Senior Project Manager

* Managing the implementation of new requirements through to acceptance and, rollout and support (including technical, legal, compliance/risk and financial work-streams)* Identify amendments in project objectives, with capacity to negotiate between core and future phasing in order to efficiently adhere to agreed delivery timeframes.* Planning, effort estimations, status reporting and project budget tracking* Drive issue resolution, enable reporting, and manage escalations.* Manage governance sessions at agreed frequency* Maximise resource utilisation* Drive continuous improvement across the team, working with other areas of the business* Manage the workload of the team ensuring the priorities are clearly understood across the board to maximise the progress flow* Support each individual in their learning and development, ensuring sound shared knowledge and positive attitude for a high performing team* Guide Project managers to manage the implementation of products and solutions from shaping requirements through to build, acceptance testing and rollout end-to-end.* Monitor and control project delivery while identifying, challenging and overcoming delays and obstacles* Effective prioritisation of projects/resources* Track and manage escalated issues from own team* Optimise recruitment, training and development and progression of employees* Monitoring the quality of the team’s performance and providing regular feedback against the agreed standards* Proven record of leadership skills and experience, putting stakeholders and employees at its core, combined with people skills (inspire to perform)* Adaptable to fit with the different teams profiles* A wealth of relevant experience in a project management, technical project management role* Experience of managing few projects simultaneously on complex topics* Strong stakeholder management skills* Highly organised, with experience of working with a project methodology* Strong understanding of scale agile* Focus on delivery with customer satisfaction as a core principle* Strong documentation and communication skills* A proven record of working in a fast paced environment* Bachelor\’s Degree or equivalent experience* Experience in team leadership* PM qualifications preferred or equivalent experience* Understanding or experience in payment (card, mobile, wallet…)* Experience mentoring PMs or contributing to PMO development #J-18808-Ljbffr