Job Description
The Project Manager role will support Credit Risk Management in the delivery of technology for the Bank's Credit Risk platform and reporting.
• Ability to manage, influence and engage senior (Managing Directors and Directors) stakeholders from the Business, Risk and Infrastructure Functions
• Ability to interpret new regulations and partner with business to drive requirements identification
• Lead strategic IT articulation & decision making around IT architecture and data models to address implementation requirements
• End to end management of infrastructure delivery, working closely with Business and Risk counterparts to support any required new business process
• Coordinate across global platforms for Market Risk Management to ensure that required changes are planned and implemented
• Day to day program management to ensure delivery requirements are met
• Planning of implementation roadmap, including articulating development estimates
• Working with Application Services to maintain both momentum and client interaction through the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)
• Face off to Production Support personnel around issues, risks, production problems, product direction and complexity and build their understanding of requirements to help production scale support team appropriately
• Financial Management understanding and tracking to ensure program remains on budget
• Organisation around administration for weekly reports & tracking overall progress of the program
• Ensure dependencies from other functions are identified and managed appropriately to ensure seamless delivery
Qualifications
• Preferred: Educated to degree level
• Preferred: PMP/PgMPSM or equivalent accreditation
• Preferred: Understanding of Agile/Scrum methodology
• Experience in delivering new or changed IT infrastructure for large, complex, multi-business/multi-functional programs
• Full understanding of the SDLC
• Proficient Stakeholder / Sponsor management
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Motivated to 'get the job done'
• Structured in approach and well organised
• Ability/experience in negotiation of external technology vendor contracts
• 5 years+ managing projects/programs
• 3 years+ managing complex programs
• 5 years+ within the IT Industry, preferably in Investment Banking IT
• Managed / worked with offshore based development teams
• Experience in matrix management & influencing others
• Experience in Credit Risk IT, Equities, Fixed Income
• Proven experience working in an Investment Bank
