Initiate and actively manage projects of varying size and complexity with significant strategic and/or commercial impact.
Work with key senior firm stakeholders to understand strategic outcomes and deliver them
Day to day management of key projects and creation and maintenance of all associated project documentation including business cases, project plans, risks and issues, actions, decisions, steering committee preparation.
Helping plan and design outcome focused projects, monitoring progress against agreed parameters, identifying key risks, resolving issues and initiating timely corrective action
Deliver key activities
Enabling project Sponsors to focus on setting direction, providing subject matter expertise input, building advocacy and removing blockers.
Operating within the firm's prescribed project delivery standards, known as the 'Change Minimum Standards.'
Working with key stakeholder across the business to successfully deliver project outcomes at pace
Understanding the inflight and upcoming changes in project business requirements(s)
Day to day management of the project(s)
Being the voice of business into the project(s)
Plan and design 'outcome focused' projects, monitoring progress against agreed parameters, identifying key risks, resolving issues and initiating timely corrective action
Define the project's governance framework
Ensuring underlying workstreams are coordinated
Resolving risks and issues
Supporting individuals on the project(s)
Ensuring project integrity and coherence
Monitoring project(s) budget, monitoring expenditure etc.
Help appoint additional staff into the project and underlying workstreams / activities
Liaison with design authority / architecture teams / other IT teams / risk / dependent projects and product teams / suppliers
Ensuring outputs meet requirements within time, quality, cost constraints (and timely escalation of risks if not)
Ensuring efficiency of resources
Liaise with 3rd parties / drafting workpackages as required
Identifying and initiating additional activities wherever gaps exist
Regular reporting to your sponsor and other governance forums
Effective stakeholder engagement (in liaison with sponsors)
Effective handover to business operations
Champion Change Minimum Standards
Actively support assurance activities
Excellent stakeholder engagement and management skills (incl. presentation skills)
Take personal responsibility for own decision and actions and those of others
Project Planning (incl. dependency and capacity management)
Project Delivery /Workpackage Oversight
Strong communications and risk/issue management skills
Support, train, mentor and advise others in Operations PMO
Drive improvements and championing change
experience of delivery and Governance Frameworks
Communication and Presentation

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