Lead Project Manager / Programme Manager - Banking

Lead Project Manager / Programme Manager - Banking
Location Strategy Programme
London
C£480pd
6 months initially
Change Management, Financial Services, Banking, Property, Programme Manager, Planning, Implementation, Business Continuity, Plan Management, Release Management, Solution Design, Governance, Stakeholder Management

This programme of work is responsible for defining our leading UK Banking clients' office location strategy. For shaping and leading the cultural change and operating models associated with the implementation of flexible and agile working practices to achieve an optimised office location strategy.
The successful candidates will report to the Head of the Location Strategy Programme, within Property and will be responsible for the following:

Responsibilities:

• Leadership of a suite of projects assessing and delivering business continuity change across the Bank.
• Manage workstream leads, project managers and a wide portfolio of projects.
• Portfolio planning to ensure that change is delivered on time, within budget and risk appetite.
• Management and appropriate escalation of workstream Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies.
• Delivery of robust and appropriate solution design and governance to ensure that required quality is maintained.

Project Planning:
The ability to establish, control, manage and monitor project timescales, considering dependencies and recommending and/or taking appropriate action to overcome delays or cost over-runs.
Programme Management
The ability to ensure the timely and accurate completion of all project deliverables, where appropriate assessing and managing risks and issues, and identifying counter measures.
Track record of implementation ( technical and business)
Stakeholder management (at various levels)
The ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with appropriate colleagues in own and other business units.
Maintain a high level of knowledge on relevant systems, processes and new developments appropriate to own projects/area of specialism.
Co-ordination of all implementation activities
Chair weekly project management and/or working group meetings
Perform cross-programme reviews and track business benefits
Finance
Managing GRS Finance portfolio and budgets including engagements with Finance stakeholders.
Business and On-Boarding
Experience in managing engagements and updates with business stakeholders at Program and Director level.
Governance
Experience in fulfilling governance requirements for a wide program of work.
Plans and Release Management
Must demonstrate knowledge and experience of dealing with multiple releases, risks and impacts to wider program.
Business Continuity
Experience in business continuity practices and full understanding of BCM Lifecycle

Background & Knowledge Required:
- Sound knowledge and understanding of the banking sector, operations, risk and regulators
- Highly literate, strong interpersonal skills oral and written and stakeholder engagement at a senior level
- Understand and experience of a programme/project lifecycle and the related governance such as RAIDS
- Be able to lead on the gathering requirements and running of workshops
- Inquisitive mind enabling investigative analysis, tending along with high degree of attention to detail
- Be able glean information from the SMEs in a challenging and sensitive environment
- Be able to work on owns initiative as well as part of a team
- Ability to plan own workload and prioritise tasks;
- Ability to proactively seek solutions and drive through to completion;
- Set tasks and manage the other Business Analysts

**There may be occasional travel between UK sites**

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE IN BUSINESS CONTINUITY PRACTICES AND FULL UNDERSTANDING OF BCM LIFECYCLE.