Kind Consultancy is working with a major UK Retail Bank which is currently seeking a Senior Project Manager to join them on a remote, 6 month contract paying £589 per day via umbrella.

The Senior Project Manager will be part of the Change & Transformation division, leading Project and Programme teams and managing all aspects of the project management life-cycle to ensure successful delivery of projects for our Sponsors, Stakeholders and Customers, with key responsibilities including:

• Mobilising and managing projects and change initiatives using formal methodologies and lifecycles.
• Developing and managing a stakeholder engagement plan ensuring continuous and clear communications with sponsors, business owners and impacted suppliers.
• Working with project sponsors to develop scope and business cases including financials and project plans.
• Developing and maintaining a disciplined change control process to make sure changes are formally agreed.
• Managing the project visibly against the project plan including schedule and budget, making changes where necessary.
• Ensuring the project adheres to the Change Book of Standard Procedures and governance framework.
• Working with internal / external stakeholders and suppliers to design innovative solutions and establish requirements and priorities.
• Establishing resourcing requirements for the project and work with Portfolio/Programme leads to optimise the mix of internal/external resource and develop solutions to resource shortfalls.
• Ensuring the project delivers on time and within budget whilst remaining aligned to the strategy.
• Taking accountability, assessing situations and making critical decisions when faced with complex demands and issues that can, and will, arise throughout the project life-cycle.
• Leading and coordinating teams of diverse technical and non-technical resources across multiple geographic sites and engaging effectively with external 3rd party service providers.

Our ideal candidate for the Senior Project Manager contract:

• Has substantial experience of project management, delivering quality projects on budget and on time
• Has a good understanding of the financial sector – having Fraud expertise and working with PSR regulation would be highly desirable
• Demonstrates sound business acumen and judgment; the ability to see and communicate technology challenges in business terms; and the ability to understand and deliver business value
• Has experience of working on change delivery with suppliers / third party partners
• Possesses in-depth knowledge of payment schemes & systems
• Has experience of Financial and Risk Regulatory Reporting environments
• Has experience of managing change in decision systems and regulated model environments
• Has past exposure to all types of releases such as rapid deployment and the more traditional release methods
• Is highly articulate with exceptional communications and inter-personal skills and proven leadership, influencing and decision making abilities.
• Has experience of regulated environments and of Financial and Risk data driven landscapes
• Has experience of digital delivery in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Demonstrates a sound understanding of project management methodologies
• Has a track record of managing successful relationships with partners and 3rd parties
• Having past experience of Complex Regulatory project delivery environment, Industry & Regulatory responses / interactions and of managing change in Payment Scheme environments would be desirable

If you’re interested in the Senior Project Manager contract and you have the skills, knowledge and experience we’re looking for, please apply with an updated CV today.