IT Project Manager (FTC)

Smiths Group designs, manufactures and delivers smarter engineering solutions for mission-critical applications, solving some of the world's toughest problems for our customers, our communities and our world. For over 170 years, Smiths Group has been pioneering progress by improving the world through smarter engineering.

We serve millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more efficient and better-connected world, across four major global markets: Energy, General Industry, Security & Defence, and Aerospace. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs 14,600 colleagues in over 50+ countries.

This pioneering spirit continues to drive us today, underpinned by our powerful culture. Improving our world is what we do, how we think, and how we will continue to use our passion for technology and engineering to tackle our customers biggest challenges today and in the future. We're looking for people with curious minds. Who want responsibility and relish a challenge. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting out, our global scale and focus on growth means we have some great career opportunities for you. There's never been a better time to join Smiths.

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Job Purpose:

Smiths Group are seeking an IT Project Manager on a 9 Month Fixed Term Contract to lead and deliver the Flex-Tek Segregation of Duties (SoD) Controls Remediation Project, ensuring ERP access risks are identified, assessed and remediated through effective governance, stakeholder engagement and project management. The role is responsible for coordinating business, Finance, Internal Controls, IT, ERP application owners, and external specialists to implement sustainable access-control frameworks and strengthen compliance and risk management across the division.

Duties:

Project Management

• Establish and maintain appropriate project governance, controls, plans, budgets, resources, risks and issue logs throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead project activities from initiation through to implementation and closure, managing scope, change requests and quality requirements.
• Provide regular project status updates and executive reporting, including remediation metrics, risk severity ratings and project readiness assessments.
• Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure successful project delivery.

SoD Controls Remediation Responsibilities

• Lead the Flex-Tek Segregation of Duties (SoD) Controls Remediation Project and coordinate stakeholders across Business, Finance, Internal Controls, IT, ERP Application Support teams and external vendors.
• Assess current ERP roles, user access profiles, privileged-access structures and conflicting transaction combinations against agreed SoD rules.
• Facilitate workshops with process owners to evaluate conflicts, root causes and remediation actions, developing a detailed remediation roadmap covering role redesign, user access removal, approval workflow improvements, privileged-access governance, compensating controls, testing, deployment and BAU transition planning.
• Ensure alignment between business requirements, technology solutions and internal control objectives.

Skills & Experience Requires:

Essential:

• 8+ years of project management experience.
• Minimum 3 years' experience operating as a Project Manager.
• Proven experience delivering ERP Security, Segregation of Duties (SoD), Identity & Access Management (IAM), Audit Remediation or Internal Controls projects.
• Strong understanding of:
  • ERP role design
  • User access management
  • Privileged access controls
  • Joiner/Mover/Leaver processes
  • User access reviews
  • Segregation of Duties frameworks
• Experience working with cross-functional global stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation and influencing skills.
• Experience managing project scope, risks, issues, budgets and timelines.
• Ability to challenge business requirements constructively and drive decision-making.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills.
• Experience leading internal and external project resources.

Desirable:

• SAP, Epicor or other ERP implementation experience.
• Experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Knowledge of internal audit, compliance or risk management frameworks.
• Experience managing offshore and third-party consulting teams.
• Exposure to SOX controls, governance and enterprise security frameworks.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology, Finance, Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• PMP, Prince2 or equivalent Project Management certification.

Desirable:

• Certifications relating to Information Security, Audit or Risk Management.
• Agile Practitioner certification.
• ERP Security or Identity & Access Management qualifications.

Diversity & Inclusion:

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Detection, Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)