Senior Project Manager - Global Life Assurance - Isle of Man - 6 month

Isle of Man  ‐ Onsite
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Senior Project Manager - Global Life Assurance - Isle of Man - 6 months Contract - circa £350 per day

Main Accountabilities:

  • Manage a number of projects in line with client specific project methodology (based on Prince II)
  • Specific responsibilities include project estimation, initiation, planning and management within defined project management guidelines, including time, cost, quality and specification.
  • Manage client expectation over deliverables, milestones and costs Investigate broad business issues and specific relevant servicing, product, systems & technological developments.
  • Filter ideas to formulate tangible, practical proposals upon which commercial, tactical and strategic decisions are based.
  • Develop and maintain excellent professional working relationships within the Change Delivery team and the wider business and customer community to enable effective contribution in the development of products and business solutions.
  • Manage the motivation and performance of project team members.
  • Ensure the proper systems, procedures and standards are implemented and adhered to, ensuring an effective control environment is in place.
  • Influencing and negotiating with stakeholders and/or project sponsors at all levels of seniority within the client's business.
  • Influencing and negotiating with managers and other members of project teams.
  • Controlling and negotiating with external suppliers engaged in the project delivery.

Technical (job related)
Essential

  • A minimum of 3 years experience in a project management role, ideally in Financial Services, with a proven track record of delivering high quality results within deadlines and budgets
  • Understanding of project management methodologies and control principles, as they relate to business and IT projects Must be conversant with Microsoft Project or similar project management software packages
  • Proven ability to build relationships with and effectively manage 3rd parties

Preferable

  • Sound knowledge of the international financial services industry and regulations
  • Prince 2 or any Industry standard certification is desirable but not essential if candidate has adequate and relevant experience
  • Must be commercially aware. ie Understand potential impact of missing contractual SLA's or key deliverables (There may be a better way of saying this - maybe mention experience of working in an outsource environment?)
Start date
n.a
Duration
6 months
From
Search and Select Offshore Limited
Published at
15.06.2012
Project ID:
377727
Contract type
Freelance
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