Initiative / Project Manager

Initiative / Project Manager - Large Scale Migration Projects

Until End June 2025

Hybrid working

Inside IR35

Your role

Are you an experienced initiative manager with a track record of driving the success of large scale, complex initiatives? Do you enjoy managing the day-to-day progress of multiple inter-linked activities? Do you want to play a key role in transforming our firm into an agile organization?

We re-imagine the way we work, the way we connect with each other – our colleagues, clients and partners – and the way we deliver value. Being agile will make us more responsive, more adaptable, and ultimately more innovative.

We’re looking for an experienced hands-on Initiative / Project Manager to

• Work with the crew lead, aligned initiative manager, and technology and business stakeholder to lead the co-ordination of all aspects of for the CIG or Commodities crew migration, which includes the planning, execution, timing, quality, client satisfaction, and early identification of potential issues.
• Maintain a clear plan and run-book of migration tasks, status, risk, and issues.
• Deliver clear communications and status update.
• Identify and manage senior stakeholders and clients, evaluate their interests, and establish effective communication channels ensuring effective stakeholder management and engagement.
• Coordinate the tasks of the migration initiative.
• Help resolve cross-stream conflicts and dependencies, align with stream/crew leads and facilitate reprioritization efforts.
• Perform risk assessment, play an active role in risk mitigation and management, and maintain and monitor a risk management plan.

Your team

You’ll be working in Asset Management’s Managing Investments Stream focusing on driving the success of a large scale, complex Front Office technology transformation, including managing the day-to-day progress of multiple inter-linked dependencies and communicating effectively with various stakeholders.

Your expertise

• Ideally at least 10 years Initiative/Project Management experience.
• Experience of leading and co-ordinating migration projects.
• Experience of applications, infrastructure and end-user migrations.
• Good understanding of operational processes, preferably within the financial services industry.
• Team player with an enthusiastic and proactive personality, a true agile mindset and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong active listening and communication skills to build networks and partnerships at all levels.
• Well structured, reliable and dedicated; high attention to detail; ability to handle a significant number of dependencies and issues.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to adapt to different audiences and working styles / backgrounds and effective at influencing change in a global and diverse team.
• Proactive and independent work style; strong organizational skills.

This role is advertised via Hays Talent Solution