A leading Alternative Investment Management business is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a significant workstream of change to deliver an improved pooled fund operational platform to support the firm's expansion into Europe.
- Immediate 6 month contract with extensions beyond
- Hybrid working - 2 days in central London office a week
- New, key leadership role directly supporting the firm's European expansion strategy
Your Role:
Sitting in the COO, reporting to the Head of Change and Head of Operations you will play a key leadership role in scoping, mobilising and overseeing the delivery of a portfolio of Operational Change projects. Working with a small change team you will work hand-in-hand with the Heads oversee of Incident management, governance, processes, operational issues and tech issues.
Operating in part as a Programme Manager and Agile Consultant, partnering with key internal and external stakeholders you will:
- Set up projects and epics and ensure they are structured and well governed.
- Lead multiple streams across both business and technology change to deliver the required capabilities
- Ensure adherence to best practices and audit compliance for delivery, change control and risk containment.
- Ensure all benefits are clearly identified, tracked and realised
- Prepare, monitor and control the budget and management reporting across the programme.
- Ensure delivery involves successful collaboration across Product Management, Business Stakeholders, IT Teams, Tech Ops, PMO and other teams.
Your Profile:
The successful candidate will have a methodical, detailed and process driven approach and a proven track record of delivering a Operational change portfolio of projects. You will also have:
- Extensive Programme/Project Management experience gained with an Asset Management business
- A strong understanding and experience of Investment Management operations
- Experience of Agile/iterative delivery methodologies, e.g. SAFe, Scrum
- PRINCE2 or other formal project methodology experience
- Sound understanding of IT software and infrastructure
- Experience of running projects which introduce organisational and process change to business functions
- A proactive, consultative work approach. Comfortable "rolling up your sleeves" and getting stuck into the analysis and delivery but equally possess the gravitas and confidence presenting to senior level stakeholders
If you are an experienced Programme**/Project Manager with a proven track record of delivering a portfolio of operational change projects for an asset manager** then please get in touch or apply directly below!
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