Programme Manager
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Job Title: Programme Manager
Contract: Initial 12-Month Contract with potential to extend.
Location: London (1-2 days in office)
Rate: £650 inside umbrella OR £107K+Bonus
- Role Purpose:
You will take the helm in delivering a crucial workstream within a multi-year transformation programme, working alongside a dynamic team of project managers. Your expertise will be key in planning, execution, and ensuring alignment with stakeholders to drive successful outcomes. - Key Responsibilities:
- Workstream Ownership & Delivery Accountability
- Spearhead the delivery of a major workstream, developing benefits, costs, and delivery roadmaps.
- Define and manage scope, timelines, and dependencies to keep everything on track.
- Collaborate across business, operations, and technology teams to remove blockers and maintain momentum.
- Ensure your workstream aligns with the programme's strategic objectives.
- Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary PM interface for stakeholders across Markets, Banking, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Technology.
- Facilitate discussions, gather requirements, and shape solutions while building consensus.
- Provide clear and concise progress updates to senior PMs and programme leadership.
- Front-to-Back Process & Operating Model Change
- Lead discussions on process changes and technology enablement, ensuring end-to-end processes are captured.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts to understand lifecycle impacts and implementation constraints.
- Risk, Issue & Dependency Management
- Proactively identify and manage risks and dependencies within your workstream.
- Collaborate with fellow PMs to ensure cross-workstream impacts are handled effectively.
- Business Readiness & Implementation Planning
- Lead readiness activities, including operating model updates, training, and transition planning.
- Support cutover planning and ensure teams are prepared for go-live.
- Reporting & Governance Alignment
- Produce accurate workstream reporting for governance forums and maintain documentation.
- Required Experience & Qualifications:
- Very Solid project management experience within a Corporate & Investment Bank.
- Proven track record of owning and delivering front-to-back change workstreams.
- Experience in Markets, Transaction Banking, or Investment Banking is essential.
- Familiarity with Agile and hybrid delivery methods is a plus.
- Skills & Competencies:
- A strong ownership mentality with excellent planning and prioritization skills.
- Confident in managing diverse senior stakeholders and translating complex topics into clear messages.
- Comfortable analysing complex issues and developing pragmatic solutions.
- Success Measures:
- On-time and high-quality delivery of milestones.
- Strong stakeholder alignment and satisfaction.
- Effective risk and dependency management.
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