Description
Responsibilities:
Accountable to the Head of UK Projects & Portfolio Management, the IT Project Manager would be focused on the delivery of one project or work stream of a significant size, or multiple smaller projects within the Portfolio.
This will involve work spanning multiple Agile teams, and has these accountabilities:
- Delivery execution assurance for the Technology portion of the Project or Programme in line with HSBC methodologies
- Co-ordinate activities within a delivery team consisting of multiple geographically dispersed teams
- Manage relationships and coordinate work activities (including suppliers/subcontractors where required)
- Produce and monitor a well-defined project plan in MS Project with careful monitoring of Risks, Issues and Dependencies
- Accountable for budget for the Technology component of the Project/Programme with detailed tracking and very tight change control
- Manage, monitor and report progress, issues, dependencies, risks to Programme/Portfolio Manager and steering committees and make recommendations to influence decision-making in order to maintain progress towards delivery and benefits realisation
- Organise and lead Scaled Agile ceremonies such as Scrum of Scrums and Retrospectives
- Ensure that all Technology Practices and associated tools are being adopted and adhered to
- Maintain focus on how the project aligns to wider programme objectives and to the Insurance portfolio across HSBC
- Working with the Product Owner, Agile Leads and Technical Product Managers to establish effective controls, procedures and quality assurance processes for the product, in line with HSBC frameworks
- Work with the Technology teams and Product Owner to drive improvements in productivity through backlog management, maturity in the use of Agile methodologies, and corresponding management of dependencies
Experience & skills:
Required:
To be successful in this role you should have proven experience of at least 3 years in Project Management of technology projects including: planning, budgeting, risk management, stakeholder management and project governance, with specific skills:
- Experience of managing the complete life cycle of a project
- Experience of Programme Management/managing multiple projects in parallel
- Experience of project management using Agile methodology (or equivalent) for medium to large sized projects
- Virtual leadership experience with ability to effectively manage stakeholders, drive results, provide feedback/direction, and manage and build relationships with leaders and team members in a geographically dispersed team environment
- Strong skills in creating and maintaining project and programme plans, including risks, actions, issues, dependencies
- Experience of tight budget management and ability to manage estimates with tight change control
- Ability to communicate effectively, appropriate to audience in both written and verbal formats
- Ability to report progress, issues, dependencies and risks to project or programme leadership and committees as appropriate and make recommendations to influence decision making in order to maintain progress towards delivery and benefits realisation
- Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple priorities
- Knowledge and understanding of the financial, operational, technical and regulatory drivers impacting a complex and dynamic global technology environment
Not required but desired:
- Experience of JIRA, Confluence, Rally tools
- Strong MS Project skills
- Strong Excel skills
- Experience of Clarity
- Experience of the Financial sector
- Knowledge/experience of Insurance