Project Manager

An excellent opportunity for a Project Manager to join an innovative and dynamic financial services company.

Client Details

I am currently recruiting for a Project Manager on behalf of a client in the financial services industry.

As Project Manager, you will manage multiple diverse and strategic projects to support the business change portfolio.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an innovative and dynamic business at an exciting time.

This role is a 12 month FTC, based in the North West with hybrid/remote working.

Description

• Lead the Project Team; motivate and inspire the team to deliver.
• End to end project management from planning through to mobilisation and delivery.
• Coordinating and managing projects / teams that deliver the required outcomes.
• Deliver timely projects within constraints of budget / quality / scope / timeline parameters directly and through a team.
• Ensure all stakeholders (internal and external) understand their role and responsibilities and ensure they are held accountable for delivery.
• Identify requirements of the stakeholders, scoping projects, producing detailed plans, providing management information, as defined by the key stakeholders, and reporting the status to senior stakeholders.
• Monitor costs, timescales and resources used, and acts where these deviate from agreed tolerances.
• Proactively & dynamically managing project plans, calling out dependencies, resources and other risks and suggesting mitigation.
• Ensuring project post-implementation reviews against forecast delivery benefits are delivered.
• Influences program sponsors to make the appropriate decisions and modifications in response to external influences on the program.
• Supplier / Partner engagement and management where required.
• Support mentoring of Project / Scrum team members, share industry expertise to upskill existing team members.

Profile

• Ability to Project Manage complex mid to large scale projects.
• A proven track record of delivering in a range of complex IT Change, Regulatory and Business Change projects.
• Creation and maintenance of project plans.
• Principal operations of a project management office including reporting and RAID management.
• Excellent stakeholder management experience; including leadership and influencing skills.
• Agile delivery methods and practices.
• Experience of engaging / managing and executing delivery with outsource partners.
• Experience of managing and motivating a team to support timely delivery.

Job Offer

• Salary range of �72,000 - �80,000 depending on salary
• Hybrid/remote working
• Life insurance
• Pension
• Medical/Dental insurance