Senior Project Manager (Funds)

Description:

• The Senior Project Manager is responsible and fully accountable for identifying and managing.

• The resources to successfully carry out large, complex projects including individual systems development projects.

• Responsible and accountable for the delivery of agreed project outputs to the agreed time, cost and quality parameters within the agreed scope.

• Manages and coordinates the activity of specialists, technicians and analysts to ensure that tasks are performed that result in the project deliverable.

• Ensure the project and associated business case are scoped, initiated and approved according to required procedures.

• Ensure the project is planned in a manner that delivers to the required cost and quality and within the agreed scope, including appropriate milestone definition, work breakdown structure, dependencies, and assumptions.

• Ensure the project is resourced appropriately.

• Ensure the project work is executed and implemented according to the plan or any agreed changes to the plan and according to agreed project management standards.

• Ensure that requirements, plans, risks, issues, actions, costs, schedules, benefits, and other related project artefacts are documented, tracked and followed-up on.

• Ensure that the project work is compliant with documented standards, templates, and frameworks, and captured in agreed toolsets.

• Ensure project stakeholder awareness, engagement, and communication.

• Manage and lead project team members.

• Ensure the project closes according to required procedures.

• In General 6+ years of experience in managing complex medium sized to large projects.

• Demonstrable experience in leading projects to successful conclusions.

• Experience in a management role with P&L accountability.

• Experience in developing and tracking financial business cases.

• Relevant experience working in the capital markets industry.

• Proven ability to effectively assess and mitigate project risks and dependencies.

• Experienced in effectively communicating with and positively influencing project stakeholders and team members.

• Appropriate domain expertise.

Task and responsibilities:

As Senior Project Manager, you will be expected to deliver complex multi-locations projects with high-quality standards, and you will be responsible to:.

• Ensure successful implementation of IFS project(s) within project scope, budget and timeline.
• Analyze and manage project risks and issues in accordance to Client Executive Management risk appetite.

• Monitor and report the project progress to Executive Management and other portfolio governing body.
• Take full ownership of projects financials, reconcile, analyze gaps and explain discrepancies.
• Lead groups of business and IT stakeholders to agree on functional and or technical solutions to unblock complex situations.
• Chair project governing bodies and any project related forum.
• Manage and support business transitions (technical and planning) and ensure proper governance and controls are in place.
• Coach other junior project managers and support them in their day-to-day work, guide them through the methodology and way of working.

Mandatory skills and experiences:

• 8-15 years of proven track record in a similar role.

• Ideally project management certification, PMI, Prince 2, Agile PM or equivalent, with an IT background

• Experience within financial services, knowledge of the investment funds industry would be considered as a plus.

• Proficiency in written and spoken English; French/German or/and any other languages will be an asset.