Project Manager - Manchester - Financial Services

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Project Manager - Financial Services - Business Change & IT

Manchester

The company are a nationwide leader in their field. Having shown steady growth year on year they are currently in the midst of a large scale transformation programme.

The purpose of this role is to work as part of a cross functional team delivering multiple concurrent Business & IT change initiatives, leading and coordinating change activity and working with programme managers and C-suite to maintain the strategic delivery road map.

MAIN DUTIES:

* Manage projects and initiatives of varying scale from idea through to implementation and closure whilst ensuring appropriate governance.

* Liaise with Business Stakeholders at all levels to ensure common understanding of business objectives and scope

* Manage/support any additional tasks/projects assigned by senior management team

* Actively manage project risks & issues

* Maintain direction of the assigned projects ensuring that they are delivered to the agreed scope, time frame and budget.

* Monitor and QA change delivery activities and deliverables including technical sprint compositions.

* Plan and coordinate work internal departments ensuring that resource requirements are understood.

* Manages the activities of others to meet deadlines and quality standards taking account of impact outside area of responsibility

SKILL SET:

* A good back ground delivering complex business and IT change projects

* Demonstrable experience managing a diverse change portfolio

* Proven experience Of project Management techniques in an agile environment

* Experience engaging and managing third parties

* Ability to think analytically, to deal with detail, and to extract and present relevant information concisely.

* Experience of working and delivering on projects within financial services (desirable)