Head of Projects
Posted 4 days 7 hours ago by Silverdoor
As the Head of Projects, you'll lead and manage most of the company's inter-departmental projects. This includes managing a project team in all aspects of project planning, execution, and delivery. You'll play a crucial role in ensuring the successful completion of inter-departmental projects while achieving the desired outcomes by meeting technology, client, and business expectations.
Chief Information and Technology Officer- Lead and oversee critical inter-departmental company projects throughout their lifecycle from inception to completion.
- Develop and implement project plans, including defining scope, objectives, and deliverables.
- Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including project managers, engineers, and stakeholders.
- Allocate resources effectively to ensure project milestones and deadlines are met.
- Manage profit and loss responsibility for each project and return on investment (ROI) for the board and Senior Management Team to measure against key performance indicators (KPIs) and success.
- Lead regular project status meetings and provide timely updates to the Senior Management Team and stakeholders.
- Monitor the progress of projects, identify any risks, and create strategies to reduce exposure to risks.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
- Adhere to project budgets and financial targets.
- Oversee technical SEO activities.
- Attend and lead client meetings and presentations.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and oversee critical inter-departmental company projects throughout their lifecycle from inception to completion.
- Develop and implement project plans, including defining scope, objectives, and deliverables.
- Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including project managers, engineers, and stakeholders.
- Allocate resources effectively to ensure project milestones and deadlines are met.
- Manage profit and loss responsibility for each project and ROI for the board and Senior Management Team to measure against KPIs and success.
- Lead regular project status meetings and provide timely updates to the Senior Management Team and stakeholders.
- Monitor the progress of projects, identify risks, and create strategies to mitigate them.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
- Adhere to project budgets and financial targets.
- Oversee technical SEO activities.
- Attend and lead client meetings and presentations.
Skills Required:
- Technically astute with experience managing complex technology and business-driven projects.
- Commercially focused.
- Financially astute.
- Proven record of delivering improvements in guest experience and operational efficiency.
- Very strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Data-driven in approach.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Has an eye on the future.
Ideal Candidate:
- A business or engineering degree.
- Project management certification such as PRINCE2 or PMI.
- Leadership and management experience with a diverse team.
- Advanced Jira / Microsoft Project skills and strong knowledge of other Microsoft packages.
We are the world's leading provider of corporate serviced apartments. Working directly with over 3,000 property operators, we provide our clients and customers with the largest collection of serviced apartments in the world, with over 1 million serviced apartments in 126 countries. We pride ourselves on the personal and friendly service we deliver, which sets us apart from the competition and ensures our clients return to us time after time.
As a company, we operate across seven offices in London, Lancaster, Madrid, Denver, Singapore, Dubai, and Hyderabad, and place great value on each member of our team, affectionately called our SilverDoorians. We make sure our people are rewarded for their hard work and look forward to coming to work each day.
Our offices are designed to foster a team atmosphere, with breakout spaces for colleagues to enjoy time together. In addition to a fantastic work environment, you can look forward to a vibrant social scene outside the workplace, with events, parties, and activities held year-round-including the famous SilverDoor Christmas Party, a lavish celebration at a top venue!
Other benefits include:
- Company healthcare program with access to thousands of discounted retailers.
- A paid day off to celebrate your birthday.