Project Manager Finance IT Systems Transition / Oracle

Project Manager (Finance IT Systems Transition / Oracle) Retail Hybrid: 3 days per week in Welwyn Garden City (you may split your time between London if closer) 6 months £650 - £700 per day

In short: We're transitioning financial systems (Oracle) from a side of the business that is divesting away from our group and integrating these systems to our insurance arm. We're looking for strong PMs (not techy) that can deliver the transition focusing on the business side; stakeholders, third parties etc.

In full:

Our Project Managers deliver complex, cross-functional technology programmes that support colleagues and help serve our customers better. They work collaboratively, influence Product, Engineering and business colleagues and lead the programme to deliver value quickly and often.

Whilst specific responsibilities will be dependent upon the changing needs of the business, the following provides an overview of the role's key responsibilities and measures:

• Deliver programmes with business and/or technical risks
• Optimise or use a standard programme delivery methodology for delivering programme goals (e.g. agile, waterfall, iterative)
• Bring together, coordinate, and energise virtual technology teams to deliver programme goals
• Create and track a plan to deliver the programme goals, including the technical implementation plan
• Understand trade-offs and resulting impacts; make impacts visible to Product, Infrastructure or Engineering for the right decision to be made
• Managing dependencies, delivery timelines and implementations plans, using my knowledge of technical architecture
• Appreciating and responding to delivery challenges, using my knowledge of engineering best practices and/or infrastructure implementations
• Understand technology concepts, grasp new ones quickly and appreciate their implications on delivery
• Effectively manage major incidents, ensuring stakeholders are updated with the right information to drive the correct decisions
• Build positive relationships with suppliers & external stakeholders to deliver software or professional services
• Coach peers and other roles, teaching where required, on methodologies and programme management tools
• This role will best suit an individual who enjoys working as part of a team, is well organised, pragmatic and a lateral thinker with an inquisitive mind who is motivated to make change for the better and, most importantly, puts our customers first.

Key Skills and Experience

An ideal candidate must have demonstrated below key skills in their current and past roles

• A proven record of accomplishment in delivering large programs at global scales.
• Experience of building credible relationships and influencing senior & leadership teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills - you must be able to articulate complex concepts to a diverse audience
• The ability to influence without authority.
• Flexibility, ability to plan and organise, responsiveness, self-starter
• Demonstrate resilience during change and continue delivery

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly. Pontoon is an employment consultancy and operates as an equal opportunities employer.