Programme Manager recruitment
Reporting to the Head of Projects, the Programme Manager role will manage a team of Project Managers and support resources, some of these may be temporary / fixed term resources to provide flexibility. The Programme Manager will generally be responsible for a portfolio of projects that impact either a major business area or significant elements of major bank wide projects and will need to have stakeholder management skills across the leadership team.
Key Responsibilities will include:
Manage a team of project managers and specialist resources to deliver a portfolio of projects. This will include full line management responsibilities, team development, and budgetary responsibility for travel and other expenditure. (The team may include an element of temporary specialist resources and the manager will have a responsibility for forecasting, recruiting, and maintaining the headcount level appropriate to the needs of projects in the portfolio within budgets)
For own projects - full lifecycle end to end project management and delivery of multiple large and / or complex projects including:
o Scoping, definition, benefits analysis and prioritisation
o Resourcing projects
o Project Planning and resource impact analysis
o Risk and Issue management and resolution
o Communications / training
o Role out planning and execution
o Benefit analysis and post implementation lessons
For the teams portfolio of projects - ensuring that project delivery includes all of the above points, methodology is appropriately applied, benefits are achieved, synergies are exploited across the portfolio. The Programme Manager will have the ability to determine the appropriate approach and methodologies to use across the projects within their portfolio.
Manage and balance / apply resources to ensure the most effective project delivery to meet priorities
The role will involve working with multiple and senior stakeholders onshore and offshore up to director level - in particular this role will require a solid relationship to be built with the business area director, or directors of multiple business areas when managing a cross functional programme
The Programme Manager will be responsible for resolving issues escalated from projects within their portfolio, issues arising form their own projects, conflicts between projects, and issues of resourcing and meeting priority demands
The successful candidates should have
Significant project management experience across a wide variety of project types including projects that are high impact / high visibility, complex and demanding, together with appreciable experience of managing a team with responsibility for multiple projects
Degree qualified (or equivalent) and will have either a formal accreditation in project management (e.g. Prince 2 / APM etc) or equivalent formal 'in house' accreditation backed up with appropriate ongoing learning / continued professional development alongside the building of experience
A good understanding of financial services processes, preferably aligned to the specific business area they will be engaging with