Senior Project Manager (Bank)

Principal responsibilities:

Senior Project Managers are required to take decisions and lead change
initiatives and on occasions manage stakeholder and senior management
relationships. The jobholder will not be subject to close supervision and will
be expected to exercise independent initiative and judgement in proactively
overcoming obstacles to success, dealing with uncertainty and changing
circumstances, such as interdependencies, opportunities or risks. He / She will
be expected to adopt an agile and flexible approach to work and an outstanding
level of professionalism and conduct.

Value Creation:
Plans effectively around delivery constraints and optimizes the plan to
maximize benefits and minimize risk. Ensures the baselined scope, requirements,
benefits, schedule, and budget are managed as outlined in Business
Transformation Frameworks
Proactively monitors project execution to effectively identify
risks/issues/dependencies as they arise throughout the project lifecycle.
Collaborates and builds positive stakeholder relationships providing regular
updates, obtains buy-in from the project sponsor, Steering Committee and other
stakeholders for all key project plans, commitments, and changes including
requirements.
Analyses management reports, and derives insights from it to drive the right
business decisions
Manages Change Adoption to ensure the change lands well and sticks,
contributing to benefits realization as expected from the project(s) assigned.

Operational Performance:
Produce a well-defined project plan, identifying the key milestones and
assigning responsibilities / resources in line with Global Transformation
Project Management Framework.
Provides timely reports on project status, risks and issues, evaluating
project performance based on management information using standardized metrics
and templates in Clarity.
Maintains project change control, ensuring any changes to baseline are
managed through change request and all impacts are considered
Promotes and takes accountability for project quality; identifies
opportunities to improve delivery and oversees the governance process to reduce
risk and ensure effective and timely decisions are taken
Ability to manage and execute the project(s) assigned in an agile and
flexible approach to ensure the best quality from a project execution
perspective

Capability and People Development:
Identifies and shares the resource requirements of the project to the
Program Manager, requesting the appropriate skill set and/or experience
Defines high level responsibilities and objectives for members of their
project team and ensure the individuals are being used in accordance with their
skills and resource request
Acts as a role model to create and maintain a collaborative team environment
which supports and encourages the professionalism and development of our teams