Project Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne

Working Pattern: Hybrid (3-days in the office required)

As a Project Manager you will be responsible for the end-to-end management of projects to contracted time, quality, and budget requirements. This will involve leadership of a distributed project team in multiple locations, and the proactive identification, management and resolution of risks and issues throughout the full project lifecycle. The role requires a background in technology with experience in leading large projects ideally within the financial services industry. As a Project Manager at FNZ you will be involved in the delivery of a combination of large-scale projects and a collection of multiple smaller projects. This is a heavy client facing role and requires the ability to build strong relationships with customers.

Specific Role Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of the project through the full project lifecycle, from initiation through to implementation.
• Ensure the project delivers in-line with the FNZ Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC) and associated quality controls are met.
• Create and maintain an end to end project plan that delivers the agreed scope of the project to time, budget and quality criteria.
• Ensure all build scope is understood through approved designs and specifications in accordance with the SDLC.
• Be actively involved in the delivery of each project by coordinating the day to day running of the project to ensure it achieves its expected milestones.
• Take accountability for working with all FNZ Directorates/areas to agree scope, timelines and artefacts in order to ensure delivery of the project in line with overall agreed plan.
• Take accountability for the overall estimating process for a project, and work collaboratively with the Solution Consultant, Delivery Manager, and the Test Manager to estimate the work effort required to deliver the project scope within the agreed timescales and budgets.
• Maintain accurate project status and project financial reporting for the entire project team.
• Provide timely, precise, accurate and comprehensive project MI both internally and externally to FNZ customers.
• Understand the FNZ products and technology to identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies through the full project lifecycle.
• Build mitigation plans for all risks and issues, and take ownership for ensuring these mitigation plans are executed, or escalated as appropriate.
• Understand the commercial environment FNZ operates within and identify any changes which might impact FNZ commercially in advance to the Client Director.
• Have strong relationships with 3rd party suppliers and ensure they are engaged appropriately and contracts are in place and managed to ensure the required outcomes for FNZ.
• Manage all operational readiness activities associated to the project, ensuring that the appropriate training and handovers take place ahead of go-live.
• Undertake post implementation reviews and ensure that lessons learned are captured and shared with the rest of the PM community.
• Lead and motivate a virtual team in multiple locations, communicating project progress, and ensuring all team members take accountability for delivery.
• Motivate, mentor and encourage project team members to utilise themselves to their full potential and take accountability for their assigned work.
• Create a culture of continuous improvement on the project, support process improvement initiatives, and identify new process improvements.
• Swiftly resolve any conflicts within the project team and/or related stakeholders both within and out with FNZ.
• Be an active member of the PM community within FNZ, contributing to team sessions and sharing best practice and lessons learned.
• Manage the impact of all regulatory changes and ensure future change is built into project plans so FNZ clients have a compliant platform.
• Ensure that CASS compliance is considered and adhered to in all platform change projects.

Experience Required

• A minimum of 4 years’ experience in leading the delivery of large projects, preferably but not essential software implementations within Financial Services.
• Prior experience managing 3rd party suppliers.
• Experience of managing stakeholders to executive levels.
• Confident, and able to take initiative given client and delivery focused environment.
• Commercially aware.
• Excellent organisational, administration and time management skills.
• Good team communication skills, confident in dealing with internal and external clients.
• Highly developed written and oral communication skills.
• Superior analytical thinking and problem solving.
• Certification(s) such as Prince 2.

Please note that the closing date for applications is May 13th. Early applications are encouraged, as the process may close earlier if sufficient interest is received.

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations.