Transformation Project Lead, Ireland – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

IVC Evidensia Ireland, Dublin 2

Discipline: Operations

Transformation Project Lead, Ireland – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Healthy animals and happy owners – that’s the goal.

IVC Evidensia is proud to be one of the world’s leading veterinary care providers based in 20 different countries. IVC Evidensia has revenues of over £3.4bn and network of more than 2,400 sites, including first opinion clinics, hospitals and out-of-hour centres and a number of pet crematoria and other ancillary businesses. IVC Evidensia operates a high growth model, typically looking to acquire around 300 sites a year across all countries.

We currently seek a Transformation Project Lead supporting the IVC Evidensia business in Ireland. In this role we require someone to plan, manage and lead our projects and their associated teams through to successful delivery, including coordination of technical resources, suppliers and budgets.

The Project Manager is accountable for coordinating, managing and controlling all stages of a project, from detailed design/scoping, through delivery and test, on to post-launch/embedding and support.

This role is remote with expectation to travel across the network of clinics.

IVC is an international business and some working outside of normal Ireland hours (for example, to support project meetings with international groups), or travel to other sites, may be necessary.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

Take full accountability for the end-to end delivery of the project to time, quality and cost.

Most projects will combine business and IT/digital (technical) deliverables. However, from time to time the role holder may be asked to work on entirely non-technical projects originating from functions that would benefit from their skillset.

Produce, maintain and be accountable for the project plans, project budgets and financial forecasts, managing project scope and changes.

Plan for and organise resources, some may be offsite and/or international.

To land changes into the business empathetically, allowing for feedback and supporting when necessary.

Experience/Qualifications:

Experience of end-to-end project management.

Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tune style and approach to create effective relationships with a diverse range of senior stakeholders, especially in SteerCo’s.

E-Comm, Retail or Digital experience will be a benefit.

Experience in building and sustaining effective and trusted relationships at all levels.

Experience of supporting on robust financial business cases, including benchmarking against the consequences of the ‘do nothing’ scenario.

Experience of project lifecycle methodologies such as Agile/Waterfall/APMP etc.

Following receipt of your application, you will be contacted by one of our experienced hire recruitment team.

At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

What We Offer:

At IVC Evidensia we recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from

Work-life balance

26 days annual leave

Cycle to Work scheme

Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing

Pension

Discretionary Bonus

Discounted staff pet care

Free Parking available at Head Office