Location: Northampton or Knutsford – Structured Hybrid Working, 2 Days Per Week Office Based
Contract Length: 6 months
PAYE only
Overall Purpose of the Role:
We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled Project Manager to step into a fast-paced contract position. You will be focusing on exciting projects, such as revamping the Digital customer Experience of Barclays customers, integration of Tesco Bank into Barclays, and development of our customer user technology.
You will be a key member of the wider team, supporting and driving all angles of delivery, from software to business, and right through to the end product. This senior role demands proven success in managing complex projects within large organisations positioned within the banking/financial services sector. You will be responsible for managing large teams, complex dependencies, and high-stakes deliverables.
Key Accountabilities:
1. Analysing requirements and their impact on the user experience (UX), functionality, and non-functional aspects.
2. Creating project plans and managing dependencies, risks, and issues.
3. Tracking project KPIs and driving improvements in team velocity.
4. Establishing and managing governance and working groups to ensure on-time delivery.
5. Understanding how business requirements affect people, processes, and benefits realization.
6. Working with delivery teams to improve their velocity and efficiency.
7. Lead end-to-end project planning and execution.
8. Develop and maintain detailed project plans, from delivery timelines, budget, and resource allocation.
9. Manage cross-functional teams and business areas to ensure collaboration, objective alignment and clear communication channels.
10. Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, escalating issues appropriately and shape solutions.
11. Monitor and report on project progress against milestones and KPIs, taking corrective action when necessary to ensure on-time delivery.
12. Implement and maintain project ceremonies, documentation, ensuring all deliverables are properly tracked and archived.
Key Skills and Experience:
1. Previous experience within a technical project management role working on feature delivery (essential).
2. Established experience as a Project Manager in the banking/financial services environment.
3. Experienced in Scrum, with experience of other project frameworks such as Kanban (essential).
4. Experience of working with Jira (essential).
5. Experienced in PI planning (Preferable).
6. Experience working within Payments & Transactions (Preferable).
7. Proven ability to deliver new initiatives or significant changes within complex organizations.
8. Experienced and capable of working in an Agile way.
9. A strong understanding of transactional processes is required.
10. Has worked within a digital business area.
11. Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and deliver on time and within budget.
12. Strong stakeholder management experience; experienced managing dependencies and stakeholders in complex projects.
13. Excellent communications skill at all levels, including with exec level stakeholders.
14. Proficiency with project management tools (Jira and excel are must have please).
15. Track record of proactive project risk management and issue resolution.
16. Demonstrable experience in software delivery and able to articulate how you've delivered a working piece of software to end-users would be ideal.
17. Integration experience is desirable.
18. Self-starter with the ability to work independently.
19. Strong discipline in following and enforcing agile and project management methodologies.
20. Results-oriented approach with a focus on meeting deadlines.
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
Values
Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measure and reward the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.
Diversity
Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals.
Hybrid:
At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager.
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