Our client is a highly recognisable financial services / banking entity with a significant technology hub in Dublin. This is an excellent opportunity to take on large projects in an R&D and Innovation environment. You will have excellent Programme/Project delivery skills with cross functional and geographically distributed teams. You will have experience dealing with executive stakeholders. You will have a track record delivering technology projects in a global setting.
Role Responsibilities
• Ensures that the project and associated business case are scoped, initiated and approved according to required procedures.
• Plans the project in a manner that delivers the component project outputs as and when needed to support the intended value of the business case.
• Ensures that the development teams, testers and business analysts execute and implement according to the plan or any agreed changes to the plan, and according to agreed programme management standards.
• Ensures relevant and appropriate analysis gets performed, shaped in appropriate management information and presented to the relevant governance bodies and steering board.
• Ensures that project relevant risks, issues, actions, costs, schedules, benefits and other related artifacts are documented and tracked.
• Ensures an appropriate project steering group is in place and reports into that group on a regular basis with risk and dependency status, and recommendations on any required decisions.
• Ensures that the project work is compliant with documented standards, templates, and frameworks, and captured in agreed toolsets.
• Engages on a regular basis with the sponsor and stakeholders and ensures broad awareness, engagement, and communication.
• Provides recommended decisions and/or mitigation strategies for identified issues and risks.
• Dynamically ensures that appropriate contingencies are available for risks likely to be realised.
• Has a broad awareness of dependencies that could impact value realisation, and engages with relevant counterparts to ensure dependencies don’t jeopardise committed business benefits.
• Analyses, identifies, and appraises risks and issues that impact the realisation of the committed business case and either resolves them or proposes a mitigation as appropriate.
• Proposes to stop the project when it becomes clear that the intended benefits will not be realised.
• Ensures that the project closes according to required procedures.
• Ensures compliance of projects to the Programme Governance Framework.
• Understands both Waterfall and Agile delivery methods and adheres to their standards.
Experience/Exposure
• Experience in a leadership/management role with material P&L accountability.
• Relevant experience working in the Financial Services industry.
• Proven experience in Technology delivery projects.
• Proven ability to effectively assess and mitigate project risks and dependencies.
• Experienced in effectively communicating with and positively influencing diverse stakeholders and team members.
• Appropriate domain expertise.
Education/Certification
• Undergraduate Technology degree from an accredited college or university (or equivalent diploma/work experience).
• PRINCE 2 foundation and practitioner
To apply for the Technical Project Manager (Financial / Banking) role please click on apply now or contact Hugh McCarthy on 01 662 1000.
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