Project Manager

Role: Project Manager

Location: Sheffield, UK (2-3 days from office)

Rate: 500- 525 GBP/Day (Inside IR35)

• Provide direct oversight of the programme(s)/ project(s)’, financial and outcome accountability, reporting to a Portfolio Manager within CTO.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders within IT, Global Businesses, Finance
• Work closely with their respective Portfolio Manager and their senior stakeholders to ensure alignment of their project/programme with the wider change portfolio and group strategy, values and behaviour.
• Provide board level overview of progress, lead and direct multidisciplinary teams across all global businesses, global functions and regions.
• Lead end to end execution and responsibility for all aspects of the project/programme, including definition, planning, execution & implementation, governance & control, financial, resource and change management.
• Provide financial analysis, including being able to contextualize financial data into business activities and conclusions.
• Ensure the adherence to financial processes and procedures at project/programme level, as set and communicated by HSBC Group, regulators and CTO PPM Practice.
• Own the identification and escalation of any budgetary related risks, issues and opportunities to portfolio/function as appropriate.
• Have responsibility for effective handover of the project/programme into Business-as-Usual operations to support effective benefits realisation.
• Have responsibility for deploying the Business Transformation Frameworks and respective methodologies within their Programme/Project and instilling good programme/project disciplines within their project and wider team.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

• 15+ years of relevant IT experience, with minimum 5+ years of experience in project and programme
• Excellent understanding and proven experience of Programme and Project Management methodologies including Waterfall and Agile.
• Ability to direct and influence people in a matrix orientated environment and establish working partnerships at a junior and senior organizational level.
• Proven experience of positive, challenging interactions with Senior Executives across the business.
• Outstanding relationship management, collaboration and influencing skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to communicate effectively and confidently at all levels across the Group.
• Change agent with proven ability of implementing large scale organizational, procedural, technology and people related change programmes.