Contractor specification

Main duties & responsibilities

Role description

The Project Managers will be responsible for sourcing, directing, managing and executing complex IT transformation programs.

Primary responsibilities

• Working with IT management team to identify program engagements and scope them appropriately.
• Assisting the IT management team with budgeting for the engagement.
• Staffing the engagements with the appropriate level and skill-sets.
• Working with IT management teams to structure the program and develop Project Initiation Documents.
• Developing detailed level project documents including, but not limited to a project plan with deliverables and dependencies, a project mandate, a communication plan and status reporting.
• Ensuring that all parties are aware of the program scope, the benefits that it expects to deliver, the benefits it actually realises and the program timelines.
• Executing and/or managing the progress of the program against quality standards, targets and budgets and challenging actions, results and activities where necessary.
• Resolving or (where appropriate) escalating issues and risks and ensuring that appropriate corrective action is taken.
• Effectively communicating with key project stakeholders on project progress.
• Taking responsibility for quality assurance within the program by overseeing that the client’s methodologies, standards and procedures are being implemented regionally.
• Establishing credibility with all levels of IT management.
  

Skills & attributes

The candidate must have:

• A banking or consultancy background (12+ years experience) and a strong understanding of structured project management in the banking arena.
• A proven track record of successfully delivering large complex projects within a banking environment (3+ years experience).
• Proven organisational, leadership and management skills.
  • Ability to command a room and manage big meetings with many participants.
  • Ability to communicate effectively to senior managers.
  • Ability to command attention from senior managers.
  • Ability to produce clear, concise reporting.
• Solid strategic analysis, problem solving, issue resolution and decision making skills.
• Strong presentation development skills.
• Proven ability to communicate with all levels of management in a clear, concise manner.
• Other attributes:
  • Delivery focused.
  • Process oriented.
  • Attentive to detail.
  • Demanding.
  • Strong knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures.
  • Sufficient credibility to direct project teams and senior management in relation to the project.
  • Tact, discretion and diplomacy.
• Other skills:
  • Solid facilitation skills.
  • Effective relationship management and influencing skills.
  • Time management skills.
  • The ability to create agreement among differing stakeholder views.

Management experience

You will be working in a small team and required to direct the activities of others. Proven experience of managing personnel is therefore desirable. Candidates must be able to lead by example and motivate/ focus team members.

Education / professional qualifications

Essential:	University under-graduate degree.
Desirable:	PRINCE 2 or other structured program / project management qualifications

Language requirements

Fluent English.

Applications

No telephone calls and no agencies please.

APPLICANTS MUST BE ENTITLED TO RESIDE AND WORK IN THE UK