Group Project & Change Senior Manager

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You will be responsible for delivering end to end change of medium to large strategic programmes, of defining, designing, implementing and embedding innovative solutions and for reengineering processes so that the group can provide a market leading service to our clients and colleagues.

• Be able to work independently and have the gravitas and acumen to work with business at the Senior Management level and to challenge where appropriate.
• Work closely with global businesses and global functions to shape and deliver the change. Be able to connect the dots between businesses, regions, priority markets and countries for the business sponsor.
• Be able to cope and bring structure to ambiguous situations and problems. Be able to adopt an agile and flexible approach to work.
• To build robust control gates into your Project Methodology which link in with Architecture, Security and Compliance, SDLC and service operation processes.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert in Project Management in the creation on proposals, solutions and service offerings that have a significant Project Management element.
• Delivery of medium to large size projects where required, encompassing the following key tasks:
  • Undertake a robust initiation of all in scope work streams in line with methodology, ensuring a baseline and approach for managing project scope, cost, time, quality, risks, communications, resourcing and change is considered and captured.
  • Create and maintain an up-to-date and valid project schedule.
  • Be responsible for the induction of project team members, to outline project goals and set expectations on ways of working.
  • Be responsible for allocation of work to project team members and gain agreement from staff on the available time, cost and expected quality of deliverables.
  • Manage the internal and client facing project portfolio, ensuring that artefacts produced by the project are stored and managed centrally.
  • Provide weekly reporting on project performance against time, cost, quality and customer perception against the established baseline.
  • Undertake a weekly delivery review to present the weekly report to senior management
  • Be responsible for the proactive identification, validation and management of project risks and issues from the project team.

Selection criteria

• Proven experience of successfully shaping and executing against a global business strategic change agenda.
• Proven experience of positive, challenging interactions with global Senior Management.
• Proven ability in working across multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural, diverse environments.
• Successful experience in developing and retaining critical talent and building an effective team.
• Industry recognised technical certifications such as Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), Six Sigma, Agile or Scrum Master training.
• Experience of owning and delivering medium - large scale projects over £100k in value.
• The ability to create robust project schedules with a traceable critical path.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with strong interpersonal skills at all levels.
• Strong presentation skills (written and verbal).