Project Manager

Join our client's team, a leading investment bank as a Project Manager. The role's initial assignment involves leading the implementation of the Data Issue Fix (Finance) program using the AGILE methodology. It also includes overseeing the overall product development roadmaps and adoption strategies to ensure seamless execution and alignment with business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Programme Manager and team Portfolio Management to ensure project alignment with the broader change portfolio and team strategy.
• Influence the project approach, securing stakeholder buy-in on the project plan, commitments, and changes.
• Lead change initiatives by establishing strong project governance, including clear sponsorship, in line with the bank’s Change Framework.
• Partner with Scrum Masters to facilitate daily standups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
• Ensure effective project delivery by identifying, escalating, and resolving risks, issues, and dependencies while tracking updates. Provide recommendations to support decision-making and maintain progress toward delivery and benefits realization.
• Proactively manage baselined scope, requirements, benefits, schedule, and budget, demonstrating a strong ability to meet commitments.
• Manage stakeholder and senior management relationships across various markets and GBGFs.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

Our client, the prominent investment bank is seeking a seasoned Programme Manager for delivery of the Trusted Source Project within the IRR Programme.

Responsibilities:

• Owning delivery execution of the Trusted Source Project as part of the overall IRR Programme plan
• Accountable for programme delivery strategy and approach across multiple capabilities/projects or component activities, building stakeholder buy-in around plans, commitments, and changes
• Accountable for programme reporting, governance, and benefits realization/OKR management to all relevant stakeholders/committees in line with the Bank's Change Framework
• Leading Project Managers, Scrum Masters, and PMOs on a high-profile global delivery to ensure commitments are met across budget, benefits, schedule, and scope
• Proactively partnering with Product and SMEs in the annual planning and forecasting process
• Accountable for the intake of new work and evaluating new change requirements, facilitating integrated triage to identify requirements, scope, and budget
• Driving stakeholder discussions related to delivery strategy, scope, capabilities, and budget
• Owning and managing resource plans with Project Managers/Scrum Masters, producing/overseeing indicative pricing and detailed budgets that align with deliverables and actual work effort
• Serving as an escalation point to manage risks, issues, and dependencies; providing solutions-oriented consultation to integrated team leads, proactively controlling scope and change control processes, and collaborating with stakeholders to identify and implement solutions
• Managing negotiations and overseeing the monitoring of TP contracts, including management and service agreements
• Using approved change management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence) to establish delivery dashboards and reports ensuring financial health, live deliverables, and performance against KPIs/OKRs
• Partnering with other global Programme Managers and Programme Office to implement the approved team vision for delivery management and contribute to the future evolution of the discipline
• Establishing effective controls, procedures, and quality assurance processes to ensure consistency of outputs across all deliverables, in line with the Change Framework and the Bank's Risk and Controls framework

Requirements:

• Exceptional understanding of Data, particularly regulatory reporting and delivery
• Excellent knowledge of financial institutions/financial services
• Extensive programme management and delivery lead experience, with a focus on managing large and complex global deliveries in change environments (minimum 10 years of experience as a Programme Manager)
• Ability to develop capability within change teams through coaching and training delivery
• Ability to lead and motivate high-performing global teams in multiple locations
• Strong stakeholder management experience, from Exco/Managing Director level to analysts, with a focus on impactful communication
• Exceptional strategic thinking, with the ability to manage complexity and balance significant change and multiple key priorities
• Proven track record of delivering on-time, on-budget programmes that achieve business case outcomes, with a strong attention to detail and a solutions-oriented approach
• Experience applying Agile methodology in programme and product development
• Impeccable written, verbal, and presentation skills; experience working within a global matrix organization model
• Agile certification(s), such as SAFe, are an advantage
• Proficient in spoken and written English