Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager / Programme Manager will need to have a strong product and commercial mindset and understand the goals and objectives of the projects assigned and ensure alignment with the charters, track the finances and KPIs/OKRs associated.

The successful candidate will ensure that the initiatives are delivered on time and cost, to the right level quality, commercialized and customer ready.

This role will provide exposure in working in a truly global organization by effectively working with delivery teams and stakeholders across the world. Providing the opportunity to be part of high performing delivery team.

This role would suit someone highly adept at CxO level stakeholder engagement, experience with matrix influencing whilst having the flexibility to drop into the detail as required

Responsibilities

 ·        Ownership of the end-to-end plan, including the identification of critical dependencies and risks likely to impact cost, time, and quality, including tracking budgets and change requests as necessary

·        Tracking and reporting project progress to stakeholders (up to CxO) with a focus on budget, scope, resources, dependencies, 3rd parties and schedule. Timely escalations as necessary

·        Liaising between Product Management, Development Management, Internal and External Stakeholders

·        Working closely with Project Managers, Subject Matter Experts, Product Managers and key stakeholders to define project scope and requirements in terms of features and capabilities

·        Track and communicate business value/business readiness and map that against development/product milestones

·        Ensure business stakeholders drive the priority and if an alternate delivery sequence is suggested, ensure all stakeholders sign off

·        Work across tech stack and manager current and future state and all related business readiness activities.

Candidate Requirements

·        Minimum 5 years’ experience as a programme / senior project manager or similar, with a demonstrable track record in managing the delivery of large complex projects, in a highly regulated environment

·        Strong leadership and organizational skills with excellent communication (written and verbal), time management, decision making, problem-solving, project & program planning, people and team building skills

·        Familiar working in a Matrix organization working with scrum teams, executive management, IT, without direct control of resources and with global geographical spread

·        Bachelors or Masters degree

·        Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE 2, or other Project Management qualification, ITIL would be considered an advantage