Project, Programme, Portfolio Manager Consultant (Financial Services)

Our Delivery Team is PAs Centre of Excellence for all project programme and portfolio capability. The team has a great reputation for realising high value outcomes for our clients by supporting and leading delivery across the most critical projects programmes and portfolios. Developing meaningful and long-standing partnerships with our clients the team also has an extensive track record of providing crucial advisory services and building delivery capability and delivery excellence for client teams at all levels.

Our growing team covers the full spectrum of delivery expertise. Our experience ranges from supporting highly complex business transformations to delivering infrastructure and engineering projects through to providing deep technical expertise on IT and technology driven change. We are able to provide deep sector insight and bring fresh perspectives to delivery challenges.

Some example of our exciting assignments include:

• Helping a Tier 1 Global Bank transform their delivery organisation from traditional ways of working to using Scaled Agile
• Driving assurance and digital modernisation for a leading cyber risk and specialist insurance firm
• Leading a Tier 1 UK Bank to implement an agile operating model helping them to be more competitive and digital
• Leading the work to help a Tier 2 UK Bank outsource their payments capability to a third party SaaS cloud service
• Delivering a major critical national infrastructure programme which underpins the UK industry a for a European Central Bank

Qualifications :

We are looking for candidates with the potential to become future leaders within the firm.  Our Portfolio and Programme Management team go beyond being process experts.  We are seeking candidates who demonstrate Technical and SME specialisms which to us is just as important as PM knowledge. 

Candidates must be able to evidence being able to get close to content / SME knowledge within a specific sub sector bringing specific experience in one or more of:

• Payments and Critical Financial Infrastructure
• General insurance and London/Lloyds Markets
• Life & Pensions
• Retail Corporate & Commercial Banking (e.g. lending payments capital markets etc)
• Wealth and Asset Management
• Financial Market Regulation and Compliance (e.g. DORA AML Solvency II etc)
• Risk - Cyber security Operational Resilience Data Privacy Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM)

General skills and experience:

• Core experience of delivery in project and programme environments with an understanding of delivery/change methodologies processes techniques and common challenges
• A track record of realising business benefits and outcomes
• The ability to demonstrate leadership skills in large and diverse project teams
• Ability to work across multiple levels of an organisation
• An aptitude for delivering creative and ingenious solutions

We are looking for project programme and portfolio consultants who ideally have experience in at least three of:

• Leading teams to deliver large-scale transformation ensuring seamless execution from strategy to implementation.
• Leading the design and implementation of digital strategies helping organisations to modernise operations enhance customer experience and achieve competitive advantage
• Experience in delivery of Digital Innovation Data Cloud Digital Customer Experience and AI transformation
• Experience of delivering large-scale complex novel programmes e.g. development of new regulations Fintech innovation and start-up Digital Currency etc.
• Technical delivery management experience; leading complex technology delivery e.g. Mobile Application Network and Infrastructure solutions
• Ability to operate at the intersect of agile and traditional waterfall delivery (hybrid change delivery)
• Experience in helping clients design / build competency and capability in change delivery
• Ex Consultancy and / or strong financial services industry background

Our Delivery consultants are expected to be hands-on working together with our clients to bring energy direction and expertise in helping to solve the most difficult delivery challenges. Whether it be facilitating workshops providing detailed project planning or managing senior stakeholders we pride ourselves on partnering with clients providing a service that delivers real and long lasting value.

Apply today by completing our online application.

Additional Information :

Life At PA encompasses our peoples experience at PA. Its about how we enrich peoples working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work. 

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams and support our communities to deliver insight and impact solving the worlds most complex challenges. Were focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self. 

Find out more about Life at PA here. 

We are dedicated to supporting the physical emotional social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits: 

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days 
• Generous company pension scheme 
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives 
• Annual performance-based bonus 
• PA share ownership 
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work give as you earn) 

Were committed to advancing equality. We recruit retain reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age background disability genetic information parental or family status religion or belief race ethnicity nationality sex sexual orientation gender identity (or expression) political belief veteran status or by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups. 

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process at either application or interview please contact us.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time