Project Manager / Business Analyst
Project Manager / Business Analyst
Apply locations London time type Full time posted on Posted 3 Days Ago job requisition id JR374
About Jupiter
Jupiter is one of the UK’s leading investment management companies with over 500 employees and £51.3 billion worth of assets under management (as at 30th June 2024).
Jupiter provides investment services to individual and institutional investors through mutual funds (UK unit trusts, Luxembourg SICAVs and Dublin OEICs), separately managed accounts and sub-advised funds. Jupiter has experienced a period of international growth with offices open in EMEA and APAC.
The majority of our employees are based in our London office located just minutes from Victoria station. Our London office was designed to encourage employees to live active, healthy lives with floor-to-ceiling windows that allow for greater natural light and the benefit of a private balcony, table tennis room, cycle storage and on-site shower and locker facilities.
We offer our UK employees a 3:2 hybrid working arrangement where Tuesdays, Thursdays and a third day of your choice are worked from the office. The other two days may be worked from home.
Background
This is an exciting time to join the Change team at Jupiter. The Strategy & Transformation Department has recently been created to support Jupiter in delivering its wider business strategy and transformational initiatives. The Change Team will deliver an ambitious and transformational book of work to achieve Jupiter’s strategic goals.
The growth of the Change team, and the creation of this Project Manager role, reflects the increased size and scale of Jupiter’s change appetite as we embark on a multi-year transformational change agenda that will deliver strategic initiatives across the entire firm.
This role offers high exposure and requires close collaboration with senior stakeholders across the business. It will require building strong collaborative and cross-functional relationships across many areas of the firm.
Key Responsibilities
Project Manage all aspects of the end-to-end project delivery
1. Coordinate requirement gathering and propose a clear definition of the scope and business value of your project.
2. Identify logical grouping, sequencing, and delivery approach of key milestones.
3. Quantify the business benefit/rationale of your project and design a metric(s) to report the delivery value of the project.
4. Identify operational BAU impacts of your project and propose solutions on how these will be managed post-delivery.
5. Maintain up to date transparent tracking of your project, including risk/issue information.
6. Design roadmaps and implementation plans including organisational cross dependencies.
7. Manage/chair/lead the Steering/Working/Project groups/committees.
8. Provide succinct options and recommendations to senior stakeholders when delivery risks arise.
9. Identify and implement potential solutions, systems, tools, processes, and frameworks to improve the ongoing optimisation of the Change Team’s Operating model.
10. Robustly manage project financials including initial estimate, budgets, and forecasts.
11. Research and provide insights as to how similar projects/problems are being tackled in the market.
12. Continually improve how we work, considering the lessons of the last project.
Proactively manage strong working relationships to enable nimble delivery of projects
1. Build strong partnerships between business functions and the Change team.
2. Manage external suppliers/vendors engaged on your project.
3. Partner closely with the Technical Delivery Team to identify the technical requirements of your project.
4. Work closely with your Change team colleagues, share best practices and be aware of challenges across the wider portfolio of change.
5. Identify all relevant stakeholders within the remit of your project, design an appropriate comms and engagement strategy.
6. Form close collaboration with your project sponsor, proposing an efficient governance model.
7. Build close relationships with the SMEs and working group members who will support the delivery of your project.
8. Take a pragmatic risk-based approach to the project artefacts.
Desired Skills / Experience
1. Familiarity with the Asset Management industry, client trends, competitor landscape, regulatory and operational frameworks.
2. Experience in delivering large scale programs of work.
3. Experience in project initiation including business case definition.
4. Experience in developing complex cross-functional road maps and implementation plans.
5. Ability to multi-task and deliver more than one initiative at a time.
6. Previous Business Analysis experience to support requirement gathering.
7. Experience of working to inflexible and regulatory timeframes.
8. Fluency in core technology and data concepts.
9. Knowledge of regulatory landscape.
10. Knowledge of programming languages is a plus.
11. A commitment to become cognizant of Jupiter’s technical architecture is required.
12. Strong understanding of equity, fixed income, and alternative investments.
13. Experience of a consultancy background is a plus.
Personal Skills and Qualities:
1. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
2. Results-orientated – able to self-manage to deliver tasks with high attention to detail.
3. Partnership focused – able to understand and connect with various stakeholders.
4. Leadership - can galvanize a team, create momentum, and maintain energy.
5. Resilient – able to cope in a fast moving and challenging environment.
6. Organised – capable of working to deadlines and multi-tasking.
7. Persuasive – demonstrating credibility through knowledge.
8. Perceptive - able to understand perspectives/requirements of investors, sales and clients.
9. Team player – helping to build out knowledge and share experience.
10. Technology proficient – experienced in using various systems, applications, software.
Additional Role Details
This role is subject to the Conduct Rules set by the FCA.
Don’t meet every requirement? At Jupiter we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you are interested in this role, we would encourage you to apply.
About Us
Our high-conviction investment approach is fundamental to the way we think, and the way we work. We respect and celebrate different perspectives, and experiences. We take accountability and always look for ways to drive greater value for our clients.
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