Project Manager - Change Management - Banking

- Plans effectively around delivery constraints and optimises the plan to maximise benefits and minimise risk. Develops the plan within constraints, considering the delivery approach, key milestones and dependencies within the plan, requirements and scope, effort and resources, budgets and quality.

- Ensures the baselined scope, requirements, benefits, schedule and budget are managed as outlined in Business Transformation Frameworks.. Identifies and intervenes where there is slippage and variance from plan.

- Proactively monitors project execution to effectively identify risks/issues/dependencies as they arise throughout the project lifecycle. Takes ownership of critical issues and ensures resolution within agreed timescales and implements mitigating plans against identified risks and issues. Escalates when needed to the Programme Manager (remaining calm, knowing when to escalate, escalates with possible solutions).

- Collaborates and builds positive stakeholder and business partner relationships providing regular updates to resolve high priority issues affecting the project

- Obtains buy-in from the project sponsor, Steering Committee and other business partner stakeholders for all key project plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, quality assurance plans, budget, schedule, and scope changes

- Analyses management reports, and derives insights from it to drive the right business decisions

Desired candidate profile :

- Project management experience in Retail banking OR Corporate banking domain

- People manager and broad experience in managing teams of different work streams

- Examples of the delivery of on time and on budget projects that achieve business case stated outcomes a driver with bias towards delivery at pace and controlling project outcomes

- In depth experience of working in a banking environment and change projects

- Stakeholder management experience, especially impactful communication, influencing and running project governance Implementation, change management and benefits realisation

- Implementation, change management and benefits realisation