Senior Project Manager
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Senior Project Manager
Join a team wherePurposedrives everything we doAmbitionfuels our growthTrustbuilds our foundation andRespectshapes our culture.
Were not just hiring were inviting you tobuild the futurewith us. If youre curious driven and ready to leave your mark this is your invitation to make your next move.
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: 35 hours per week is full time. Where possible we are open to considering part time/flexible working patterns. Please let us know in your application your desired working pattern.
Salary: From 59450 - 72262 (dependent on your skills and experience)
Location: London
Reporting to: Head of Portfolio Delivery
By joining our team youll enjoy the best of both worlds hybrid working and the collaboration of a great office environment. Our permanent hybrid policy sees us all working at least four days across a fortnight in the office. As well as extensive opportunities for personal and career development.
Purpose of the role:
As a Senior Project Manager youll use your extensive project and change management skills to safely deliver complex and high risk changes across people process and technology throughout our organisation. Youll be responsible for working on behalf of senior leaders in the organisation to take projects from proposal through to full delivery of outcomes and enabling the realisation of benefits. Youll play a pivotal role leading project team to deliver key strategic outcomes on time within budget whilst maintaining a high level of quality and working within our risk appetite.
What Youll Do:
Youll lead project planning scheduling controlling and reporting activities for strategic high impact high risk projects.
Working with sponsors finance the PMO and other key stakeholders to develop gain approval and monitor compelling business cases for your projects taking swift action where costs benefits or risk exceeds agreed tolerances.
Youll lead projects from end to end ensuring they are clearly scoped well governed and delivered on time to budget and to quality.
Youll bring together cross functional teams proactively manage risks issues and dependencies and maintain strong oversight of costs and resources.
Youll provide clear accurate reporting on progress and performance and use your experience to drive continuous improvement and support the development of junior members of the team.
To be considered for this role youll need to show us that youve got the skills and capabilities. Youll have to meet the following minimum criteria:
Minimum Criteria
Demonstrable experience of delivering complex high-risk projects across people process and technology.
Extensive experience of applying project management disciplines in a pragmatic and flexible way including detailed project planning risk and issue management and maintaining business cases.
Proven ability to lead and motivate cross-functional project teams.
Demonstrable experience of effectively managing third party suppliers and delivery partners to ensure contractual performance quality outcomes and value for money.
Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders secure decisions and clear present complex information in a clear and simple way.
Experiencing managing multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities.
A recognised project management qualification such as PRINCE2 MSP Agile PM APM or equivalent alongside practical experience of applying these frameworks.
Why Youll Love Working With Us:
We are a values led organisation. Our values define our culture influence our decisions and underpin our vision and strategy. They set out how we play our PART through Purpose Ambition Respect and Trust. You can learn more about our values here: Hybrid or in-office
Wellbeing: Health plan gym memberships mental health support
Growth: We invest in your future with courses mentorship promotions
Culture: Diverse. Inclusive. Collaborative. Fun.
We also offer an attractive competitive salary and flexible benefits to suit our people. Heres a list of some of the many benefits and perks you can get for working with us:
25 days holiday entitlement with the option to buy extra or sell days
Generous pension
Various Family Friendly Policies including enhanced maternity pay carers and dependants leave
Employer provided benefits such as Private medical insurance virtual GP Critical illness cover Life assurance cover to name a few
Choice of voluntary benefits including Technology scheme Cycle to work scheme Will-writing service amongst others
Gym membership discounts and a fully equipped on-site gym open 24/7 in London only
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To apply please upload a copy of your CV. Applications need to be submitted by 11:59pm on the 13th of April. If your CV demonstrates that you meet the minimum criteria and youre shortlisted youll be invited to take part in an online assessment from 15th April. The online assessment does not require any preparation and will last no more than 60 minutes.
Due to high application numbers this advert may end earlier than the date specified so please dont delay and apply now!
A full job profile is available on request and will be provided to candidates shortlisted to the first stage of the assessment process.
The Financial Ombudsman is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team We view diversity as fundamental to our success and welcome applications from underrepresented groups across all communities. Please click on the link below to find out more
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