Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager

Fantastic opportunity to join FNZ’s dynamic delivery team as a Project Manager, driving the successful execution of high-impact projects across the financial services sector. This role requires end-to-end project ownership, ensuring delivery, quality standards, and budget expectations. You will lead teams across multiple locations and take a proactive approach to identifying and managing risks and issues throughout the full project lifecycle.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in technology, with proven experience leading large-scale projects in financial services. This is a highly client-facing position, demanding exceptional communication skills and the ability to foster trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
** Program Management
*** Oversee multiple projects within the change Program, ensuring Program goals are reached.
* Monitor expenditure and costs against delivered and realised benefits as the Program progresses
* Ensure effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the Program both internally & externally
* Plan and manage the Program through proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action
* Manage and maintain a strong relationship with FNZ customers across all elements of the Program. Ensuring their expectations are managed and align to our delivery planning.
* Understand the commercial environment FNZ operates within and work closely with the Client Director to deliver against FNZ’s commercial agreements.
** Delivery Management
*** Manage the delivery of the Program through the full project lifecycle, from initiation through to implementation.
* Ensure the Program delivers in-line with the FNZ Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC) and associated quality controls are met. Tracking that these are actively followed and managed across the Program.
* Create and maintain an end to end project plan that delivers the agreed scope of the project to time, budget and quality criteria.
* Ensure the FNZ Solution Center understands all build scope through approved designs and specifications in accordance with the SDLC, collaborate with them to create a build and test plan that delivers against project milestones.
* Be actively involved in the delivery of each project by coordinating the day to day running of the project to ensure it achieves its expected milestones.
* Have strong relationships and take accountability for working with all FNZ Directorates/areas to agree scope, timelines and artefacts in order to ensure delivery of the project in line with overall agreed plan.
* Take accountability for the overall estimating process for a  project, and work collaboratively with the Lead Solution Consultant, Delivery Manager, and the Test Manager to estimate the work effort required to deliver the project scope within the agreed timescales and budgets.
* Maintain accurate project status and project financial reporting for the entire project team.
* Provide timely, precise, accurate and comprehensive project MI both internally and externally.
* Understand the FNZ products and technology so you are able to identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies through the full project lifecycle.
* Build mitigation plans for all risks and issues, and take ownership for ensuring these mitigation plans are executed, or escalated as is appropriate.
* Have strong relationships with 3rd party suppliers and ensure they are engaged appropriately and contracts are in place and managed to ensure the required outcomes for FNZ.
* Manage all operational readiness activities associated to the project, as required, ensuring that the appropriate training and handovers take place ahead of go-live.
* Undertake post implementation reviews and ensure that lessons learned are captured and shared with the rest of the PM community.
** Team Leadership
*** Lead, manage and motivate a virtual team in multiple geographic locations, communicating project progress, and ensuring all team members take accountability for delivery.
* Motivate, mentor and encourage project team members to Utilize themselves to their full potential and take accountability for…