Inmarsat has been at the forefront of global mobile satellite communications for over thirty years, and is the market leading provider of voice and high-speed data communications for users on land, at sea and in the air through its constellation of 13 geostationary satellites.  Inmarsat plc is a FTSE listed company with a profitable track record and significant growth aspirations. This is represented by more than 55 nationalities in the workforce, reflecting the global and dynamic nature of the business. With an investment of over $3 billion in its latest network infrastructure, Inmarsat is at the forefront of global mobile communications innovation.

Chief Operations Office 

Inmarsat’s Chief Operations Office (COO) plays a vital role managing the services that keep our business running and delivering to our customers. COO consists of 9 functions from Satellite Operations to Customer Service and Service Delivery, Network Operations and Service Assurance to Group IT, One IT, Cyber Security and the Digital office.

Primary Purpose of Role:

Working within the Project Management Office, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing the successful delivery of software development projects to provide solutions that support both business operation improvements and product and service delivery.

This role is for an intermediate Project Manager who will be required to manage projects through approval, definition, development, acceptance and operational handover as stand-alone projects typically supporting business operational requirements or as part of a wider business program to introduce new products and services.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Project management using a mix of internal staff and 3rd party suppliers to successfully deliver projects in a matrix management environment
• Work with business system analysts and solution designers to develop project definitions and high level solution designs to feed into project approval and realization
• Work with subject matter experts to develop detailed work package definitions, estimates and high level schedules
• Engage all stakeholder groups to create project teams responsible for the development, testing and operational handover of business support systems
• Create and maintain detailed level project plans
• Lead team members and ensure they understand their roles, responsibilities and deliverables within the overall plan
• Drive collaboration and teamwork to execute the plan and monitor progress against the plan
• Carry out effective and proactive risk, issue & change management
• Organize and chair steering groups of senior management stakeholders to provide status reporting and assist with risk, issue & change management
• Provide accurate and timely status reporting to GroupIT management
• Work as part of a wider team of project managers to collaboratively develop and continuously improve standard project governance process and procedures along with ongoing compliance

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Project delivery using Waterfall, Agile and/or Lean methodologies & best practice.
• Experience working with outsourced and internal delivery units.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to build relationships with technical, business and senior management stakeholders.
• Ability to produce project documentation – project charters, work breakdown structure, risk logs, change management etc.
• A high degree of organisation skill with excellent attention to detail.
• A high energy level with a dynamic, positive and ‘can do’ style.
• An ability to work under pressure against short timescales.

 Desirable Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience in the telecommunication industry and related IT systems
• Bachelors degree or technical diploma within a related field from an recognized post-secondary institution. Other combinations of education and experience may be considered.
• Five (5) or more years of formal IT project management experience, either in a consulting organization or in-house capacity
• Advanced knowledge of project management techniques and best practices, with certification as PMP and/or PRINCE2 preferred. Agile experience and certification (PMI-ACP and CSM) are an asset
• Experience using Microsoft Project / MS Project Server.

You must be eligible to work in this location advertised.

Inmarsat Values: 

Our values define Inmarsat’s culture and represent what we believe in. Inmarsat employees aspire to certain behaviours which support our corporate values, they create a stronger working environment and lie at the heart of our continued success as an organisation.

• Accountability – taking ownership, getting results and keeping our promises
• Respect – collaborating, embracing diversity and valuing differences
• Excellence – creating bold solutions for our customers and putting quality at the heart of everything we do