Manages large-scale business and technology change projects from inception through warranty or exit. Develops multi-workstream plans, controls delivery, leads employees and third parties through organizational change, and manages stakeholders, dependencies, risks, issues, and conflicts. Builds relationships with sponsors, executives, SMEs, and business stakeholders while communicating progress, influencing decisions, negotiating priorities, and ensuring successful business outcomes.
Job Description
Project Manager - Change
London
£65,000 - £85,000 + bonus and benefits
- Experience managing successful business and technology change projects (£multi-million) in Financial Services or for a government or regulatory body, managing employees and 3rd parties in a matrix, from inception through to end of warranty / exit criteria achieved.
- Experience shaping business ideas and initiatives into detailed project plans for multi-workstream delivery to achieve business outcomes.
- Experience of planning and controlling project delivery
- Experienced at leading people through structural, procedural and cultural change, gaining commitment to new ways of working.
- Ability to build working relationships with sponsors, accountable executives, key business stakeholders and business SMEs
- Politically savvy, able to balance conflicting strategies, priorities and personalities, resilient and tenacious to ensure delivery whilst managing conflict
- Analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, identifying and managing dependencies, risks and issues to ensure successful delivery.
- Excellent communication skills, able to engage with all levels of the organisation, providing timely and meaningful communications to update status, share progress and manage expectations of stakeholders
- Able to use influencing and negotiating techniques.
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Manage multi-million-pound business and technology change projects from inception through warranty or exit. Develop detailed multi-workstream plans, control delivery, manage employees and third parties, and lead structural, procedural, and cultural change. Build relationships with sponsors, executives, stakeholders, and subject matter experts while resolving conflicts, dependencies, risks, and issues. Communicate progress clearly, manage expectations, and use influencing and negotiation skills to achieve business outcomes.
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