Mid-weight Project Manager

Midweight Project Manager

Since launching in 2015, SharpEnd has been responsible for many of the world’s most iconic

connected packaging journeys and retail experiences. By delivering meaningful experiences

through technologies such as QR codes, NFC and Augmented Reality, we have helped brands

to deliver on key objectives such as engagement, conversion, purpose and transparency.

Underpinning SharpEnd’s success is io.tt, our own enterprise-grade connected products

platform. Active in over 130 countries, io.tt is a SaaS platform managing billions of data points

for global brand owners to simply, securely and reliably deploy and manage connected

products and retail touchpoints. Through powerful analytics and insights generated by io.tt we

help brands understand more about their consumers than ever before.

The Opportunity

We require a strong midweight Project Manager to encourage the right processes to enable

high quality project delivery. Reporting into the Head of Operations, this will be a highly

visible role within the company, including client facing time.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with internal and external teams to ensure all projects are kept on track through

the project lifecycle:

i. On or ahead of schedule

ii. At or below budget

iii. At or exceeding specification and client satisfaction

• Actively manage up to 5 concurrent projects (depending upon the size and complexity)
• Effectively manage, escalate, and resolve issues and risks during project lifecycle
• Create and maintain strong relationships with clients and suppliers
• Assist the Project Managers with improving the quality, efficiency and overall capability

of the Project Management team

• Promote knowledge sharing within the team
• Work closely with executives and stakeholders, to deliver expected products and

business benefits to client to the required standard of quality and within time

• Produce regular and, where necessary, ad hoc project reports to stakeholders to ensure

that project status are kept up to date

Core Skills

• Two years experience in a similar role
• Relationship Building – exceptional at building rapport with clients and the delivery

teams

• Ability to manage confrontation: the role will require raising issues when they occur and

reporting delays and possibilities of delays

• Highly process driven
• Highly organised and loves to plan ahead
• Details oriented
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Tenacity
• Diplomacy
• Extensive experience of managing complex projects in a software development/

delivery environment

• Demonstrable experience of delivering projects on time, within (or below) budget and

to quality standards

• Experience of developing and managing client relationships
• Working knowledge of working with Jira, Smartsheets and Float (or similar software)

We also value

• Office presence, we love collaboration and being together. As such, we require our

team to be in the London office 3-4 days a week with Mondays and Tuesdays being full

company days

• Energy and a proactive nature
• Politeness, respect and a considerate attitude