Job Description

Location: Bristol or Edinburgh (Hybrid) 

In this position, you’ll be based in the Bristol or Edinburgh office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at computershare.com/flex.

We give you a world of potential

Computershare has an exciting opportunity for a Junior IT Project Manager to join our Technology team in either Bristol or Edinburgh.This position sits in the Plans Portfolio Delivery team, supporting the delivery of technology change across global Plans development teams.

What makes this opportunity stand out? Read on to find out!

• Our leadership team are invested in developing and training our employees, so you will have the opportunity to carry on learning and developing in your role.
• You will be working within a supportive department, where the teams are focused on being the best.
• We foster a collaborative environment built on trust, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing.
• We’re a global organisation; you’ll be exposed to the wider business and opportunities to work in a global capacity. 

Interested? Keep on reading to find out a bit more about what you’ll be doing, and the type of person that we’re looking for.

A role you will love

The Junior IT Project Manager will support the delivery of projects, smaller initiatives and work packages, building project management capability through close collaboration with senior Project Managers, delivery teams, business stakeholders and technology colleagues.

This role will help ensure delivery is well structured, transparent and aligned to agreed scope, quality, cost and time constraints. This includes supporting project planning, tracking actions, risks, issues and dependencies, maintaining delivery reporting and governance artefacts, and escalating blockers clearly and early where support is required.

Working in an Agile software delivery environment, the Junior IT Project Manager will support team management, planning, process management, scheduling, reporting and delivery coordination across multiple Plans development teams. The role provides progression through practical exposure to project governance, Agile delivery, stakeholder management, financial tracking, release planning and portfolio reporting.

Other key responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of projects, smaller initiatives and work packages within the Plans Portfolio Delivery team, working to agreed scope, quality, cost and time constraints.
• Maintain clear project plans, schedules and delivery artefacts, ensuring key milestones, actions, risks, issues, dependencies and decisions are captured and kept up to date.
• Support the creation and maintenance of estimates, delivery plans and status information to feed into wider programme, portfolio, release and governance reporting.
• Track risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, escalating blockers early and clearly where support or decisions are required.
• Build effective working relationships with delivery teams, senior Project Managers, business stakeholders and technology colleagues to support transparent and collaborative delivery.
• Support the scheduling, preparation and running of project meetings, workshops and planning sessions, ensuring actions and decisions are recorded and followed up.
• Produce timely and accurate project progress updates, helping to provide clear visibility of delivery status, risks, issues and next steps for stakeholders.
• Support problem solving by helping teams understand issues, identify root causes and agree practical actions to move delivery forward.
• Support formal project closure activities, including closure reporting, lessons learned sessions and handover of any outstanding actions where required.

What will you bring to the role?

As Junior IT Project Manager, you will be able to build productive working relationships with individuals from technical and non-technical backgrounds. You will be an engaging collaborator, active listener, it’s important that you have good communication skills, with the ability to present information clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing.

You will have a basic understanding of the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle and Agile ways of working. With a developing understanding of project planning, delivery tracking, RAID management, governance reporting and stakeholder communication.

Knowing how to identify and clarify issues, risks and blockers, and working with others to understand root causes/next steps. Understanding the importance of escalating issues early and clearly when support, decisions or prioritisation are required.

Some other key skills that you’ll have:

• Builds trust by being organised, responsive, reliable and transparent in day-to-day delivery activities.
• Basic understanding of project delivery and Agile ways of working.
• Strong organisation and communication skills.
• Demonstrates ownership of assigned tasks and follows through on actions and commitments.
• Applies practical and structured approach to resolving problems, seeking guidance where appropriate.

Rewards designed for you

Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle

Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family

Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.

Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future

And more. Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careershub

We’re unable to offer UK visa sponsorship for this role, so we’re looking for candidates who have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom.

A company to be proud of

We're a global leader in financial administration with over 11,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

Fairness and culture

We want to provide you with the opportunity to succeed on your own merits, starting from the application process and continuing throughout your career with us. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone feels valued, to remove barriers and obstacles and ensure equal opportunities for all. For support with accommodations or adjustments during our recruitment process please visit computershare.com/access for further information.