Programme Manager
Programme Manager
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Job Description
Job Description
We are a global investment company that helps clients and customers to plan save and invest for the future. By doing so we enable our clients and customers to be better investors. Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make abrdn a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industrys best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients customers colleagues shareholders and society.
abrdn comprises three businesses Investments Adviser and interactive investor (ii) each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients evolving needs.
Investments manages 368bn of client assets offering investment capabilities built on the strength of our insights from wideranging research worldwide investment expertise and local market knowledge.
Adviser provides financial planning solutions and technology to over half of the UKs financial advisers enabling them to create value for their businesses and clients.
ii the UKs secondlargest directtoconsumer investment platform helps over 430000 individual customers to plan save and invest in the way that works best for them
About the Department
Our Adviser business provides comprehensive financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers. This includes our awardwinning openarchitecture platforms Wrap and Elevate. The Adviser Change team is at the forefront of our business transformation supporting the development of these platforms as well as driving the broader change agenda for abrdns Adviser business.
About the Role
As a Programme Manager within the Adviser Change team you will lead a crossfunctional team to sustain and radically transform our endtoend Adviser business. This is an exciting opportunity to drive the successful delivery of strategic projects that shape the future of our platform solutions. You will be reporting to the Head of Delivery and will operate within a matrixbased delivery structure coordinating horizontal delivery workstreams and vertical transition states. Your role will be essential in ensuring the successful delivery of complex change programmes on time within scope and on budget.
Key Responsibilities
Lead overall programme delivery including constituent projects workstreams and releases ensuring adherence to time budget and scope.
Champion programme and project management disciplines including planning resourcing scheduling monitoring reporting and managing risks issues and dependencies.
Develop an effective programme organisation structure with clear roles and responsibilities managing daytoday activities of assignees.
Oversee programme budget and expenditure management.
Ensure quality delivery outcomes for each project/release ensuring all relevant standards are met.
Report and present programme status to Steering Group senior management and stakeholders.
Drive high performance within the Programme & Project Management team by mentoring and motivating Project Managers.
Foster a professional collegiate workplace engaging with colleagues to create a positive working environment.
About the Candidate
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
Essential Skills and Experience
Proven leadership experience with a strong blend of Business and IT delivery.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with experience influencing senior sponsors business leaders and steering group meetings.
Extensive experience managing thirdparty deliveries in complex environments.
Demonstrable experience with platform change delivery.
Prior experience with the FNZ platform.
Industry experience in Financial Services/Asset Management/Banking/Investment preferred
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.
Our benefits
Theres more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn get involved and be supported.
When you join us your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days annual leave a 16 employer pension contribution a discretionary performance based bonus (where applicable) private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits including gym discounts season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefitshere.
Our business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas our vectors of growth focused on our clients changing needs. You can find out more about what we dohere.
An inclusive way of working
Whatever way you like to work if you have the talent and commitment to join our team wed like to hear from you.
At abrdn weve adopted a blended working approach. This approach combines the benefits of facetoface collaboration coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles their teams our clients and our business.
Were committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds experience cognitive and neurodiversity age gender gender identity sexual orientation disability religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.
If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
