Engagement Manager

Engagement Manager

Whitehall Resources are looking for an experienced Engagement Manager. This role is on site in Shropshire 2 days per week and remote working the remainder, for an initial 6 month contract.

*Inside IR35*

Job Description:
- Direct the planning, execution and implementation of your projects to agreed standards with the appropriate levels of governance.
- Work with the delivery teams to develop and maintain project schedules, balance priorities, and manage issues, risks and dependencies.
- Ensure all products are built to an appropriate level of quality and are delivered on time.
- Set expectations through clear and accurate engagement reporting and communication to all stakeholders, ensuring an appropriate level of escalation.
- Be proficient at managing the impacting and estimating process.
- Develop accurate and well written proposals and change requests.
- Have a good level of commercial awareness.
- Be accountable for the project finances.
- Manage project actuals and forecasts and present clear and accurate explanations at the monthly M review.
- Work with resource managers to fully resource your projects and accurately forecast and record staffing demand.
- Mentor and coach Junior EM's within the project team to ensure that they are able to meet future demands for skills that are pertinent to the CDA.
- Identify and maintain professional relationships with key project stakeholders.
- Ensure regular formal checkpoints take place with the customer and that the client is kept appraised of progress on a regular basis
- Agree and monitor the engagement
- Seek new opportunities to improve the client business and generate revenue.

Required Skills:
- Experience working as an Engagement Manager, managing software and/or integration projects
- Proven leadership and motivational skills
- Ability to build productive relationships
- Flexibility about work content with ability to balance priorities across multiple tasks at the same time

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.