Requirements
* Track record of large-scale project delivery in Financial Services – ideally in Wealth Management/Investments/Pensions
* Third party delivery experience – have extensive experience delivering through third party partnerships
* Demonstrated strong project governance and budget management, with accountability for maintaining financial control, governance discipline, and transparent reporting to senior stakeholders
* Strong dependency management across multiple workstreams
* (Desirable) Experienced in managing complex interdependent deliveries across multiple workstreams and vendors
* (Desirable) Experience of delivering both technical and business change
* (Desirable) Commercial awareness, understanding of how to apply a commercial lens to discussions and decisions
* (Desirable) Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with experience presenting at a senior level and having difficult but constructive conversations with senior stakeholders as this role works directly with sponsors and chair Steering Committees
* (Desirable) Problem solving - ability to understand the challenges their team are facing and help them find the route to resolution
* (Desirable) Ability to quickly assess a situation and determine the correct next steps and priority tasks for the team to focus on
* (Desirable) Relevant Project / Programme / Portfolio / PMO Management qualification(s) e.g., PRINCE2
What the job involves
* This role sits in our Adviser business which provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to bring value for their businesses and their clients
* The Adviser Change team is a specialised function supporting the development and transformation of Aberdeen’s award winning open‑architecture platforms; Wrap and Elevate; as well as the broader change agenda of Aberdeen’s Adviser business
* As a Senior Project Manager, you will report into the Programme Management team and will lead a cross‑functional team of change professionals to both sustain and radically transform our end‑to‑end Adviser business
* Responsibility for a large project, workstream(s), or release within a programme, ensuring delivery is to time, budget and quality
* Applies and champions the appropriate project management discipline, i.e. planning, resourcing, scheduling, monitoring, reporting and risk, assumption, issue and dependency management
* Establishes an effective project organisation structure
* Responsible for the development and management of budget and expenditure within their workstreams / projects
* Responsibility for managing relationships with stakeholders (including Exec Stakeholders) and key customers to ensure delivery meets requirements
* Responsible for setting and managing the quality of deliverables for projects ensuring that appropriate standards are applied
* Ensure the delivered workstream / project meets the needs of the business as specified in the original requirements and that the agreed quality standards have been met
* Responsible for reporting and presenting on workstream / project status to the Programme, Steering Committee, stakeholders (including Exec Stakeholders) and senior management as required
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