Front Office Technology Business Manager recruitment

Essential Skills: Proven track record of working within a global PMO / Business Management function in a global financial services organisation; experience managing small teams and facing off to senior stakeholders; ability to influence large peer groups (ideally experienced dealing with large and complex IT Development functions); experience with the financial management of large IT departments. 

Desirable: Investment Banking 

The role will lead a small team of global Business Managers in developing and implementing cost and process controls over the My client is looking for a Head of Business Management to come on board and take on the management of a Portfolio of IT Projects numbering approximately 150. These projects are some of the most important and visible projects across the Front Office for the Investment Bank. Some examples of areas that these projects will sit within include: Strategic Architecture; Cost of income to the Front Office; In-Shoring / Off-Shoring. The projects all sit at a very high level and face-off with extremely senior members of both IT and the bank as a whole. The role requires a Business Manager who is capable of being strategic but is also comfortable rolling up their sleeves and doing the hands on business management for the front office technology team.

This role will report to the Global Head of Business Management who is looking for someone who has a lot of cost analysis and financial management experience as this is an area that needs improvement across the organisation. The successful candidate will come in and be tasked with implementing a number of recommendations, processes and tools to help manage the function more efficiently. You will therefore be required to bring some expertise in PMO management and effectively own a Portfolio and manage it moving forward. 

The role will face off to some very senior stakeholders so you must be extremely comfortable facing off with Senior Executives at Board Level. Therefore only confident, well presented candidates with gravitas who are comfortable managing a high profile PMO function will be considered for the role. 

This is an exciting role for a candidate that is looking for their next big move within the Business Management space. You must have a background within Financial Services but the successful candidate is likely to have a demonstrable track record of working within Investment Banking to be considered for this position. 

For a full job spec, please call Ben Davis on 020 7220 9842 or drop me a line to bdavis@ikasinternational.com