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Business Change Manager

£55,000 - £65,000
Surrey
CR/15715
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£55,000 to £65,000

Redhill, RH1

 

Our client, is a large Retail and Commercial Bank based in the UK who operate globally working across current accounts, Credit Cards, Insurance, Loans, Mortgages and Savings and Investments.  Looking for an experienced business change manager to join them permanently, to manage the portfolio of business and IT change projects from concept through delivery.

 

The job holder is responsible for ensuring that demand is effectively managed, projects are controlled, prioritised in accordance with business demands, project management standards are adhered to, dependencies and risks are understood taking into account cost and benefits and progress is tracked, monitored and reported to appropriate business and IT stakeholders.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

 

  • Defining the portfolio's governance arrangements, including suitable project lifecycle and associated standards and templates, with the IT Governance Manager
  • Planning and designing the portfolio and proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action where required
  • Managing the portfolio's budget on behalf of the CIO, monitoring and reporting expenditure as the portfolio progresses
  • Managing resource demands required to satisfy the delivery requirements of the portfolio and ensuring that resources are deployed on a timely and efficient basis as required
  • Ensuring delivery of the portfolio to the appropriate level of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the portfolio plan and the relevant Santander frameworks, models, policies and standards
  • Managing third party contributions to the portfolio
  • Managing communications with all stakeholders
  • Managing the dependencies and interfaces between projects
  • Managing risks to the portfolio's successful outcome
  • Managing transition to business as usual operation and IT Service Management
  • Reporting progress of the portfolio at regular intervals to the CIO and other key business stakeholders

 

Job Requirements:

 

Experience

  • Five years’ practical experience in a similar role with demonstrable experience of successfully delivering diverse portfolios of projects to time and budget (>£1m pa)
  • Proven experience and ability in dealing with staff at all levels of a similar sized organisation or larger
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner (or equivalent)

 

Knowledge/Skills

  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills
  • Excellent emotional intelligence, influencing and collaboration skills
  • Demonstrated initiative and commitment for results and the ability to set priorities and manage multiple initiatives
  • Ability to adjust to changing priorities while multitasking effectively
  • Solid work ethic with attention to detail

 

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