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About the Role

In this role, you will manage 1-2 graduates/project executives, plan and deliver transformational projects, and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies. You will ensure effective communication with stakeholders, report project progress, and facilitate continuous improvement. Additionally, you will manage external suppliers and embed change within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Line manage 1-2 graduates/Project Executives, supporting effective development and performance management.
• Plan and deliver core transformational projects in line with internal control and financial guidelines.
• Help define and manage the criteria for control of projects, creating an environment where all aspects are effectively managed.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues and dependencies within/between projects.
• Present an accurate view of transformation delivery at project level, ensuring change control is managed tightly.
• Support effective resource planning at a project level, working closely with Transformation and wider business resource owners.
• Ensure effective communication to all project stakeholders and to other parts and levels of the organisation.
• Report project progress against change targets and identify effective mitigation to address gaps.
• Comply with standardised IAG Cargo project management principles, techniques, methods and tools.
• Facilitate delivery through a culture of continuous improvement, acting as a champion for driving day-to-day process improvement.
• Manage relationships and suppliers with external suppliers and key stakeholders to ensure design and delivery solutions meet business needs.
• Embed change into the organisation at all levels through effective business change planning and implementation.
• Build and sustain strong working relationships with project sponsors, accountable business owners and senior managers on projects, acting as a trusted advisor and business partner.

Requirements

• Proven project management and planning experience, demonstrated by a successful track record of managing complex change projects to cost, quality and time.
• Experience of planning and delivering business change activities at a project level, including on more complex projects.
• Experience of owning and driving effective identification and mitigation of risks, issues and dependencies at project level.
• Solid stakeholder management skills, covering immediate project-level colleagues, senior management, operational staff, and external suppliers.
• Experience of working within, or alongside, a Programme Management Office (PMO) to support effective governance, planning and progress reporting.
• Significant exposure to and understanding of end-to-end business case development and approvals process for complex projects, in large, matrix-stye organisations.
• Financially literate with proven understanding of budget management principles; ability to apply to support successful delivery of complex multi-£m projects.
• A track record of driving effective knowledge management and learning at complex project level, to support continuous improvement.
• An advanced understanding of how to manage external suppliers and end-to-end procurement processes.
• Demonstrable experience of leading and motivating small hybrid teams of internal/contractor resources, including resource and performance management.
• Understanding of people and resource management principles and some practical experience of applying these in the context of small teams.
• Experience from the aviation and/or logistics sectors would be a bonus but is not essential.
• Experience of working on complex IT projects and fast-paced, changeable environments with new technology/product highly desirable.
• Advanced MS Office skills and comfort in using Excel, Powerpoint, MS Project etc in a hybrid working environment.

Skills

• Project management
• Planning
• Risk management
• Issue management
• Dependency management
• Stakeholder management
• Relationship building
• Business change management
• Resource planning
• Communication
• Continuous improvement
• Supplier management
• Procurement processes
• Team leadership
• Performance management
• Budget management
• Knowledge management
• MS Office
• Excel
• Powerpoint
• MS Project

Location

• Hybrid

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Advanced
• Proven
• Significant
• Demonstrable

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive salary
• Bonus

Benefits

• Unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on British Airways and group airlines
• Up to 30 discounted ‘Hotline’ airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family
• Flexible bank holiday policy
• LinkedIn learning access
• Rosetta Stone Language courses
• Free onsite gym facility
• UNMIND app access
• Community of Mental Health First Aiders
• Discounts on Apple
• Cinema tickets
• Perks at work

About the Company

• IAG Cargo is one of the world’s largest airfreight logistics organisations.
• We move cargo that positively impacts society worldwide.
• We are the logistics and cargo brand of International Airlines Group (Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, Level and Vueling).
• Powered by five airlines, our reach is truly global.
• We believe in keeping the world’s economies turning.
• We operate with determined attitudes, curious minds, collaborative actions and heartfelt pride.
• We are a globally recognised logistics business, that is Trusted to Deliver.

Equal Opportunity

• Our recruitment procedures positively support our diversity and inclusion agenda.
• All candidates are considered strictly on their merits in relation to the criteria for the role, treated fairly and consistently, and have their individual needs responded to throughout the process.