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Software Project Manager

The Opportunity

As a Software Project Manager, you will be responsible for the oversight and delivery of product focused software projects across Featurespace. Helping the business achieve its goals by supporting transformation, achieving strong project outcomes through effective Project Governance, and driving team collaboration. Applying project management principles to align everyone at Featurespace to project success. 

 You will:

  • Be responsible for driving successful outcomes of projects supporting our major software projects within the company 
  • Provide support and guidance across functions to ensure collaboration and innovation within our projects to achieve our business objectives and delight our internal stakeholders
  • Ensure Project Governance is effectively applied on all projects to ensure we deliver a quality outcome, on time, in budget, preventing risks from occurring and giving all stakeholders and staff clear communication
  • Apply principles of Project Management to align teams, engaging in the project and realising the benefits of the outcomes across the business

This is a hybrid role based from our Cambridge office. Ideally you will be comfortable coming into the office 2 -3 times per week. If you’re interested in the role but require more flexibility, please speak to us!

Day to Day

The core of the role is to be accountable and implement cross departmental projects using recognised project and change management principles in order to ensure successful delivery and optimise benefits realisation:

  • Manage the delivery of projects and associated change activities in collaboration with Featurespace stakeholders
  • Responsible for co-ordinating the management and delivery of change activities for (IT and Non-IT) projects
  • Responsible for ensuring that projects are successful in fully meeting agreed business goals
  • Apply effective Project Management of multiple business change projects concurrently for Featurespace
  • Ensure all project objectives are met through delivery of the project as per the agreed internal brief
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About you

Must haves:

  • Determination and persistence to drive project activity & ‘can-do’ attitude
  • Uses initiative and takes responsibility for tasks to ensure aims are achieved
  • A willingness to work flexibly, both independently and as part of a team
  • Ability to identify, address & resolve conflicts between individuals/interest groups
  • An understanding of the strategic impact of business change and anticipates business needs and proposes alternative solutions
  • Demonstrable ability to handle multiple concurrent projects and prioritise appropriately
  • Good knowledge of PMI, Prince 2 and Agile required in order to deliver internal approaches
  • Strong proficiency with project management software such as Microsoft Project, as well as other collaborative tools such as SharePoint, Microsoft Office Suite and Slack
  • Ability to communicate well internally, adapting fluidly to different audiences – ranging from highly technical personnel to non-technical business owners; and from SMEs to CSuite
  • Experience of building relationships internally with focus on building trust with stakeholders
  • Solid business acumen and understanding of a company’s financial practices and how projects impact/interact with these

Great to haves:

  • Previous experience working in the Finance/Fraud industry and a base understanding of core industry knowledge preferred
  • Some project management qualification or accreditation preferred. E.g. PMP or Prince 2
  • Project Management accreditation on any methodology useful

Equal Opportunities

Here at Featurespace we are committed to being a place of equality, inclusion and respect to provide a safe environment for you to bring your authentic self to work. We know that we gain as much strength from our differences as we do our similarities. We value diversity and are dedicated to listening and learning from each other to build and maintain a positive and productive culture. We appreciate this will be an ever-evolving focus for the business to ensure everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging.

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How to apply

If you think you’re a good fit for the role above, we would love to hear from you.

Fill out the short application form, upload your CV and one of the team will get back to you.

If you have any questions or queries regarding this role, or life at Featurespace, please contact [email protected]

Featurespace Job Application Privacy Notice

Featurespace Ltd., is committed to comply with the General Data Protection Legislation and any implementing legislation (the “Data Protection Legislation”) and will process your Personal Data in accordance with the Data Protection Legislation and information security legislation. Any capitalised terms used in this Privacy Notice shall be given the same definition as in the Data Protection Legislation.

This Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which Featurespace Ltd will process Personal Data relating to job applicants.

The Data Controller is Featurespace Ltd., 140 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0GF, United Kingdom.

Data refers to both Personal Data and Special Categories of Data. Your job application and the Personal Data held within it will be processed to assess your viability for the stated role. We may also process any information that you provide about your health, for the sole purpose of assessing whether any adjustments may need to be made to the recruitment process to accommodate you . If your application is unsuccessful, Featurespace will retain your Data for 24 months after the end of the recruitment process. Your Personal Data is processed in accordance with our legitimate interests of making sound recruitment decisions. You are under no obligation to provide us with your Personal Data. However without this, we cannot assess your job application. We will only process information about your health for the purpose of making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process (if applicable), in accordance with our legal obligations. You have the following rights in relation to the processing of your Data: The right to be informed about how your Data is processed. You have the right to object to the processing of your Data based on our legitimate interests as outlined above. The right of access, to your Data and supplementary information relating to our use of your Data. In certain circumstances, we reserve the right to charge you for exercising this right. The right to rectification, if your Data is inaccurate or incomplete. In certain circumstances, the right to erasure, request the deletion of, or removal of, your Data. In certain circumstances, the right to restrict processing, block any further processing of your Data. We shall respond to any request made by you without delay and in any case within a month of your request. The right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you believe that your data protection/privacy rights have been breached. Your application will be submitted and stored on an application database (Greenhouse). Access to your Data on Greenhouse is limited to the relevant persons for your application- our internal recruiters, the hiring manager and interviewer(s). Your CV may be printed and shown to consulted decision makers, any physical copies will be securely and confidentially destroyed after a decision has been made on your application. Your CV is transferred to a third country, outside of the EEA, when it is processed by Greenhouse. Greenhouse meet the technical and organisational data security measures outlined in the GDPR Article 32, and are SOC2 Type II certified. We do not envisage that any decision will be taken about your application using automated means.