• Leading with vendors and with the Programme IT Architect the successful delivery of a data definition and data set/journey that encompasses the student life cycle as defined by the programme; • Leading with vendors and with the Programme IT Architect the successful incorporation of data such that it supports the new University data warehouse strategy; • Leading with the Programme IT Architect the decommission of in house systems that will be replaced through migration to the Cloud; • Working with the vendors and the Programme IT Architect to lead the programme management and IT deliverables encompassing: • Data migration and transformation • Code management and deployment • Environments management • Integration design and build to agreed integration principles and strategy • System Testing preparation, execution, defect resolution cycles • System Integrations Testing preparation, execution, defect resolution cycles • User Acceptance Testing preparation, execution, defect resolution cycles • Non-Functional Testing preparation, execution, defect resolution cycles • Liaising with internal stakeholders, including Academic Services, External Relations, Strategic Planning, Financial Services, University Colleges and IT Services, to ensure smooth delivery of requirements • Working with the on premise technical programme of activity to align requirements, dependencies and timescales to enable cloud migration to proceed to agreed timelines; • Identifying risks, issues and dependences associated with the cloud migration scope, ensuring that they are included within the programme risk register and working to ensure that as far as possible there is appropriate mitigation is in place to manage these; • Identity and access management • Security management and design • Network access and management • Cut over, go-live and release planning
• Working closely with the StARS Programme Leadership team to understand the direction and impact of their work across all phases of the programme in order to deliver systems and services that deliver a transformative change in working practices and established cultural norms amongst relevant stakeholders and user-communities within the University; • Designing and overseeing management of the programme plan so that it reflects the complexity of the programme including data and Business Intelligence, process change, testing, communications, training, implementation and other project imperatives as they arise; • Receiving and reviewing detailed action plans from the delivery team and the Change and Benefits Manager to support each project phase, identifying interdependencies and working with the programme team to ensure that activity is appropriately co- ordinated; • Leading and supporting the programme’s management team on associated resource plans to ensure that there is sufficient capacity to deliver each phase of the programme, and that it is within the constraints of the overall budget; • Developing the programme quality management plan, monitoring activity against it, including tracking and reporting on programme milestones and deliverables and driving activity forward to ensure that all plans are achieved in full and in a timely fashion; • Constantly evaluating variances from the programme plan, assessing and minimising risk exposure and taking steps to analyse and manage the risk, making mitigation recommendations to the wider programme team, initiating corrective actions and revising the project plan accordingly; • Managing the performance and supporting the wellbeing of the programme team who support the detailed delivery of the programme and individual project plans; • Writing high-level project and programme documentation, including non-technical briefings and assurance reports for key committees; • Maintaining effective supplier engagement with any third party organisations involved in the implementation of the programme and ensuring ongoing and effective stakeholder engagement within the University; • Undertaking direct line management of key programme team members.
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