Programme manager

Programme Manager – HIRING ASAP

Start date: ASAP
Duration: 6 Months
Location: 2 days per week in Knutsford office & 3 days per week working from home
Rate: £400 per day inside IR35

Summary:
 
Candidates should not be very data migration heavy. This is a processing engine, which at either side has a lot of changes up and downstream to function – a lot of the components aren’t within our control, so we need someone who has a lot of drive and experience in E2E multiple component delivery – where articulation and influence are highly valued traits. Must have experience in multi-component delivery. clear on working with stakeholders outside of direct control/influence.

Skills:
  • E2E program/ project delivery experience. I.e. Managing and navigating through multiple component teams and tracking their deliverables.
  • Managing Stakeholders at different levels. I.e. Business, technology and leadership.
  • Demonstrate experience with engaging each type of stakeholders.
  • Strong experience in JIRA, Confluence (writing JQL queries etc.) and how that can be best put to use in handling the above. I.e. Data driven delivery.
  • Candidates who can work effectively in a matrix organization and hold component teams accountable for timelines and cost.
  • Strong proficiency in JIRA.
  • Ability to drive RAIDs and manage the critical path.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • A background in financial services—specifically in cards, payments, risk, or collections and recoveries.
Responsibilities
  • Own the delivery status report out and accuracy of the facts
  • Vendor relationship management – running RFP’s and contract management
  • Control financial & resource forecasts & actuals to budget
  • Overall responsibility for delivering the product to time, cost & quality. Drives the team to ensure velocity is maintained / changes managed in line with expectations
  • Ensure wider organisation is engaged & aligned to feature team needs, including timely / pre-emptive governance, approvals, dispensations
  • Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:
  • Effectively provide change management and project management expertise to change projects to which the Project Manager is assigned.
  • Experience of Agile delivery methodologies and practical experience of managing sprint-based deliveries
  • Understand at a high level the interface between complex business needs and the complex legal and regulatory environment in which the business operates.
  • Ability to juggle priorities, multi-task and flawlessly execute at speed.
  • Sound commercial judgment and overall understanding of the Financial Services Industry, particularly the business impact of the regulatory environment.
Company
Trust In SODA
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Hybrid / WFH Options
Posted
Company
Trust In SODA
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Hybrid / WFH Options
Posted