Dirección
forma de trabajoCharles Taylor is looking for a Project Manager to join a vibrant team. The Project Manager responsibility is first and foremost to secure the delivery in our Ab Initio Factory implementation projects. The Project Manager will instate project reporting, resourcing, capacity planning, and risk tracking. The Project Manager will also produce the planning, execution and handover of all projects into BAU in a highly collaborative manner with all project, technical and business stakeholders, according to our implementation methodology and guidelines. This role will give you the opportunity to work on a substantial number of financial projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Produce robust governance artefacts including project reporting templates, management information packs (MI), resourcing forecasts along with the Technical Leaders.
- Manage scope coverage and deviations along with the Technical Leaders.
- Perform as a sponsor of CTI delivery methodology and products.
- Work closely with Profesional Services Director and Service Delivery Manager to secure execution efficiency and quality
- Assist management team with the development of Business Cases including ROI. Support Portfolio Prioritization and Pipeline recommendations. Analyze and identify Project benefits, risks and issues.
- Understand and monitor individual Project Scope and Portfolio Scope.
- Manage the Project Risk and Issue register. Ensure appropriate Portfolio entries are raised, tracked and actioned. Ensure appropriate information from projects. Provide updates for Governance bodies. Feedback information to Portfolio members.
- Co-ordinate the Pipeline Process for the Project Lifecycle.
- Co-ordinate and facilitate stakeholder workshops to prioritize requirements and issues.
- Co-ordinate project and program reporting into IT leadership teams and business sponsors regarding IT projects and programs of work
- Act as guardian for the Change Delivery Methodology and Project Assurance guidelines. Work to improve understanding and use of structured methodology within the organization.
- Undertake a Project Assurance role against the defined Change Delivery Methodology and Governance Model
- Contribute to the monthly reporting cycle for all projects and production of the consolidated Portfolio View. Support Governance Group meetings through information preparation, meeting/workshop set up, production of meeting notes and follow up of actions.
- Review and continuously improve Project performance and customer satisfaction.
Additional Responsibilities
- Assess and plan future resource requirements based on projected workflows and the wider needs of the business.
- Support the Practice Director and/or Service Delivery Manager with resource escalations/issues to make decisions on conflicting demands, liaising with other members of the management team; work to understand skill sets and suggest how to improve delivery methodology.
Required Skills
- Ability to rollout and chair governance forums to assure projects and programmes by defining terms-of- references, meeting inputs and outputs, circulating papers in advance and engaging stakeholders.
- Proven experience in meeting financial forecasting for in-flight projects.
- Experience undertaking project planning to support Portfolio performance.
- Ability to analyse and identify Project financial risks and issues.
- Experience coaching, developing and motivating project and technical resources.
Other Qualifications
Senior Project Manager who has experience working closely with business stakeholders (internal or external) and the product development team to set priorities, plan releases, and execute to plan within agreed parameters of cost, time, and quality. You will have worked with Agile teams on managing the product backlog, maintaining the roadmap, prioritizing enhancements, establishing timelines, identifying dependencies and critical paths, and partnering with an extended cross- functional team on solution rollout. You will have worked in a matrixed environment and able to influence others to consistently complete assigned work with regards to timeliness, accuracy and thoroughness.
Why join Charles Taylor InsureTech?
The Charles Taylor InsureTech team blends hands-on insurance expertise with fresh thinking from the worlds of technology consulting, financial services, ecommerce and beyond.As a newly established business which is part of Charles Taylor, we combine the agility of a start up with the security and scale of a corporate. The result is a pragmatic-yet-pioneering approach that we’ve used to help clients reimagine central market systems, launch self-service digital insurance products, automate regulatory reporting requirements and more.
We are very proud of the fact that nine out of ten of our people recommend Charles Taylor as a place to work. We pride ourselves on having a positive work environment where our people are empowered to make the best decisions and where learning is valued highly and shared across our business.
We are very committed to ensuring our people are given continuous learning and development. As well as structured induction programmes and job training, we provide study support for relevant professional qualifications and have a Core Learning & Development Curriculum.
Charles Taylor is a fun and inclusive place to work where people are truly valued and encouraged to enjoy a host of social and sporting activities available. Quiz nights, tennis tournaments, football matches and a range of other events take place throughout the year
Equal Opportunity Employer
Here at Charles Taylor we are proud to be an Inclusive Employer. We provide an environment of mutual respect with zero tolerance to discrimination of any kind regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital/ family status, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.Our external partnerships and the dedicated work we do in promoting a transparent and fair recruitment and selection process all contribute to the successful, inclusive and diverse culture and environment which we are proud to be a part of at Charles Taylor.
