09 Oct
Virtus Data Centres
West Drayton
About VIRTUS
VIRTUS Data Centres is the UK’s fastest growing data centre provider which owns, designs, builds and operates the country’s most efficient and flexible data centres.
In May 2023 we announced our plans to expand into continental Europe, with our first data centre due to open in Berlin in 2026, to be quickly followed by two full campuses and expansion into other countries in the pipeline.
Our purpose is to serve humanity by being an active, positive participant in the 4th industrial revolution. When we talk about our purpose, we refer to our customers’ customers; the child playing a computer game, the person watching their favourite movie, booking a medical appointment, a plane ticket,
a hotel or doing their online banking; those things can’t be done if we don’t do our job.
Our mission is to consistently exceed the expectations of customers through innovative, high-quality solutions and services. We employ intelligent thinkers – people with positive attitudes, who add to the quality of our customer proposition and business.
We value individual endeavour and initiative and encourage teamwork and togetherness because collective experience and expertise is VIRTUS’ greatest strength.
Job Summary
The Technical Project Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing technical projects ensuring the scope and success criteria are clear understood and documented, and ensuring projects are completed consistently on time, within budget and the required quality standards. This role involves ensuring efficient delivery of technical projects in both the IT (Information Technology) and OT (Operations technology) environments,
with a specific focus on managing Risk and adhering to strict Change Management procedures in collaboration with teams across multiple sites and departments.
Duties and Responsibilities
The role includes but is not limited to the following:
- Project Planning & Management:
- Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, budgets, resource allocation and risks.
- Work with Stakeholders to define the project scope, goals, milestones, deliverables and success criteria.
- Team Leadership & Coordination:
- Lead & co-ordinate cross-functional teams, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
- Assign tasks and responsibilities to team members and/or third party contractors and monitor their progress.
- Stakeholder Communication:
- Maintain regular communication with stakeholders to provide updates on project status, risks and issues.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure deliverables and success criteria requirements are documented and met.
- Risk Management:
- Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to address them.
- Monitor and manage project risks throughout the project lifecycle.
- Quality Assurance:
- Ensure that all project deliverables meet the required quality standards.
- Conduct regular reviews and audits to ensure compliance with project success criteria.
- Budget and Resource Management:
- Manage project budgets, ensuring that expenditure is within approved limits and commitments are in accordance with published procurement policies.
- Allocate resources effectively to optimise project outcomes.
- Provide regular financial reports to stakeholders.
- Technical Oversight:
- Provide technical guidance and support to the project team.
- Ensure that technical solutions are aligned with project objectives and organisational standards.
- Documentation and Reporting:
- Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including plans, reports, task details, risks and financial records.
- Prepare and present regular progress reports to senior management.
- Continuous Improvement:
- Contribute to driving process and quality improvements in technical project management.
- Oversee the project completion process including the documentation of lessons learned from each project to support this process.
What success looks like in 12 months’ time:
- Seamless execution of technical projects across the IT and OT environments.
- Successfully deliver IT and OT projects which meet the success criteria specified, on time and to budget.
- Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, demonstrating a commitment to service excellence in technical project management.
Person Specification
Essential
- Experience in technical project management in IT and/or OT environments including hardware and software project delivery.
- Ability to inspire and guide cross-functional teams towards achieving project goals.
- Clear and effective communication with stakeholders, team members and third party contractors.
- Excellent time management and the ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
- Able to remain calm under pressure and manage unexpected challenges to a successful conclusion.
- Proficient in identifying potential risks and developing mitigation strategies with stakeholders.
- Continuous monitoring and adjustment of project plans to address risks.
- Ability to build strong relationships with team members and stakeholders.
- Strong knowledge of project management principles, methodologies and tools.
- You will be experienced in Project Delivery and familiar with both waterfall and agile methodologies.
- A self-motivated individual who is resourceful, with the ability to build working relationships quickly and effectively.
- Excellent organisational skills, the ability to influence and strong interpersonal skills.
- You must have outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, with an ability to articulate complex problems in a clear and methodical way and have experience dealing with difficult and multi-faceted problems.
- Pro-active, responsive – able to prioritise and deal with intense moments of high activity using excellent analytical/problem solving skills.
- Comfortable working through ambiguity, bringing clarity and control in a growing and dynamic environment.
- Good business acumen, commercially aware with experience managing budgets.
Desirable
- Recognised Project Management certification (Prince, PMP, AMPG etc).
- Experience working with commercial systems (SAP or similar) and IT Service Management systems (ServiceNow or similar) and advantage.
- Ideally educated to degree or equivalent standard, with membership of a recognised relevant professional body, and certification or qualifications from a relevant industry body.
- Relevant experience within a Data centre or critical infrastructure environment.
In line with VIRTUS’ Vetting Policy, the successful applicant must be willing to undergo a BS7858 screening process.
Additional Information
This is a hybrid role, with regular travel to data centres based around London, and occasional travel into central London required.
This role comes with an on-call element, which will require the post holder to participate in an out-of-hours on-call escalation rota.
In line with VIRTUS’ Vetting Policy, the successful applicant must be willing to undergo a BS7858 screening process.
Remuneration package and benefits:
- Private healthcare
- Pension contribution scheme
- Eye and dental care benefit
- Discretionary bonus
- Income Protection
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Annual travel card loan
- Tech Scheme
- Electric car scheme
- Workplace extras - Byond card and Extras discount
VIRTUS is an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to fight for equality, we work to ensure a fair and consistent interview process. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.
We reserve the right to close this post for applications should sufficient applications be received.
▶️ Technical Project Manager
🖊️ Virtus Data Centres
📍 West Drayton