Vice President, Senior Project Manager

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We aim to be the financial partner of choice for our clients, whatever their requirements, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.Please visit our website for more information – mufgemea.com.The Operations change function supports change across all operations systems and processes. The project is supporting the organisation in a key initiative enabling the EMEA regional strategy. The role is within a programme of work focused. The project will deliver a merger of 2 existing entities.**NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS**TBC**MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE**To plan, direct and govern the changes required to Operations systems and processes within the project structure, ensuring quality, outcomes, timelines and cost requirements are delivered. This includes ensuring compliance to the prescribed project delivery framework and ensuring that reporting obligations as defined within the project delivery framework are met.To scope the project and plan project delivery. The project being delivered will be both non-IT (including but not limited to creation of a new procedure or standard or new control(s); Redesign of a business process; Organizational change management; Regulatory impact assessments) and IT related (including but not limited to creation of or enhancements/revisions to an application, creating a database, or system migration).To design and recruit (from internal teams) the project delivery team. To matrix manage project delivery staff as regards their involvement on the project. To manage un-resourced roles in line with published rules and timelines (and minimize escalation except for valid exceptions e.g. re-prioritsation of resource with critical skills / on the project critical path)To engage all stakeholders of the project and operate effectively within established project governance using the guidelines in the project delivery framework. Ensure that escalation is into the relevant governance committees.To create the baseline plan and scope for the project. To oversee that project delivery adheres to agreed scope and baselined timeline. To re-plan and raise change controls without the project breaching approved budget / timeline etc. when change happens.To provide Change Management expertise to manage delivery, resolve conflict and mitigate change risk and advise the business on decisions relating to changeTo structure the project plan with meaningful milestones (following guidelines in the project delivery framework) that, when baselined, provide a basis to regular project reporting. Provide transparency as to project progress in regular project updates; ensuring that no project reporting data becomes \”stale\” or out of date. Ensure that reporting updates are meaningful to all project and programme stakeholders, not all of whom will be SME\’s in all aspects of the project. Provide executive summarized information when requested to Central PMO for inclusion in executive reporting about the project.To support portfolio manager in the delivery of portfolio strategy, including providing input into the required reporting forumsTo collaborate with key functional or business stakeholders to achieve clear outcomes / deliverables in relation to the portfolio book of work**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**Full lifecycle project management ensuring that the project being delivered is compliant to minimum quality standards defined in the project delivery policy / process / procedures. This includes being complete (in terms of data capture as specified in the toolset and documentation standards); current (no stale data as in missed dates); and accurate (maintained with the latest update). Responsibility for the project will be from initiation through to handover to business and project closure.* This will be through regular and proactive use of reporting provided by central PMO; and regular meetings with staff delivering the portfolio of work* Regular catch-up with peers / risk control owners in other departments who have vested interest in quality project delivery* Using golden source data to submit updates to oversight / executive committees instead of off-line data sources* Sign-off all deliverables assigned to the Project Manager roles in the project delivery lifecycle RACI and roles and responsibilities* Run and manage steering committees, working groups (cross functional) and ensure accountability of actions against timelines and responsible stakeholdersSupport the portfolio manager, who has overarching responsibility for the governance and delivery of all projects within the portfolio.Identify and understand issues, errors or concerns, swiftly and accurately and resolveproblems taking into account agreed policy, procedures and service needs.Carry out analysis and form clear recommendations and proposal on projects / programmes based on sound business rationale. Clearly articulate strategic imperatives and benefits of projects – describe complex problems and solutions in a compelling manner, influencing senior management. Ensure consensus and collaboration with project delivery partners. Be a trusted partner to stakeholders, central PMO and other departments ensuring updates are transparent and accurate; actions, risks, issues, dependencies are effectively managed through to completion.Run and manage project steering committees, working groups (cross functional) and ensure accountability for delivery of actions against planned timelines is clearly defined / executed.Define and track the delivery of project outcomes and benefits in order to justify the business case and decisions to prioritise the project for delivery. Engage, contract and manage third party vendors within the procurement policy and third party vendor management policy.Define and recruit (from internal teams) project delivery staff of the correct calibre to deliver success. Ensure that responsibilities are appropriately assigned and controlled. Ensure that project and steering staff have a clear understanding of their duties to ensure that project delivery is adequately monitored#J-18808-Ljbffr