Project, Programme, Portfolio Manager - Consultant; Financial Services

Overview

Our Delivery Team is PA’s Centre of Excellence for all project, programme and portfolio capability. The team realises high value outcomes for clients by supporting and leading delivery across critical projects, programmes and portfolios. We develop meaningful, long-standing partnerships with clients and provide advisory services and building delivery capability and delivery excellence for client teams at all levels. Our growing team covers the full spectrum of delivery expertise, from supporting highly complex business transformations to delivering infrastructure and engineering projects, and providing deep technical expertise on IT and technology-driven change.

We bring deep sector insight and fresh perspectives to delivery challenges.

Some example assignments include:

• Helping a Tier 1 Global Bank transform their delivery organisation from traditional ways of working to using Scaled Agile
• Driving assurance and digital modernisation for a leading cyber risk and specialist insurance firm
• Leading a Tier 1 UK Bank to implement an agile operating model, helping them to be more competitive and digital
• Leading the work to help a Tier 2 UK Bank outsource their payments capability to a third party SaaS cloud service
• Delivering a major critical national infrastructure programme, which underpins the UK industry, for a European Central Bank

We are looking for candidates with the potential to become future leaders within the firm. Our Portfolio and Programme Management team goes beyond being process experts and seeks candidates with Technical and SME specialisms, which are as important as PM knowledge.

Candidates must be able to evidence close engagement with content/SME knowledge within a specific sub sector, bringing experience in one or more of:

• Payments and Critical Financial Infrastructure
• General insurance and London/Lloyds Markets
• Life & Pensions
• Retail, Corporate & Commercial Banking (e.g. lending, payments, capital markets, etc)
• Wealth and Asset Management
• Financial Market Regulation and Compliance (e.g. DORA, AML, Solvency II, etc)
• Risk - Cyber security, Operational Resilience, Data Privacy, Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM)

General skills and experience:

• Core experience of delivery in project and programme environments, with an understanding of delivery/change methodologies, processes, techniques and common challenges
• A track record of realising business benefits and outcomes
• Ability to demonstrate leadership skills in large and diverse project teams
• Ability to work across multiple levels of an organisation
• An aptitude for delivering creative and ingenious solutions

We are looking for project, programme and portfolio consultants who ideally have experience in at least three of:

• Leading teams to deliver large-scale transformation, ensuring seamless execution from strategy to implementation.
• Leading the design and implementation of digital strategies, helping organisations to modernise operations, enhance customer experience, and achieve competitive advantage
• Experience in delivery of Digital Innovation, Data, Cloud, Digital Customer Experience and AI transformation
• Experience of delivering large-scale, complex, novel programmes – e.g. development of new regulations, Fintech innovation and start-up, Digital Currency, etc.
• Technical delivery management experience; leading complex technology delivery e.g. Mobile, Application, Network and Infrastructure solutions
• Ability to operate at the intersect of agile and traditional waterfall delivery (hybrid change delivery)
• Experience in helping clients design/build competency and capability in change delivery
• Ex Consultancy and/or strong financial services industry background

Our Delivery consultants are expected to be hands-on, working with clients to bring energy, direction and expertise in solving delivery challenges. This includes facilitating workshops, detailed project planning, or managing senior stakeholders, with a focus on delivering real and long-lasting value.

Apply today by completing our online application.

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