You will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of transformation programmes in Investment Banking, defining, implementing and managing strategies. You will independently own delivery of programmes and manage multi-disciplinary teams. You will work closely with clients to develop an understanding of their business strategy, ensuring that the programme infrastructure is managed to provide agreed levels of service.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the project management services within complex, significant and high risk programmes as defined and sold to high profile and strategic clients
• Monitor and control resources, revenue and capital costs against the project budget and manage expectations of all project stakeholders
• Actively hires, develops and retains the best talent within their specialism
• Deliver extensible, on-time solutions and contribute to the development of high-performance teams through continuous process improvement and mentorship
• Build long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders and maintain strong understanding of the clients’ industry and business
• Set the direction and lead in the introduction and use of techniques, methodologies and tools, to match overall business requirements (both current and future).
• Specialist in strategic consultancy, covering new and/or specialised offerings, assisting clients in the formation of IT and project strategies, and acting to ensure that they are offered services aligned to these strategies
• Actively monitor emerging technologies and market trends, identifies process improvements, and contribute to project management standards and definition of best practice at the programme level.
• Facilitate scoping and business priority setting for large or complex programme changes, obtaining formal agreement from a large and diverse range of potentially senior stakeholders and recipients to the scope and requirements, plus able to establish a base-line on which delivery of a solution can commence
• Partnering and aligning with the core team members including sales, operations, information technology and technical leads to facilitate the identified solution
• Assists sales with pre-sales activity. Reviews new business proposals and provides advice on compliance issues

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience
• One or more industry certifications e.g. Prince 2, PMP etc.

Skills

• Excellent client management skills
• Transfer Agency/Investment Banking Experience required
• Experience deliverying complex Transformation programmes
• Excellent people management skills - introducing and building ways in which people can learn from each other, encouraging mentoring and the transfer of knowledge by designing and delivering learning interventions
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience in initiating open and candid relationships with people at all levels
• Team work and emotional intelligence
• Good self-management – continuous performance is both an objective and a mind-set
• Has an innovative approach – a bold thinker and doer, matching creativity with vigilance

Experience

• Advanced level of general overall programme management expertise with a strong background in managing programmes whilst providing leadership to teams
• Experience in negotiating with internal and external stakeholders to advance the interests of the organisation and developing strategies and action plans that reflect an in-depth understanding and assessment of client issues
• Experience of introducing new concepts or strategies that significantly improve or revise the way business is done through to implementation.
• Evidence of in-depth application/technology and domain knowledge and viewed as an expert in multiple areas.
• Strong knowledge of emerging technologies and market trends and able to assess impact on business strategies, benefits and risks.
• Extensive experience with all stages of the product development lifecycle (concept to launch).
• Experience in hiring, developing and retaining the best talent.

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ours peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo