Responsibilities:

• Ensure projects have defined objectives and goals which are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely
• Ensure projects follow appropriate governance and compliance processes and any deviations are captured, communicated and approved via the appropriate channels
• Ensure projects deliver the benefits on time, to budget and with the appropriate level of quality
• Ensure that resources providing project governance are aware of their roles and responsibilities
• Ensure that progress is measured against the schedule, that corrective action is taken and that project governance is operated via regular status reporting and various monthly/quarterly steering group meetings
• Manage trade-offs between scope, quality, time and cost in accordance with the Critical Success Factors as projects progress
• Manage production of required project deliverables as defined in the project plan.
• Identify and manage changes to the project’s scope, ensuring that impact assessments are undertaken, that appropriate authorisation is secured and that adjustments to plans are made and communicated to all stakeholders
• Implement clear escalation procedures, identify and manage project issues and risks, and ensure that contingency plans are prepared and actioned in a timely fashion Where issues will take the project outside of project or stage tolerance, prepare an exception plan for approval by the steering group and, upon approval, action the plan in a timely manner
• Increase the accuracy of project estimates after the initiation phase, ensure that correct contingency levels are applied and adjusted throughout the project, and that the contingency budget is managed rather than consumed
• Ensure that the appropriate communication is in place to the relevant individuals/parties as identified in the communications plan
• Ensure that all projects and project deliverable are documented in sufficient detail to facilitate internal and external audits
• Identify, plan and manage cross project dependencies, particularly where there is resource contention and apply release management in conjunction and cooperation with the other project managers

Qualifications

Skills:

• A recognised PM qualification is desirable but not mandatory
• Good knowledge of formal project management methodologies including a solid understanding of when and where both soft and hard skills are appropriate
• Ability to manage projects in a dynamic development environment
• Ability to manage stakeholder personalities; ability to persuade, influence and direct the business community and keep key users onside and bought-in
• Highly organised, extremely goal oriented mindset; logical, thorough and detail-oriented
• Strong knowledge of MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word required
• Articulate, with strong visualisation & presentation skills
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent from a recognised university
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills 
• Self-starter and ability to run business workshops

Experience:

• Experience of project delivery over with at least 6 years’ experience of working as a Project manager 
• Experience of the financial services &/or the insurance sector a distinct advantage
• Experience working in an international environment, managing cultural and language challenges
• Experience of working with outsource providers with an on/offshore model
• Experience in a similar role for a blue chip organization 

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