Vice President, Operations Project Manager - MAZE ID 138 - eFinancialCareers : Job Details

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLETo plan, direct and govern the changes required to Operations systems and processes within the project structure, ensuring quality, outcomes, timelines and cost requirements are delivered.  This includes ensuring compliance to the prescribed project delivery framework and ensuring that reporting obligations as defined within the project delivery framework are met.To scope the project and plan project delivery.  The project being delivered will be both non-IT (including but not limited to creation of a new procedure or standard or new control(s); Redesign of a business process; Organizational change management; Regulatory impact assessments) and IT related (including but not limited to creation of or enhancements/revisions to an application, creating a database, or system migration).To design and recruit (from internal teams) the project delivery team.  To matrix manage project delivery staff as regards their involvement on the project.  To manage un-resourced roles in line with published rules and timelines (and minimize escalation except for valid exceptions e.g. re-prioritsation of resource with critical skills / on the project critical path)To engage all stakeholders of the project and operate effectively within established project governance using the guidelines in the project delivery framework.  Ensure that escalation is into the relevant governance committees.To create the baseline plan and scope for the project.  To oversee that project delivery adheres to agreed scope and baselined timeline.  To re-plan and raise change controls without the project breaching approved budget / timeline etc. when change happens.To provide Change Management expertise to manage delivery, resolve conflict and mitigate change risk and advise the business on decisions relating to changeTo structure the project plan with meaningful milestones (following guidelines in the project delivery framework) that, when baselined, provide a basis to regular project reporting.  Provide transparency as to project progress in regular project updates; ensuring that no project reporting data becomes “stale” or out of date.  Ensure that reporting updates are meaningful to all project and programme stakeholders, not all of whom will be SME’s in all aspects of the project. Provide executive summarized information when requested to Central PMO for inclusion in executive reporting about the project.To support portfolio manager in the delivery of portfolio strategy, including providing input into the required reporting forumsTo collaborate with key functional or business stakeholders to achieve clear outcomes / deliverables in relation to the portfolio book of workKEY RESPONSIBILITIES