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Job Title: Programme Manager
Duration: 12 months
Location: Edinburgh office – 3 days a week
Pay Rate: Umbrella: £777.01 – Inside IR35
Role Purpose:
Our client is looking for a Programme Manager who shapes, leads, directs and controls the delivery of complex, high risk and/or cross functional strategic programmes. Responsible for shaping and leading major change initiatives which implement business strategies. Optimises resources across the programme to ensure delivery to agreed business plans within cost, quality and timescale objectives, and to ensure that the benefits identified in the business case can be realised. Leads a team of change professionals as either a permanent or matrix project team.
Key Accountabilities:
• Programme/Project Set Up and Closure: Works with the business to define and agree programme structure and benefits and to confirm that outputs and outcomes will support their realisation.
• Governance and Reporting: Creates, implements and operates within an appropriate governance framework which aligns to the wider Group governance framework.
• Programme/Project Control and Delivery: Shapes, leads, directs and controls the delivery of complex, high risk and/or cross functional programmes, including pragmatic application of programme management methodologies, use of a clearly defined delivery roadmap and robust financial and risk management.
• Continuous Improvement: Drives continuous improvement to the Group’s strategic approach to managing change, including identifying best practice both internally and externally, and building the profile of the Group’s Change Management Community.
• Planning and Finance: Drives progress against the programme plan; understands, challenges and proactively manages the cost position; and acts to mitigate potential cost or time delays.
• Resource Management: Identifies and secures appropriate resources to work on the programme; defines clear roles and responsibilities for all team members including specific responsibility for production of all deliverables.
• Stakeholder Management: Leads the management/delivery of the Group’s wider Change portfolio through establishing effective relationships with key stakeholders. Responsible for building and maintaining key relationships with particular Divisions or Business Units.
• Influencing: Engages with a diverse group of senior stakeholders to influence strategic direction of key programmes to meet business goals and support benefits realisation. Typically up to and including Senior Exec/Divisional Board level.
• People and Self Development: Provides team leadership to Change professionals, developing colleagues through challenging objectives, feedback and coaching. This may be with a permanent team or a matrix structure across multiple locations. Contributes to the development and performance of the wider PM community, including identifying opportunities for colleagues in line with future skill and resourcing requirements and sharing best practice approaches.
• Risk: Continuously evaluates programmes/projects for financial and people risk and regulatory compliance and takes appropriate steps to mitigate.
• Group Values: Role models HSBC Group values and behaviour and encourages this across the Change community, through visible leadership and by example.
Knowledge & Experience:
Qualifications:
• A high quality degree level education with first class academic track record - Required
• A professional project/programme management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2) - Desirable
• Fund Administration Experience - Desirable
Additional Knowledge & Skills:
• Expert in Change Management Principles
• Expert in Project & Programme Methodology
• Ability to operate and influence at senior level
• Ability to demonstrate leadership of people and teams on a daily basis
• Excellent organisational skills, credibility with senior stakeholders & self-starter who can operate on own initiative
• In depth knowledge of investment administration industry, as well as sectors in which our clients operate (e.g. life companies, sovereign wealth, asset management, pension funds)
• Flexibility and adaptability
Experience:
• Financial Services experience, specifically senior change/operational role(s) in Fund Administration or Asset Management is highly desirable
• Significant delivery track record with experience of successful portfolio and programme delivery
• Experience of team leadership and ability to drive and maintain strategic direction
• Experience of managing a transformation programme, within a Change Delivery environment
If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfill your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.
Please note, in the event of a high volume of applications for this role, we will not be able to respond to each individual applicant. Unfortunately, if you have not been contacted within 7 days we will not be progressing with your application. Thank you for your understanding
Duration: 12 months
Location: Edinburgh office – 3 days a week
Pay Rate: Umbrella: £777.01 – Inside IR35
Role Purpose:
Our client is looking for a Programme Manager who shapes, leads, directs and controls the delivery of complex, high risk and/or cross functional strategic programmes. Responsible for shaping and leading major change initiatives which implement business strategies. Optimises resources across the programme to ensure delivery to agreed business plans within cost, quality and timescale objectives, and to ensure that the benefits identified in the business case can be realised. Leads a team of change professionals as either a permanent or matrix project team.
Key Accountabilities:
• Programme/Project Set Up and Closure: Works with the business to define and agree programme structure and benefits and to confirm that outputs and outcomes will support their realisation.
• Governance and Reporting: Creates, implements and operates within an appropriate governance framework which aligns to the wider Group governance framework.
• Programme/Project Control and Delivery: Shapes, leads, directs and controls the delivery of complex, high risk and/or cross functional programmes, including pragmatic application of programme management methodologies, use of a clearly defined delivery roadmap and robust financial and risk management.
• Continuous Improvement: Drives continuous improvement to the Group’s strategic approach to managing change, including identifying best practice both internally and externally, and building the profile of the Group’s Change Management Community.
• Planning and Finance: Drives progress against the programme plan; understands, challenges and proactively manages the cost position; and acts to mitigate potential cost or time delays.
• Resource Management: Identifies and secures appropriate resources to work on the programme; defines clear roles and responsibilities for all team members including specific responsibility for production of all deliverables.
• Stakeholder Management: Leads the management/delivery of the Group’s wider Change portfolio through establishing effective relationships with key stakeholders. Responsible for building and maintaining key relationships with particular Divisions or Business Units.
• Influencing: Engages with a diverse group of senior stakeholders to influence strategic direction of key programmes to meet business goals and support benefits realisation. Typically up to and including Senior Exec/Divisional Board level.
• People and Self Development: Provides team leadership to Change professionals, developing colleagues through challenging objectives, feedback and coaching. This may be with a permanent team or a matrix structure across multiple locations. Contributes to the development and performance of the wider PM community, including identifying opportunities for colleagues in line with future skill and resourcing requirements and sharing best practice approaches.
• Risk: Continuously evaluates programmes/projects for financial and people risk and regulatory compliance and takes appropriate steps to mitigate.
• Group Values: Role models HSBC Group values and behaviour and encourages this across the Change community, through visible leadership and by example.
Knowledge & Experience:
Qualifications:
• A high quality degree level education with first class academic track record - Required
• A professional project/programme management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2) - Desirable
• Fund Administration Experience - Desirable
Additional Knowledge & Skills:
• Expert in Change Management Principles
• Expert in Project & Programme Methodology
• Ability to operate and influence at senior level
• Ability to demonstrate leadership of people and teams on a daily basis
• Excellent organisational skills, credibility with senior stakeholders & self-starter who can operate on own initiative
• In depth knowledge of investment administration industry, as well as sectors in which our clients operate (e.g. life companies, sovereign wealth, asset management, pension funds)
• Flexibility and adaptability
Experience:
• Financial Services experience, specifically senior change/operational role(s) in Fund Administration or Asset Management is highly desirable
• Significant delivery track record with experience of successful portfolio and programme delivery
• Experience of team leadership and ability to drive and maintain strategic direction
• Experience of managing a transformation programme, within a Change Delivery environment
If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfill your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.
Please note, in the event of a high volume of applications for this role, we will not be able to respond to each individual applicant. Unfortunately, if you have not been contacted within 7 days we will not be progressing with your application. Thank you for your understanding
Reference: 53352577
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