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Tech Project Manager - Financial services, Agile, E2E Delivery, Stakeholder Management
Location - Nottingham
Duration - 6 Months
Rate: £400 per day
Our client requires a Technical Project Manager within The Technology Office and Change Delivery organisation of the Finance and Risk Technology Group based in Nottingham. You will be required to work on a project within a strategic portfolio to deliver a range of software application development enhancements.
Role Summary:
The role is accountable for the delivery of business value to their key stakeholders - Product Management, Technology Owners and Services Operations primarily through the execution of programs and projects to bring new products or capabilities to market or implementing large scale change to existing products or infrastructures.
The projects themselves are diverse in make-up and include new propositions, enhancing existing products and transformational platform change. The scope of delivery covers the full life cycle definition (product / design elaboration), delivery (development /implementation) and through to service operations.
Main Responsibilities / Accountabilities:
* Project delivery - fully accountable for all aspects of the delivery chain and manages project performance throughout execution and identifies opportunities to optimise the execution
* Risk Management - exhibits strong ability to identify and plan resolution of program risk risks
* Project Communication - identifies and manages effectively all stakeholders, provides visibility and transparency so that appropriate action can be taken by senior management
* Improving project performance - Identifies and recommends opportunities for improving the delivery model by analysing consistent themes in lessons learned information
* Problem solving and decision making - sound judgement at a senior management level using assertiveness and influencing skills to demonstrate business benefits and to ensure the decision is fully understood and accepted
* Dependency management - Leads analysis and ensures all impacts of dependencies are addressed in the overall project plan. Effectively works across the organisation to ensure all dependent teams are aligned with the project plans and schedules
* Financial Management and Project Accounting - application of corporate financial measures to monitor and track financial health, analysing resource requirements across multiple projects or across programmes to meet strategic goals
* Project Estimation and Planning - prepare and maintain overall plan for large, highly complex projects/programs, ensure program plans are kept up-to-date and adjusted with ongoing project activities and maintaining accurate project forecasts. Appropriately identifies when program/project is "off track" to project plans and takes immediate corrective actions, including adjusting plans to account for corrections. Leads project estimating sessions that span multiple departments and organisations
* Project Gov and Assurance - implement program governance and among internal & external key stakeholders. Work with Program Office to identify improvements in governance and champion the change in order to improve program delivery.
* Program transparency - deliver accurate and timely reporting for in-flight projects and programs
* Stakeholder Management - manage stakeholder relationships and ensure strong communication plans, both within and externally to the group
Essential Skills/Experience Required:
* Define, scope, and manage large, projects typically less than
