Senior Analyst - Project Management (4-7 yrs)

Job Description

The role is a member of the Delivery team and supports the Head of Delivery by:- Providing professional project management for one or more projects concurrently- Being responsible for the successful delivery of projects as measured against project deliverables, timescale, commercial objectives and risk management.- Following a standard approach to project governance, including the reporting on the progress of projects.Main responsibilities and AccountabilitiesThe scope of work for which the Project Manager is responsible includes:- Those projects which are sufficiently large to warrant a named Programme and/or Project Manager(s) to be assigned.The role will have the following accountabilities:Strategy- To be able to clearly articulate the objectives and business need for the project, understanding the broader strategic fit for the project.- To make continuous improvement a priority, holding a solid grasp of project management principles, with experience in successfully advancing those principles.ExecutionTo lead and deliver projects, including:- Developing estimates and plans to create a baseline against which the project will be measured or bids will be made;- Proactively identifying and resolving issues which threaten successful delivery; - Initiating, controlling and closing projects.- Delivering projects within agreed budget, time and quality parameters;- Demonstrating clear understanding of the business requirements for each project, making ongoing decisions based on whats best for the organisation, challenging senior stakeholders on critical success factors if needed.- Managing all commercial aspects of the project including effective change control of requirements, deadlines and effort.- Managing resources in line with budgeted effort.- Resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate.- Ensuring there is an adequate understanding of the business risks inherent in the projects.- From time to time, supporting sales presentations to clientsGovernance and control- Establish and coordinate an effective Steering Group (or equivalent) to provide direction and support to resolve issues where necessary- Monitor and report (progress, risks, budgets, issues) with sufficient clarity and timeliness to enable stakeholders to monitor progress;- To establish systems and processes for planning, governance, reporting, communication, and budgets to ensure delivery to quality, time and cost requirements.- To support the maintenance and promotion of the small project management framework to enable other Profit Centres to manage those projects consistently and effectively.Stakeholder Management- To build and manage relationships with key stakeholders, particularly the Business and Executive Sponsors, both internal and external.- To work closely with the Client Delivery Managers to manage relationships with clients.- To collaborate with and build relationships with MGTI teams or third party suppliers where these are part of delivery teams. - To offer proactive support to non-project management specialists with responsibilities for managing projects.Experience and Education RequirementsEssential:- Experience of successfully completing the entire project lifecycle, from inception to implementation.- Ability to lead a cross functional, distributed team to deliver successfully- Track record of delivering to time, quality and budget.- Experience in client facing work.- Excellent influencing and negotiation skills.- Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Able to articulate complex messages with clarity and ease to all audiences and flex style as required.- Prudent risk taker.- Strong commercial awareness, including change management.- Ability to work to strict deadlines.- Ability to cope with high demand requirements of stakeholders.- Logical, innovative, methodical, collaborative and thorough approach to work.- Expertise in making high level decisions and implement operational plans.- Collaborative team player who can influence outcomes as well as work independently. Known as being a team player and achieving for the group rather than individual.Desirable:- Lean Six Sigma methodologies (Green Belt standard)- Experience of Agile development methodologies- Financial services background- Experience of Employee Benefits,

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customer relationsreportingbasisaccountslean six sigmadelivery of projectssix sigmachange controlagile developmentproject managementfinancial servicesproject governance