Programme Manager

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board.

Job Title: Programme Manager, Business Transformation

Department: Schroders Business Transformation

Schroders Business Transformation is expanding to support the development of key corporate and business strategies and to drive and lead the design and delivery of large scale, cross group change. We are seeking a Programme Manager who can lead diverse and time-bound programmes via multiple teams with differing specialisms.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Initiate and mobilise programmes as required.
• Lead the delivery of group-wide programmes and projects across a range of initiatives.
• Manage an assigned delivery portfolio within the scope of Enterprise Change responsibilities.
• Collaborate with business and senior stakeholders to define and deliver against business outcomes and ensure clear, consistent reporting.
• Design and implement appropriate target operating models to enhance and embed the transformational process.
• Manage a programme team with matrix management requirements of the departments from which they will be provided.
• Participate in the recruitment and onboarding processes for internal and external hires.
• Plan and communicate a range of roadmaps and detailed plans to diverse audiences.
• Manage communication of progress and changes to the wider organisation.
• Drive change at pace through excellent cross-functional working.
• Ensure financial diligence & reporting of the programme is adhered to working to secure delivery within budget.
• Manage risk and issues proactively.
• Manage dependencies across the programme and to/from adjacent programmes of work.
• Successfully negotiate organisational challenges.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Direct line management responsibility for a small team of project managers.
• Participate in the recruitment and onboarding process for internal and external hires across the Business Transformation team.
• Develop and promote the use of Business Transformation standards for change, whilst adapting agreed methodologies to effectively support a range of scenarios.
• Contribute to the evolution of an Enterprise Change 'Centre of Excellence'.
• Mentor and support the development of change expertise across Schroders.
• Support the culture of personal development across Schroders change resources and manage talent and succession planning strategies.
• Provide pro-active and clear leadership in a range of scenarios and circumstances.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Extensive experience and detailed knowledge of Asset Management.
• Experience of managing large teams, both directly and in matrix frameworks.
• Understanding of a range of delivery methodologies.
• Good knowledge of change tools and techniques.
• Proven delivery record of driving organisational and business change programmes with multi-million-pound budgets to agreed timescales and deadlines.
• Demonstrable experience of driving transformational change in complex environments.
• Ability to manage and motivate diverse sets of teams across multiple functions.
• Evidence of multiple senior stakeholder management.
• Strong consultative skills with the ability to collaborate when appropriate and influence across a broad, senior stakeholder base.
• A good understanding of the application of target operating models, design frameworks and Business Architecture capabilities.
• Evidence of resolving challenging issues and contributing to end state solution.
• Able to make trade-offs to ensure priority value items are delivered.
• Basic professional qualifications relating to the asset management industry and programme management practises.

Personal Attributes:

• Inspiring and collaborative servant-leader.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and change, able to drive clarity and simplicity.
• Receptive to others' ideas and responds constructively to challenges.
• Energiser of team morale, see opportunity in overcoming challenges and uses these experiences to build the teams' reputation.
• Demonstrable resilience to handling pressure and setbacks well.
• Clear understanding of who the clients of Enterprise Change Delivery are and their specific needs.
• Pro-actively seeks feedback and accepts this positively.
• Creates environments that provide the right balance of challenge and support.
• Commitment to achieving higher levels of performance and sustained improvement.

Schroders is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics. We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and we strive to create an environment where everyone feels valued, included, and empowered. Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management.