Project Manager

Project Manager focuses on managing the delivery of the project through the full project lifecycle, from initiation through to implementation.

What the role involves

• Managing the delivery of the project through the full project lifecycle, from initiation through to implementation.
• Maintain an end to end project plan that delivers the agreed scope of the project to time, budget and quality criteria.
• 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.
• Maintaining accurate project status and project financial reporting for the entire project team.
• Provide timely, precise, accurate and comprehensive project MI both internally and externally to FNZ customers.

Skills and requirements

• Financial Services experience preferably investment/wealth/life and/or pensions products and the markets in which FNZ and our customers operate in.
• An understanding of the regulatory environment FNZ operate within.
• Significant experience in leading the delivery of business critical projects, preferably Software implementations within Financial Services.
• Experience of managing stakeholders to executive levels.

Candidate fit

• ownership, planning discipline, stakeholder communication, and practical delivery judgement

Additional role context

• Manage and motivate a virtual team in multiple geographic locations, communicating project progress, and ensuring all team members take accountability for delivery.
• Swiftly resolve any conflicts within the project team and/or related stakeholders both within and out with FNZ.
• Ensure future change is built into project plans so FNZ clients have a compliant platform.