Technology Programme Director - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

eFinancialCareers

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Technology Programme Director - London - Perm - Up to £140K + generous bonus

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly commercial delivery leader to join the team as a Senior Principal Consultant in our Delivery Management practice, owning and overseeing the strategy and execution of our client's wealth of delivery expertise toa specific client.

This is a high profile role reporting into the global Chief Operating Officer.

**About the role

Direct and manage programme & project delivery for large scale and complex programmes on time and to budget
Manage and coordinate company and client stakeholders and resources to effect a successful outcome for the client
Produce, maintain and evolve project charter, coordinate project plans, resource plans, and related project management, ensuring all requirements and objectives are met
Lead from RFP and successful bid, all the way through to solutioning/detailed plans to deliver project objectives, engaging with partners and critically assessments

**The successful applicant will

Ensure that risks, issues, and dependencies are clearly identified, managed and mitigated to minimise impacts on the organisation and our customers
Provide clear, accurate, timely and actionable information that allows technology and business partners to understand delivery status, progress and performance
Partner with Business and Technology stakeholders to align on delivery and ensure business value is achieved based on the corporate strategy
Ensure that there is high visibility and transparency of programme portfolio health to enable senior management to make informed decisions
Deliver compliant solutions following best practice, standards and regulations

**Role Responsibilities

Collaborating with key stakeholders, shape, manage and deliver a multiworkstream technology programme and/or portfolio of projects
Manage and report workstream delivery against a clearly defined delivery plan that includes quality assurance of workstream deliverables
Provide leadership and direction to the programme or project team, resolving escalated issues
Provide clear communication of portfoliolevel and where necessary detailed reporting to csuite's
Operate in a matrix environment with a clear understanding that the service relationship is owned by the service owners and development leads
Identify, monitor and mitigate programme, project and where related, operational risks (& mitigations)
Manage local communications to a clearly defined communication plan

**Required Experience

Successful experience in another consultancy delivering technology integration/separation requirements resulting from organisational mergers & acquisitions
Successful experience in programme management, Transition, Vendor Management, Technology Operations
Successful experience in delivering technology risk reduction programmes or projects
Stakeholder management and experience of fixing project related issues in a timely fashion

**Key Capabilities

Technical understanding ability to assimilate complex technical issues and identify the right level of support for the experts
Detail drills down into the programme activities, identifying risks and gaps, and ensuring they are in hand
Judgement an ability to make the right calls in support of the company's agenda
Trust an ability to empower others, providing the oversight and support to enable growth
Account Delivery Management encourage optimal rotation of skills and expertise within a client engagement that enhances the company's overall delivery quality and employee engagement
Collaboration engagement with the local professional services unit sales / bid management functions
Contribute to the monthly KPI review process, offering objective opinions on how performance can be enhanced

**Technical Skills

Experience of managing complex delivery projects in a highly agile way, bringing the ability to work in teams and knowledge of agile processes & ceremonies, with at least one of Scrum, SaFe OR Kanban

**Personal Skills