We are currently looking to onboard a Programme Manager to work in the Chief Technology Office on a contract basis for one of the large banks.
The role will be working within the Change Portfolio team and will be working closely with CTO Transformation, Change Leads and wider teams/stakeholders to deliver common objectives. The initial contract is expected to be for 6 months with potential for extension and we are looking for individuals who can be available to start quickly or at relatively short notice.
The role can be based either at the bank's offices in Sheffield or Birmingham and the bank have a hybrid model with expectation c. 3 days per week in office.
Key Responsibilities:
Responsible for the overall delivery of strategic portfolio outcomes supporting business vision and purpose through complex and global change portfolios.
Owns CTO portfolio strategy and ensures organisational strategic requirements and priorities are understood, documented and are supported by technology architecture roadmaps and vendor strategy.
Ownership and delivery of strategic planning cycles across change portfolios to ensure financial investment decisions supports CTO long term strategy, risk appetite and aligns to the banks strategy and future business / customer needs.
Development of business cases and benefit validation to support transformation, strategic initiatives and to support fast paced business responses to emerging threats and opportunities
Develop and drive regular engagement with senior stakeholders at C-suite and director level, to influence and deliver CTO vision and strategy
Support the management of risks across CTO by ensuring portfolio risks, issues and dependencies are managed effectively and senior stakeholders are informed / updated where appropriate
Own and deliver portfolio level reporting associated with strategy and planning
The role includes supporting leadership development within the CTO Change portfolio management team
Supporting management of portfolio budgets to help CTO meet its annual operating plan, including identification and delivery of savings opportunities across portfolios as required.
Ensuring that CTO is able to meet committed outcomes by working with engineering teams to align supply to meet forecasted demand pipelines
Ensure CTO programmes are well interlocked with other programmes within the bank and dependencies are well understood and managed
Key Requirements:
8 years+ strategic portfolio management or relevant experience, ideally within Financial Services technology functions and working with C-level executives
Strong emotional intelligence and leadership: Navigate organisational complexities, foster a positive work culture, and lead teams effectively.
Proven experience of large-scale transformation
Knowledge of portfolio management principles and practices
Excellent communication/presentation skills required
Proven ability to articulate complex issues concisely, suitable for all levels across the bank
Pro-active problem solving skills, able to work to under pressure to challenging timescales and deliver at pace
Strong stakeholder management capability and excellent communication at all levels of seniority
Detailed understanding of the financial & strategy planning
Experience working with annual operations plans and multi-million dollar global programs and initiatives
Excellent commercial awareness and proven ability to develop multi-year business cases worth over $100m
Sound knowledge and understanding of the infrastructure technology landscape and industry
Experience of working in a diverse global team
Flexible and adaptable to changing activities, schedules, workloads and priorities that are potentially highly restricted in nature, unpredictable, wide ranging, complex and time sensitive requires the simultaneous handling of a broad range of issues
Proven leadership & strong teamwork skills, seeking to influence within and outside of the team and successfully encourage teams to work together
Experience of continuous improvement
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