Senior Project Manager in Edinburgh

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Job Type: Permanent

Location: Edinburgh/ Alderley Park (Manchester)

Number of hours: 40 hours per week – full time

Ready to utilize your experience and expertise in Project Management. We have an exciting role for you – Senior Project Manager.

Careers at TCS: It means more. TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

Build strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders. Gain access to endless learning opportunities. Work closely with the range of teams within the business to bring products to life.

The Role: As a senior project manager you will be responsible for delivering a major, multi‑year transformation that will transition outsourced administration and servicing back into Customer organization, bringing critical operations, data, people, and technology in‑house. The programme will deliver the transfer of colleagues and operational capability, the migration of policies to Customer organization strategic target platforms, and the transition of other platforms, supporting technologies including telephony, workflow and CRM solutions. You should have proven experience in large‑scale transitions or complex change environments can navigate operational, technical and people‑centric change to ensure a smooth, well‑governed and high‑quality transition.

Key responsibilities:

• You are responsible to lead our most complex and critical initiatives.
• Apply best project management practice to ensure outcomes are delivered to time, cost and quality objectives.
• Provide leadership to the delivery team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.
• Define and agree required level of project resource needed for successful project delivery.
• Manage risks and issues, understanding a wider risk context associated with the business and the delivery.
• Build a collaborative relationship with 3rd parties to manage delivery, costs and maximise value.
• Implement appropriate level of Governance in-line with Group methods.
• Cost control on the project and understanding the impact this has on Group-wide financial performance and value to the customer.
• Coach and mentor other Project Managers in the team, potential with people management responsibilities.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the ways of working within our change delivery environment.

Your Profile:

• Extensive demonstrable experience of delivering complex projects within financial services.
• The ability to solve and unblock issues within teams or departments.
• An adaptable approach to communicating across all levels in the organization.
• The skills to build consensus between organisations or highly independent and diverse stakeholders.
• Proactivity and future thinking around the management and control of project costs and benefits.
• Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate, and enhance performance within a cross-functional environment.
• Experience of leading project teams, building and maintaining the trust, confidence, commitment and collaboration of others.
• Experience of working on integration programme or project, or platform migrations is highly desirable.