Senior Manager - Wealth and Retirements-BFS038928

About this role

• Project Planning: Develop a comprehensive project plan, including defining project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements. Create and maintain a project schedule and budget.
• Stakeholder Management: Identify and engage with project stakeholders, including clients, team members, executives, and external vendors. Manage stakeholder expectations, communicate project progress, and address concerns or issues.
• Team Leadership: Build and lead a project team, including assigning tasks, managing resources, and providing guidance and support. Foster a collaborative and productive team environment.
• Risk Management: Identify potential project risks and develop risk mitigation strategies. Monitor and address risks throughout the project lifecycle to minimize their impact on project outcomes.
• Communication and Reporting: Facilitate effective communication among project stakeholders, ensuring timely and accurate information exchange. Prepare and distribute project status reports, progress updates, and other relevant documentation.
• Scope Management: Define and manage project scope, ensuring that deliverables and objectives are clearly defined, understood, and achieved. Manage scope changes and assess their impact on project timelines, resources, and budget.
• Quality Management: Establish and implement quality standards and processes to ensure project deliverables meet or exceed client expectations. Conduct quality reviews and inspections to validate project outcomes.
• Budget and Cost Control: Monitor project budget and expenditures, ensuring that costs are controlled and aligned with the approved budget. Identify and address any budget deviations or financial risks.
• Procurement and Vendor Management: Coordinate procurement activities, such as vendor selection, contract negotiation, and vendor performance management. Ensure that vendors deliver on their contractual obligations.
• Change Management: Develop and implement change management strategies to address organizational changes resulting from the project. Manage the impact of changes on stakeholders, processes, and systems.
• Issue and Conflict Resolution: Identify and address project issues and conflicts promptly. Facilitate resolution through effective communication, negotiation, and problem-solving techniques.
• Project Closure: Conduct project closure activities, including finalizing project deliverables, conducting post-project reviews, and documenting lessons learned. Ensure a smooth transition of project outcomes to the operational phase.
  
  

• Relevant years project management experience in FSI domain
• Demonstrated experience driving project / workstream execution including coordination, workshops, and discussion sessions
• Good written communication skills – ability to independently drive project artifacts, plans and governance documents
• Track and drive milestones, identify risks and issues, manage action items
• Present project status to senior stakeholders
• Provide appropriate documentation / presentations to socialize the solution and obtain approvals
  
  

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams and drive projects to successful completion within scope, time, and budget constraints.