What you'll be doing
- Engaging, connecting and representing the needs of our internal business customers, stakeholders and senior managers throughout the project lifecycle from idea to implementation and benefit realisation.
- Demonstrating and applying your experience of project management disciplines, including project / programme planning, risk / issue / budget and resource management, decision making skills; with an exceptional focus on delivery.
- Leading and coordinating teams of diverse technical and non-technical resources across multiple geographic sites and engaging effectively with external 3rd party service providers.
- Identifying key resources and managing senior internal and external stakeholders to ensure project / programme objectives are delivered.
- Demonstrating personal flexibility and encouraging flexibility by other team members in pursuit of achieving project objectives on schedule, on budget and to the required standards.
- Taking accountability, assessing situations and making critical decisions when faced with complex demands and issues that can, and will, arise throughout the project lifecycle.
- Liaison with IT suppliers with regards to plan deliverables and problem resolution.
We need you to have
- Demonstrable experience in a complex project delivery environment, with business and technology deliverables and / or changes involving external 3rd party providers.
- Highly articulate with exceptional communications and inter-personal skills.
- Proven leadership, influencing and decision making skills.
- Proven management of financial budgets support delivery of complex projects, including internal and external costs.
- Proven stakeholder management skills, including face-to-face communications and the creation of Management Information material.
- Proven management and delivery against project plans, clearly understanding and communicating critical path and associated RAIDs
It's a bonus if you have but not essential
- Experience in delivery of Cyber and/ or network transformation projects/ programmes
- Experience in delivery of Microsoft security tooling capabilities
- Good understanding of the Financial sector - sound business acumen and judgement; ability to see and communicate technology challenges in business terms; ability to understand and deliver business value.
- Exposure to multiple delivery methodologies including Agile and Waterfall.
- Ability to interpret stated business and technology strategic aims and effectively translate this into tangible project outcomes.
- Education in a technical/IT discipline.
