Project Manager

A Technical Delivery Manager/Project Manager is required to join the team that will be delivering a large-scale business initiative.

The role is accountable for the technical delivery of a large-scale technical transformation project focusing on upgrading the network fabric of our key data centres. Delivery teams are located in various locations around the globe.

Specific Responsibilities / Accountabilities:

Technology delivery – lead the delivery across all technology teams in the workstream throughout the end to end delivery chain

Planning - Accountable for all technology planning activities, including working closely with Workstream Lead to ensure technology plans are fully and correctly reflected in overall workstream plans and roadmaps

Dependency management - Ensures all impacts of dependencies are addressed in the overall project plan. Effectively work across the organization to ensure all dependent teams are aligned with the project plans and schedules

Risk and Issue Management – Ability to proactively manage risk and issues for the workstream in a timely manner and have the confidence to make decisions to mitigate or resolve when required. Work closely with workstream lead to ensure RAIDS are fully documented, mitigated and escalated as required.

Leadership – Lead and work closely with all members of the team, including business analysts, architects, QA and development management to ensure all aspects from intake, requirements, design and testing are fit for purpose and delivered in a timely manner for planning and execution

Team performance - Work closely with the Scrum Masters and Vendor management (where required) and QA to ensure the delivery performance of the teams throughout execution and identify opportunities to optimize to improve timeliness, throughput and quality.

Problem solving and decision making – sound judgment at a senior management level using assertiveness and influencing skills to ensure items are discussed and decisions made and agreed in a timely manner

Governance – Manage any workstream technology team governance and adhere to the overall programme governance to ensure all stakeholders and team members are aligned and effective in delivery

Reporting – Ensure reporting is provided as required on a regular basis against roadmap, plans and any performance KPI’s and OKR’s for your teams

Communication - Working closely and collaboratively with the Project management office to identify and manage all stakeholders, providing visibility and transparency

Financial Management and Project Accounting – Providing the critical data required for the project management function to monitor and track financial health, analysing resource requirements across multiple projects or across programmes to meet strategic goals

Essential Skills/Experience Required:

Experience in running scaled agile teams

Previous experience of working in a large scale, Top Tier Investment Bank or for a wider Financial Services Organisation

Experience of setting up and working on a Greenfield Programme of work

Proven experience in delivering large-scale technical programmes in a hands-on capacity

A software delivery background would be highly beneficial due to the technical nature of the deliverables

Extensive stakeholder management experience up to senior level, alongside the management of external vendor relationships

Experience of working in a complex, high-paced environment with a global team

Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

Key Stakeholders

Workstream Lead

PMO

Scrum Masters/Scrum of Scrums

Other Delivery Managers for dependencies

Development leads

QA Lead

Product Owners

Business Sponsors

Lead BA

Lead Solutions architects

Service (Release to BAU)