Project Manager (Technical Projects in Commercial Banking)

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Project Manager (Technical Projects in Commercial Banking)Lloyds Banking GroupLondon: Hybrid working arrangements, 1-2 days per week in the office 3 days from home.Salary & Benefits: £52,912 to £80,294 per annum (location dependent), plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution, 4% flexible cash pot, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays.We also offer flexible working hours, agile working practices flexibility to suit your lifestyle and ensure a good work-life balance.Who are Lloyds Banking Group and where does this role sit?Markets Value Stream, part of Commercial and Business Banking Transformation is focussed on product management and development of all aspects of the customer journey in Traded products for the Ring Fenced and Non-Ring-fenced Bank. Our teams also focus on maintaining service and the key aspects of risk and data reflecting the Value Stream's vision of Powering access to Global Markets through the energy and focus of brilliant teams.What will I focus on in this role?You'll work within a team that is responsible for the development and maintenance of software products & projects focused on applications to support our front office sales & trading colleagues. Software you'll support focuses on Rates, Derivates, SWAPS and Bonds to name a few products, mainly developed using Java & C#. Trade booking, pricing and risk are the specific capabilities supported.Your role would be to coordinate delivery of specific programmes/ projects within that portfolio, working with a broad array of stakeholders and business areas, as well as a number of technical application teams to deliver outcomes that are critical to our clients, the Commercial Bank and Lloyds Banking Group.We use a combination of Agile & Waterfall project delivery, modern DevOps engineering practices and are always trying to continually improve & develop.The area, or Lab, you will work within will be made up of multidisciplinary professionals including engineers, analysts, architects, business users, product owners and anyone else required to deliver your programme or projects successfully.You'll also support some Scrum Master style tasks, and have responsibility for product prioritisation & backlog management.Specific activities which you'll be responsible for include things like;Mobilising new projects & resourcePlanning activitiesGovernance & control activitiesBacklog prioritisationEstablishing and managing risks and inter-dependencies,Coordinating with software engineers, product owners, analysts, customers, technical specialists amongst others to ensure successful deliveryStakeholder managementReporting & trackingWhat do we need to see from applicants?We like people who come from diverse cultural backgrounds however we need to see the following as a minimum to be considered for interview;A prior background of as project manager/product owner with experience running software engineering projects within an Agile environment. A background within markets / commercial banking and some knowledge of related Rates products is a must for this role.Good planning, resource & cost management, governance & control, Risk, Assumption, Issues & Dependencies, Management skillsGood stakeholder management and general people skills, including being comfortable engaging people at director level.Experience of working with external vendors/ 3rd party providersComfortable working with the likes of software engineers, product owners, business analysts, quality automation testing staff and customersWhat can I expect in return?We're committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. We support the principles of agile working and equal opportunity and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements.Together we'll make it possible!