- Working with key Business stakeholders across multiple geographies in order to clarify project outputs; build sustainable relationships to enable the achievement of project objectives

- Providing leadership, direction and support to the project team

- Working with Information Technology, providing challenge and support to ensure technology related outcomes are achieved

- Use MS project templated project plans and Excel spreadsheet RAID log as provided by PMO.

- Work in a uniform manner within existing PMO structure adhering to PMO standards throughout project life cycle.. to effectively communicate with the project team, peers and stakeholders (including Executives and senior managers)

- Lead internal project status calls to ensure project is tracking to plan, maintain project tracking documentation (MS project, RAID log)

- Join external client calls supporting Lead Project Manager, taking notes of key discussion points and ensure updates are reflected in the project documentation and issued to stakeholders with RAG narrative post call

- Complying with the company's Professional Standards Manual in accordance with statutory requirements for the role with specific attention, but not limited to, managing client and other sensitive data, Whistle Blowing, Treating Customers Fairly.

Qualifications

- Educated to degree level or equivalent desired

- Project Management PMP, Prince 2 or MSP certification desired

Technical Knowledge

- Extensive project management experience and demonstrates a very good understanding of project management techniques across Waterfall and Agile lifecycles

- Excellent knowledge of business improvement and change management methodologies

- Proficient knowledge of MS Office software including MS Project, Excel, Word

Experience and Skills

- Demonstrable full life cycle project management experience, along with experience of leading complex, scale, and time bound projects (including those related to external software vendors)

- Proven experience of managing multiple concurrent projects, including experience of projects in the regulatory domain

- Experience of delivering projects / change to agreed outcomes across multiple disparate business divisions / geographies with differing needs and challenges

- Experience of delivering projects with Information Technology components

- Confidently builds and sustains a key relationship network

- Decisive leadership in ambiguity and the desire to solve problems coupled with a can-do attitude.

- Excellent interpersonal skills, including listening, verbal and written communication with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the Company, including Executives and senior level management

- Experience of working in matrix teams across multiple locations, including with third party suppliers

- Ability to negotiate, persuade and influence business decisions across all stakeholder groups

- Ability to respond confidently to conflicts and manage situations positively, proactively escalating on-going issues

- A self-starter, time management and deadline driven; able to set priorities, including when under timeline pressure, and monitor progress towards goals

- Decisive project leadership in times of ambiguity and evolving business needs

- Ability to lead and motivate others through good people management skills

- Creative problem-solver with a positive can-do attitude and ability to think strategically as well as operate at detailed level and deep-dive where needed.

- Demonstrable experience of being able to pick up ambiguous 'business challenges' and shaping them into more holistic, structured pieces of work (including collaborating with others in order to achieve this Attention to detail, comfortable with conducting analysis and A high level of discretion and empathy, able to respond confidently to conflicts, balance situations whilst raising any ongoing issues

- Experience of working in a global / regional, matrix-managed organisation, with the upmost integrity and confidentiality

- Evidence of self-development in the project discipline