IT Project Manager – APM – Agile – Financial Services
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- Confidential
- Location
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London
South East EnglandUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 02 Mar 2021
- Closes
- 15 Mar 2021
- Job Title
- Project Manager
- Category
- Information Technology
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
IT Project Manager – APM – Agile – Financial Services.
My client is looking for an IT Project Manager whose responsibility it will be for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of projects that have a technical focus. However, there is scope to manage non–technical projects if availability allows. You will need to co–ordinate testing activities through a development, user acceptance test and live environment as appropriate and managing the hand over to business as usual activities. A number of services are supplied by third parties, and management of outsource suppliers is a key requirement.
Job Responsibilities
* Manage projects from planning through to post implementation handover eg scope, project objectives, resource planning, etc.
* Complete business analysis.
* Develop change and communication programmes.
* Produce and manage all project documents eg project plan, resource requirements, budgets, communications plan, risk register, etc.
* Effectively manage all key stakeholders.
* Provide appropriate management reporting.
* Run project meetings with internal and external project teams and suppliers.
* Leading the project team including organisation of the various assigned resources.
* Ensuring project objectives are met.
* Ensuring that at each stage projects are progressing on time, on budget and to the right quality standards Managing project budgets.
Essential Skills:
* A Project Manager with a broad experience of manging projects from inception to completion.
* Experience working within an APM Methodology
* Experience within the Financial Services sector ideally Accountancy
* Works well with others in the team and acts as a role model, setting high standards of quality and demonstrating commitment to self–development. Uses knowledge to support his or her own team and transfers skills in areas of expertise.
* Communicates effectively with people and team members alike, with a high degree of commitment to customer service. Communicates with clarity, sets clear objectives for team members that are aligned to business plans, monitors and assesses performance, providing timely feedback and support as necessary. Shows diplomacy.
* Develops and maintains strong, collaborative, long term relationships with the business, ensuring needs are anticipated, expectations managed and feedback sought. Takes action to break down silo barriers', working across disciplines and functions. Well–developed interpersonal skills.
* Demonstrates effective decision making, aligned to local and national plans, to satisfy a range of stakeholder needs and overcoming potential barriers, including deadlines and incompleteness of information.
* Demonstrates an ability to analyse and prioritise situations from an operational perspective, including the impact on business operations.
* Demonstrates a commitment to change, implementing and leading change projects within the team, where relevant.
* Promotes the firm's values and beliefs, demonstrating integrity and maintaining an ethical stance, using flexibility and tact to express views as necessary.
* Flexibility; the applicant must appreciate the occasional need for out of hours and weekend work as well as being in contact out of office hours to support this level of serviceability
My client is looking for an IT Project Manager whose responsibility it will be for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of projects that have a technical focus. However, there is scope to manage non–technical projects if availability allows. You will need to co–ordinate testing activities through a development, user acceptance test and live environment as appropriate and managing the hand over to business as usual activities. A number of services are supplied by third parties, and management of outsource suppliers is a key requirement.
Job Responsibilities
* Manage projects from planning through to post implementation handover eg scope, project objectives, resource planning, etc.
* Complete business analysis.
* Develop change and communication programmes.
* Produce and manage all project documents eg project plan, resource requirements, budgets, communications plan, risk register, etc.
* Effectively manage all key stakeholders.
* Provide appropriate management reporting.
* Run project meetings with internal and external project teams and suppliers.
* Leading the project team including organisation of the various assigned resources.
* Ensuring project objectives are met.
* Ensuring that at each stage projects are progressing on time, on budget and to the right quality standards Managing project budgets.
Essential Skills:
* A Project Manager with a broad experience of manging projects from inception to completion.
* Experience working within an APM Methodology
* Experience within the Financial Services sector ideally Accountancy
* Works well with others in the team and acts as a role model, setting high standards of quality and demonstrating commitment to self–development. Uses knowledge to support his or her own team and transfers skills in areas of expertise.
* Communicates effectively with people and team members alike, with a high degree of commitment to customer service. Communicates with clarity, sets clear objectives for team members that are aligned to business plans, monitors and assesses performance, providing timely feedback and support as necessary. Shows diplomacy.
* Develops and maintains strong, collaborative, long term relationships with the business, ensuring needs are anticipated, expectations managed and feedback sought. Takes action to break down silo barriers', working across disciplines and functions. Well–developed interpersonal skills.
* Demonstrates effective decision making, aligned to local and national plans, to satisfy a range of stakeholder needs and overcoming potential barriers, including deadlines and incompleteness of information.
* Demonstrates an ability to analyse and prioritise situations from an operational perspective, including the impact on business operations.
* Demonstrates a commitment to change, implementing and leading change projects within the team, where relevant.
* Promotes the firm's values and beliefs, demonstrating integrity and maintaining an ethical stance, using flexibility and tact to express views as necessary.
* Flexibility; the applicant must appreciate the occasional need for out of hours and weekend work as well as being in contact out of office hours to support this level of serviceability