Join us as an AVP Talent Excellence PMO for a 9-Month FTC. You will be responsible for providing governance and business analysis services across projects, delivering against the team’s portfolio of work. You will be expected to play a key part in articulating and presenting effective requirements proposals within a project or initiative, engaging with a range of stakeholders.
To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate must have a good understanding of PM governance, extensive experience with PMO roles and programme management, and an understanding of industry best practices for the delivery of HR Change, driving momentum through storytelling and reporting.
Essential skills/Basic qualifications:
* Extensive experience within PMO/Project roles with a focus on delivering a strong governance framework.
* Programme/Project management.
* Extensive knowledge of the governance side of the project including reporting.
You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
Purpose of the role:
To support change delivery managers in the delivery of successful projects, while ensuring that project management processes and practices are aligned with controls and governance standards and that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives.
Accountabilities:
* Support to change delivery managers, ensuring their programme is compliant with the Barclays Control Framework, including oversight of controls and governance standards.
* Creation and implementation of standardised PMO processes and methodologies that are aligned with controls and governance standards and that support the delivery of successful projects.
* Monitoring of project performance, including tracking of project progress, identification of risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies, and creation of reports on project status to senior management.
* Support of project documentation, including maintenance of project plans, schedules, and budgets, ensuring that project documentation is up-to-date and accurate.
* Facilitation of project governance, ensuring that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives, and that project risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies are managed effectively.
* Provision of change management framework training to project managers and other stakeholders, ensuring they have the necessary skills and knowledge to deliver successful projects.
* Continuous improvement of project management practices, including identification of areas for improvement and implementation of changes to improve project delivery.
Assistant Vice President Expectations:
* Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
* Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraising performance relative to objectives and determining reward outcomes.
* If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver consistently excellent standards.
* For an individual contributor, lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identifying the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
* Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
* Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
* Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
* Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, requiring understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
* Collaborate with other areas of work for business-aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and strategy.
* Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external, to solve problems creatively and effectively.
* Communicate complex information effectively.
* Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge, and Drive.
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