Project Manager (Banking)

6 month contract, scope to extend

Inside IR35, -400 - -435 P/D

2 days on site per week in Knutsford

Purpose of the role
Focused on delivering individual projects, ensuring completion within scope, time, and budget with a more immediate focus.

To be successful as a Project Manager, you should have experience with:

• Ability to operate independently at senior level, supporting leaders with clear analysis, options and recommendations to drive effective decisions.
• Communication with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners, to ensure that they are informed about project progress and that their needs and expectations are being met.
• Production of ExCo ready progress reporting, providing clear assurance that proposed solutions are being delivered on time and within approved budgets.
• Management of project risks, ensuring that risk, assumptions, issues and dependencies are identified, assessed, and mitigated as necessary.
• Facilitation of change management activities, including training and communication, to ensure that change projects are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.
• Demonstrated experience in leading, mentoring and coaching colleagues across complex initiatives.
• Enterprise agile capability required, with experience applying agile at scale across complex, multi?initiative portfolios.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• PMP or Prince2 Practitioner certification mandatory
• Extensive experience in Project Manager role managing projects with large complexity, business-critical and cross-functional teams spanning multiple regions and functions.
• Seasoned Project Manager with strong visual communication capability required, with proven and exceptional PowerPoint skills and the ability to help stakeholders visualise complex concepts, journeys and decisions clearly.

Accountabilities

• Scope Management: Manages a single project with specific, defined objectives, deadlines, and deliverables. Their focus is on completing the project on time, within scope, and on budget.
• Strategic Focus: Operates more tactically, focusing on day-to-day management of resources, schedules, and deliverables for their individual project.
• Time Horizon: Works with a shorter, more defined timeframe as projects have a set beginning and end.
• Stakeholder Management: Primarily manages stakeholders related to their specific project, ensuring communication and expectations are clear for the project''s deliverables.
• Risk and Issue Management: Focuses on risks and issues specific to their project and works to mitigate them within the project''s scope.
• Resource Management: Manages resources for their individual project, ensuring that the project team has the necessary skills, tools, and time to complete the work.
• Financial Management: Focuses on managing the budget of their specific project, ensuring it is completed within the financial constraints.
• Metrics: Measures success based on the timely completion of project deliverables within scope, time, and budget.
• Change Management: Manages changes that directly impact their specific project, including scope changes, timelines, or resource allocation adjustments.