Project Manager job description

About the role

6-month fixed term contract.

We are looking for a highly organised, proactive, and detail-oriented project manager to support us over the next 6 months as we deliver a number of key strategic projects. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders across the business on driving forward multiple data product/process development projects.

This role will report to the Head of Products and Programmes.

Specific responsibilities

• Working with key project stakeholders to define scope, key milestones, deliverables, KPIs, and risks.
• Successful planning, execution and communication of projects from high-level milestones to detailed actions.
• Leading cross-functional teams to keep projects on track.
• Holding stakeholders accountable to deadlines and milestones.
• Anticipating risks and issues, addressing them proactively to ensure smooth project delivery.
• Maintaining clear and concise project plans and documentation to track delivery milestones and progress against KPIs.
• Maintaining clear and effective communication channels, providing regular project updates, facilitating enquiries, and managing expectations throughout the project life cycle.
• Regularly reviewing deliverables and dependencies to identify divergence from defined timelines as early as possible.

Required skills and experience

Skills:

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive project success collaboratively.
• Strong interpersonal skills – able to align stakeholders within the project plan and drive accountability over milestones to support successful delivery.
• Highly organised and able to prioritise effectively.
• Inquisitive and adept at problem solving – able to identify the causes for blockers and determine plans to counter.
• Confident managing and adapting to evolving priorities.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of project management experience, ideally in a data/technology/product development environment.
• Experience of proactively taking ownership of project planning, working with other internal teams from requirements through to initial support post-handover to BAU.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex projects on time and within budget.
• Proficiency with project management tools.
• Experience with different project management methodologies and the ability to determine what aspects of those methodologies are appropriate for each team/project

About IWSR

For more than 50 years, IWSR has been trusted by the leaders of global beverage alcohol businesses as an integral part of their strategic planning and decision-making processes. We uniquely combine our proprietary longitudinal market data, consumer insights and AI-enhanced data science with valuable on-the-ground human intelligence, in more than 160 markets worldwide, to decipher what is really happening in the global beverage alcohol market. With access to our data, clients from across the drinks industry – including multinational spirits, beer and wine businesses; packaging and ingredient manufacturers; distributors and financial institutions – plan their strategies and future investment with a reliable, consistent and complete understanding of the global landscape.