Front Office Project Manager

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Front Office Project Manager

Duration - 6 months

Salary - £550-£600 per day pay

Location - Central London nearest tube Moorgate

Overall purpose of Job:

This role requires management of projects, reporting to the Programme Manager. The projects will sit within the systems office for EMEA, and is based in the London headquarters. The Project Manager drives key technology projects within the programme, ensuring that the bank delivers new and enhanced functionality to enable growth and minimise risk.

Essential Functions:

* Responsible for the Project Management of multiple significant IT change initiatives under the guidance of Programme Manager.

*Plans and executes projects and other activities, from contract / proposal initiation to benefit realisation, on behalf of programme management, to ensure efficient delivery within defined time, quality and cost parameters.

*Determines, monitors, reviews and manages project and associated operational costs, resources, risks and issues.

*Plans, schedules, monitors and reports on overall progress, initiating corrective action where appropriate, to ensure deliverables are produced within time, quality and cost parameters.

* Assesses continuously whether projects continue to meet business objectives, recommending changes where appropriate to ensure that projects are managed to realise business benefit, or cancelled as appropriate

*Provides input to the Programme Manager and executes initiatives to help drive delivery and reporting maturity as well as refine processes in the spirit of continuous service improvement.

Essential Work Experience Required:

* Financial Services experience preferable, especially within non retail banking.

* Front Office system implementation / upgrade experience

Education Essential:

Degree or equivalent experience

Current Prince II Practitioner (or equivalent)

Work Experience Essential:

* Project delivery experience across multiple geographies and diverse cultures.

* Experience in managing projects with internal and external independence's.

* Experience in one or more of the bank's key technologies.

* Smooth handover of projects to operational delivery, preferably in an ITIL based environment.

* Management of external vendors and consultants.

* Software development project experience

* AGILE / Waterfall delivery experience

Candidates may have held the following job titles; Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Front Office Project Manager, Project Manager Banking, PM, FO Project Manager.

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