Role : Digital Project Manager - Business Transition ( Condor Project )

Contract : 12 month FTC

Shift pattern: Weekdays

Pattern : Full Time

Hours : 37.5

Location : Nottingham

Closing date: January 31st 2025

Recruitment Partner: Matthew Nelligan

 

About the role

The role is critical to ensuring the Digital Transformation programme lands successfully for business teams and our customers. It will take ownership of specific programme releases and co-ordinate all associated business transition activities across Digital, Marketing, Healthcare, Stores and Supply Chain, and will work closely with IT to create and deliver a release plan (or plans) for our business. You will work with specialists in Business Change and Business Architecture and IT colleagues and our HR partners to ensure all activities are identified and organised into the business delivery plan for the release(s) for which you are responsible. You’ll then ensure these plans are delivered, identifying and addressing risks and issues as needed, working closely with the Condor & Digital leadership teams.

 

The role reports to the Digital Senior Manager for business transition and will provide holiday/absence cover for that role and may support other Digital activities as needed. The role has no direct reports but works closely with a large number of people across the programme and organisation.  

What you’ll need to have

You are extremely organised and experienced in project and/or programme management

Must have experience of creating and managing large complex plans involving multiple teams/functions and a wide variety of different activities including technology implementation

Able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities, and challenging stakeholders

Confident, flexible and unflappable and will challenge when deadlines are not met or standards not achieved

Excellent communication skills (written and oral) and good attention to detail

Works well with others and experienced in working cross-functionality with a diverse range of people – including effectively holding others to account when needed

Able to follow guidelines & processes but know when these can/should be flexed

Experience of project and programme management methodologies

Confident user of Microsoft Project, Powerpoint, MS Teams, Sharepoint and Excel

It would be great if you also have

Ideally have completed (or working towards) MSP practitioner or similar (e.g. APM practitioner)

Knowledge of APMG International Change Management, Lean Six Sigma and Agile methodologies is beneficial

 

Our benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child

Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.

Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

((The above bullet points can be amended to different benefits, however please limit to 5-6 key benefits only))

 

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it's with you, we change for the better.

 

What's next

If you are successful in being selected for interview, one of our Talent Team will contact you to go through the process and tell you more about the role.

If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.