connect and use shared technology in shared Government buildings. As a Senior IT Project Manager, the post holder will be responsible for managing the implementation of GPAs standard shared IT infrastructure into new buildings as well as existing office spaces, working with suppliers, clients as well as internal and external stakeholders to deliver a high level of service throughout the project.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the delivery of the new and lifecycle replacement projects to the design guide standards, to cost, time and scope
• Obtaining the necessary financial and resource approvals to deliver the multiple projects
• To work with product teams to continually feedback product issues and user feedback to allow iteration and maturity of products
• Provide specialist advice to colleagues and clients at all levels on matters of IT Delivery, and the product suite
• Managing the projects to cost, time and delivery of a budget up to 5m
• Carry out the testing and transitioning of the project to the service management function and supplier
• Obtain information assurance and security maturity that the project has adhered to government guidelines and policy
• Developing and managing the Project Delivery Risks
• Reporting on project progress in line with the reporting tools and timeframes
• Measuring, and continuously improving the GPAs information management maturity and mitigating areas of risk identified in regular information and cyber security reviews and audits
• Build relationships with key stakeholders in Other Government Departments, influencing decision-makers and gaining buy-in to the product
• Manage multiple Clients from departments to adhere and comply to the GPA IT strategy in line with the technical annex of the design guide
• Work with up to 8 product IT providers to deliver projects to cost, time and scope
• Be able to identify what good looks like and the methodologies to enable the assessment of the status of ongoing work
• Matrix management of project teams
• Potential line management of a small sub team within the wider delivery team

The successful candidate must possess extensive experience in stakeholder engagement and influencing senior stakeholders outside their immediate function, coupled with a deep understanding of Technical Infrastructure and the requisite cultural, organisational, functional, and process change needed for successful implementation.

This role requires a strong focus on collaboration, demonstrating the ability to work seamlessly as a team player across immediate team members, with other teams within the DDaT function, with wider teams across GPA, and crucially, with our external clients.

The successful candidate must be highly self-driven, able to independently prioritise, and deliver projects, while simultaneously demonstrating proven capability for successfully multi-tasking across highly complex and potentially high-pressure environments.

Experience & Technical Skills

Essential criteria:

• Extensive experience of delivering Government designed interoperable technologies, including GovWifi, GovPrint, BYOD AV
• Extensive experience of leading stakeholder engagement and influencing senior stakeholders outside of your team/function
• Financial management skills - including business case production along with both the management of Capital and Resource Costs to the agreed budgets
• Excellent Commercial and supplier management skills and experience
• Experience of delivering multiple complex infrastructure projects
• Understanding of property development / construction processes (RIBA)
• Experience with working with multiple government departments and delivering infrastructure projects for central government
• Extensive experience with aligning technology to architectural drawings
• In depth technical knowledge of passive IT infrastructure
• In depth technical knowledge of network and AV components (Such as Access, core, edge switches, access points, cameral, microphone arrays, camera FoVs and speakers)

Desirable criteria:

• Experience with deploying Security Networks
• Experience with delivering projects in heritage / listed buildings

Qualifications and Accreditations

Essential criteria:

• Prince2 Practitioner
• Prince2 Agile Practitioner