Senior Project Manager
A leading Wealth Management organisation are currently recruiting a Senior Project Manager for a 6 month Fixed Term Contract. This person will need to come from a regulatory change background within Financial Services.
Main Responsibilities:
Responsible for planning and managing a large project(s) through the entire life cycle, typically up to £5m in value, ensuring delivery to time, cost and quality. Includes responsibility for ensuring that the solution is capable of enabling the business to achieve benefit realisation.
Regarded internally as a project management expert, providing specialist knowledge and support to project teams to shape business development and resolve business issues. Will ensure that own knowledge is up to date and is reflective of best practice.
May be required to provide input to business strategy and prioritisation of Programme Portfolio. Manage research to determine and quantify options solutions to meet strategic fit.
Ensure business cases developed in line with business needs and approved in line with Business Case Approval Process (BCAP).
Ensure effective project definition and scoping that meets sponsor expectations and is in line with the business strategy and objectives.
Using business consulting skills, help diagnose the issues the project needs to address (including managing research) and consider options / solutions required.
Identify synergies, conflict or duplication with other initiatives and ensure holistic design decisions taken.
Establish quick rapport and trust with Project Sponsor and other senior stakeholders, building early project momentum, demanding high standards and service levels from the onset and throughout.
Ensure rapid resource assignment and mobilisation, matching project needs and success criteria with individual skills and experience. Provide leadership and strategic direction to the project team.
Define and implement an integrated project structure (governance committees, work streams etc).
Develop and track integrated baseline project plans, with clear milestones, ensuring changes to plan are tracked and approved.
Manage the impact of deliverables on the client and ensure these fully support the client proposition.
May require negotiation with suppliers (both internal and external) to secure a timely and cost effective outcome for the project.
Escalation point for project level risks, taking corrective action to achieve resolution to the satisfaction of Programme Manager / Change Lead / Head of Change and/or business Sponsor.
Experience Required:
Change or Project Management qualifications expected
Proven track record in leading, developing and delivering complex regulatory change of 12 months duration in a global matrix environment.
Ability to see, understand and influence the wider picture of business strategy in an organisation and to ensure their chosen solutions are aligned to the business objectives.
Demonstrated ability to focus on achieving sustainable business improvements across an organisation within a limited time scale.
Commercial acumen including third party management with a track record of benefits delivery.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Excellent understanding of change methodologies and frameworks.
Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities, adapting to changing business demands.
Clear, high impact, concise communication to a Senior Management level audience (written and verbal), to influence and gain support for proposals.
Well developed inter-personal and influencing skills
Commercial, pro-active, independent and ability to multi-task and meet multiple deadlines.
Strong change consulting, analysis delivery skills (e.g. root cause analysis, options analysis, prioritisation, planning/scheduling, communication, negotiating, facilitation, presentation, and implementation.)
Detailed and practical knowledge of change and its application (preferable but not essential in a Wealth Management or Investment Banking environment).
Proven track record of delivering complex change, applying consistent project/change management frameworks.
Experience of interacting at Senior Management level and influencing management on a day-to-day basis.
Ability to work in partnership to manage effectively the links with business management, project staff and other programmes.
Requirement to travel may feature.
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