Senior Project Manager Mat Cover 12 month FTC - Ann Summers : Job Details

Senior Project Manager - Tech Department

12 Months Fixed Term Contract (Mat Cover)

Based at our Head Office in Whyteleafe, Surrey (just 15 minutes outside of Croydon, easily commutable from London)

Competitive hybrid working model – 2 core days at head office and 3 days working from home, with enhanced variable core hours.

Great benefits including 50% staff discount, company bonus and a day off for your Birthday to name a few!

We’re on the lookout for an established, results-focused Project Manager with a real flair for leveraging positive stakeholder relationships across the business. It’s an exciting time of transformation at Ann Summers, with an ambitious roadmap in full swing being directed by AS Tech.

This role will lead a number of varied projects, owning all elements from end to end, including timelines and budgets. The perfect person for this opportunity will be detail-orientated, confident and tenacious whilst remaining personable and supportive.

A bit about Ann Summers…

You might know us as the destination for must-have lingerie or the inventors of industry leading sex toys, and you’re right, but we’re SO much more than that…

We’re a unique brand that strives to EMPOWER, lives to PUSH BOUNDARIES, gets kicks off MAKING IT HAPPEN and is ALWAYS INCLUSIVE!

Snapshot of the role…

• Alongside the team you will transform the business through the delivery of our prioritised strategic roadmap of growth.
• Support the achievement of our growth ambitions, company and department strategies.
• Lead projects from the front throughout, working collaboratively with your Project Lead and Board-level Sponsor.
• Demonstrate how we can deliver change exceptionally, becoming a recognised authority on project management.
• Work within our evolving project management methodologies to ensure effective, flexible and successful delivery.
• Contribute to the evolution of our practice of delivery to drive better outcomes, sooner, smoother and consistently.
• Work within our simple governance framework to ensure our Board are clear on progress, key milestones and costs alongside sharing risks for proactive resolution / intervention.
• Create exceptional quality living documentation of your project – such as the plan, RAID, RACI, R&Rs, financial reporting, project reporting and comms, etc.
• Draw on the knowledge, skills and abilities of the subject matter experts and technical teams around you to inform your decisions. 
• Execute the wrap up of launched projects, and through hypercare ensure we close down with grace and realise benefits.
• Build strong, positive and productive relationships with colleagues across the whole of AS, collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders throughout the delivery lifecycle.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Previous experience as an established Project Manager, ideally within Retail, Hospitality or Leisure.
• An exceptional written and verbal communicator, who can build persuasive arguments using technical and user-friendly language.
• An amazing stakeholder manager and relationship builder, establishing productive internal and external relationships.
• Highly organised with an ability to manage and prioritise workload to strict deadlines.
• A person who cares about doing a great job and empower others with the quality of what they do.
• An affinity with our brand and is an authentic ambassador of our people values.

At Ann Summers we are proud to continue embracing inclusion, diversity and equality in our every day, supporting our people to be themselves. We are committed to building teams with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views.

What’s in it for you?

Being part of the AS family offers some fab benefits, not only is it a great brand to be a part of, but there’s so much more to look forward to…

• 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) increasing by an additional day each year you’re part of the AS family, up to a max of 35 days.
• Your Birthday Off
• Workplace pension
• Company perks scheme
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Udemy Academy License
• All areas access to our learning platform, THRIVE
• Colleague social events
• Retail Trust - wellbeing programme
• Season ticket Loan
• Free onsite car park at HO

We value each one of our colleagues and aim to make Ann Summers a great place to be.

We regret that due to high volumes we are unable to acknowledge every application. All successful candidates will be contacted as soon as possible to discuss the role and their experience further.

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