Project Manager
An opportunity for an experienced Project Manager with a Payments background to work on the delivery of business and technology changes within a fast paced Corporate Banking environment.
Main duties:
Has responsibility for the successful delivery of the Programme/project to plan, budget and agreed quality and governance standards, supporting Senior VP role.
Supports Management of several suppliers in line with agreed contractual obligations, milestones and quality standards.
Works with the senior Project Manager and Programme Director to deliver effective communications and manages relationships with key stakeholders at executive and direct reports' levels across the Programme/Project Client base and technical community, ensuring continued buy-in to the Programme/Project
Supports the Programme/Project planning framework, ensuring that plans are developed and tracked to appropriate standards, are integrated effectively across all work-streams, are unambiguous and achievable, and that dependencies are clearly understood and managed
Drives the effective governance of the Programme/Project, via the Programme/Project Management Office, ensuring that Bank technical, risk and other standards and compliance requirements are met and that the Programme/Project governance framework is comprehensively defined and firmly embedded across all areas of the Programme/Project
Manages and co-ordinate projects, their interdependencies, associated risks and issues, escalating as appropriate to the Programme Director
Monitors the Programme/Project scope, ensuring that rigorous change control is exercised
Ensures the integrity of the Programme/Project - focusing inwardly on the internal consistency of the Programme/Project; and outwardly on its coherence with other technology and business initiatives. Includes identifying interfaces / alignment with other Programme/Projects, business as usual and specialist technical or service standards to the Programme Director to ensure alignment.
Ensures the Programme/Project resource plan is maintained and that appropriately skilled and experienced individuals are appointed in line with delivery plans.
Ensures that all Programme/Project/Project status reporting is accurate, informative and timely, and directly provides progress reports to the Programme Director and Programme/Project governance forums at agreed intervals
Initiates extra activities and other management interventions wherever gaps in the Programme/Project are identified or issues arise
Provides an ongoing `health check' of the Programme/Project to confirm that delivery meets the Programme/Project's objectives and continues to make effective use of available funds and resources
Ensures smooth transition of responsibilities to permanent Project Manager once appointed
Experience Required:
Programme/Project Manager with solid Programme/Project experience within the banking sector
Must have a track record of managing large business and technical Programme/Projects
Experience in mobilising projects quickly
Needs to be able to operate effectively immediately with limited supervision
Strong Programme/Project mobilisation / initiation / planning experience in addition to management of established Programme/Projects
Must be able to demonstrate excellent stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills at Senior Management/Director level, with strong and influential personal credibility
Experience of managing business change/transformation challenges
Strong leadership skills with evidence of managing large teams across a range of disciplines and locations
Demonstrable record of managing million £ Programme/Project budgets effectively, and delivering within budgetary constraints
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