Technical Project Lead

Key Responsibilities: -

• Continuously demonstrate a high-performance culture approach to the successful delivery of projects.
• Deliver client and internal projects to agreed cost, quality and time whilst demonstrating PurpleSector’s value-add.
• Build strong sustainable relationships to meet agreed success criteria, ensuring positive client experiences.
• Provide leadership and energy to internal project teams and partners.
• Translate advanced digital, data, software and/or technology theory and practice into tangible project outcomes in a leading-edge technology environment.
• Rigorously and pro-actively manage scope, cost, schedule, risk and opportunity.
• Apply efficient and effective project management governance, proactively drive change and continuous improvement activities.
• Ensure talent and resources are planned, prioritised and balanced to achieve project objectives.
• Support preparation of proposals for new projects, ensuring projects are set-up to succeed.
• Ensure business case benefits are delivered and PurpleSector growth opportunities are realised.
• Lead effective and efficient client and internal project reviews.
• Pro-actively provide forward-looking internal and external project reporting.
• Ensure a culture of ‘pace’ is felt by clients and all stakeholders.
• Ensure all team members are working in a sustainable, healthy and safe environment. 

General Requirements

• Technical degree is preferred (desirable) or equivalent work experience, i.e. Engineering or Data Science.
• A passion for motorsport.
• Strong technical background – Anticipating, adopting and developing innovations in digital, data, software and/or technology applications.
• Client-centric - Natural desire to develop opportunities with clients and exceed client expectations.
• Project and operational management skills – Uses leading KPIs and critical success factors alongside business systems and processes to drive successful outcomes.
• Commercial and Financial acumen - Demonstrable experience of financial management and commercial negotiation.
• Willingness to travel, anywhere in the UK or overseas. Some projects will require more travel than others. Travel can fluctuate and sometimes be at short notice.
• Manages complexity - Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Able to build partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Internally and externally.
• Experience of Smart Factory projects or technologies would be desirable.
• Drives engagement - Creates a climate where people are engaged, energised, enthusiastic and motivated to deliver project objectives.
• Decision quality - Makes good and timely decisions that keep projects moving forward.
• Drives vision and purpose - Paints a compelling picture of vision and strategy that motivates others to action.
• Communicates with clarity and purpose – Ensures technical, commercial, financial and project information is understood by colleagues, clients, and partners.
• Organisational awareness and commercial intuition - Understands context & impacts of decisions, optimises the business case while building client relationships.
• Driven to take ownership and deliver as both leader and member in a winning and supportive team environment.
• Values differences - Recognises the value different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Employee Benefits

• 25 days holiday (pro-rated for part time employees)
• Pension (4% employee, 5% employer)
• Life insurance x 4 of salary
• Employee Assistance Scheme
• Up to 10% discretionary annual bonus (based on individual/company performance)