Practice Manager (Project Management / PMO Data Center Hardware)

Computacenter is a leading independent technology partner, trusted by large corporate and public sector organizations. The Practice Manager role involves line management of project managers and ensuring successful project outcomes while collaborating with various functions to support customer objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business leaders to deliver services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values
• Responsibility for both the delivery of customer engagements and line management of around 10 project managers (regional travel essential)
• Accountable for assurance, governance & customer satisfaction
• Continuously maintaining and innovating the Practice capability in support of the business strategy
• Proactively supporting growth with the development and delivery of standardized, competitive and market-relevant service offerings
• Providing thought leadership and subject matter expertise into and out of the Practice; working collaboratively with stakeholders within the business and externally with customers and vendors
• Operational and commercial management of the team to achieve financial targets, competitiveness and improved productivity & quality
• Drive a high-performance culture across the Practice; developing, retaining and attracting the best talent
• Embrace and support Computacenter’s mission and core values

Requirements:

• Legally eligible to work in the United States
• 5+ years of management experience
• Recent experience leading delivery of large-scale IT infrastructure projects (ideally on a workplace platform on behalf of a professional service organization) with responsibility for the commercial outcome
• Experience of applying appropriate governance and control in overseeing delivery of projects
• Demonstrable evidence of developing individuals and teams and a passion to further enhance the capability of people
• An innovative leader, constantly seeking better ways of working to enable improved outcomes for customers