IT Project Manager

IT Project Manager Contract Role DublinAs a Senior IT Project Manager (7-10 years of experience), you will manage the project to ensure delivery to defined scope, on time, within budget and to customer satisfaction. You are responsible for all phases of the Solution Development Life Cycle (SDLC) namely planning, requirements definition, design, development, testing, deployment and transition to post-implementation support. The project relates to the logical separation of the HRIS system Workday as part of a divestiture initiative.

Successful candidate will be required to be onsite 2-3 days a week in Dublin.

The Job:

• Deliver the project on-time, on-budget, to agreed quality with appropriate transparency of issues across vendors, business clients, and IT.
• Plan and assign work to project team and maintain oversight of progress and work execution
• Track and manage project budgets.
• Work with the appropriate IT and business resources to make recommendations regarding project delivery and implementation approaches which minimise risk whilst meeting project timeline and cost objectives
• Keep all stakeholders well informed of progress. Obtain sufficient information to make well-informed and substantiated decisions
• Implement and manage risk and issue controls, own and drive resolution of project issues via engagement of with ITEs, Enterprise Architecture, business, IT and supplier teams as necessary.
• Execute all processes and procedures necessary for managing and prioritizing project delivery and budgets, ensuring adherence to PMO methodology and governance guidelines.
• Assess and verify solution designs for scope, cost, timing and milestone commitments.
• Operate as primary point of contact with vendors and colleagues for day-to-day interactions on solution delivery.
• Coordinate and/or support of systems retirements associated with solution implementation.
• Ensure compliance with release management and change management practices.

Have you:

• 7-10 years of experience in IT Project Management, ideally in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Proven track record of delivering complex IT projects end-to-end, particularly involving system separations, divestitures, or mergers.
• Experience managing HRIS platforms like Workday-understanding of Workday modules and its data flows is critical.
• Familiarity with Solution Development Life Cycle (SDLC) phases: planning, requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and transition.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid) and PMO governance frameworks.
• Proficiency in budget tracking, financial forecasting, and resource management.
• Experience managing third-party vendors and maintaining SLAs and performance KPIs.
• Understanding of release management, change management, and system retirement processes.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certification (e.g., Scrum Master, SAFe).
• Prior experience in divestiture or organizational change initiatives
• Familiarity with tools like MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, or Smartsheet.

Berkley Business & Technology is a specialist consultancy, recruiting professionals for organizations throughout Ireland, UK & Europe; for more information go to www.berkley-group.com.If you would like to discuss this vacancy further or to discuss your career options in confidence, please send your profile to jburke@berkley-group.com.