Senior Project Manager

Job description

Job description

Some careers have more impact than others.

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 62 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Project Manager

Business: Risk and Compliance

Principal responsibilities

·  Plans effectively around delivery constraints and optimises the plan to maximise benefits and minimise risk. Develops the plan within constraints, considering the delivery approach, key milestones and dependencies within the plan, requirements and scope, effort and resources, budgets and quality 
·  Ensures the baselined scope, requirements, benefits, schedule and budget are managed as outlined in the HSBC Change Frameworks. Identifies and intervenes where there is slippage and variance from plan
·  Plans and analyses costs, tracking operating and capital spend, and tracks reporting to financial business case commitments 
·  Oversees the tracking of project risk, issues and dependencies to assess the impact on the benefit realisation for the project and takes action to minimise impact, actively challenging and removing obstacles 
·  Influences and collaborates with stakeholder and delivery partners to drive the right project outcomes. Represents the project team at discussions regarding project prioritisation and to create buy-in for risk mitigation and contingency plan
·  Obtains sponsor and stakeholder buy in to plans, key commitments and changes against baseline as they arise 
·  Obtains sponsor and stakeholder sign-off for deliverables, formally closes project, assesses stakeholder satisfaction and captures feedback. Captures key learns from each project and feeds back into methodologies and best practice 
·  Articulates to stakeholders the targeted benefits and takes joint responsibility for benefits realisation 
·  Manages the sponsor, working with them to ensure project deliverables are met 
·  Plans and manages the implementation of the change, to ensure benefits are realised and that the transition from current state to target state is smooth. Ensuring that the organisation and other change audiences are ready, willing and able to function in the new business environment 

Requirements

·  Proven understanding of delivery methodologies and best practice techniques
·  Understanding of how change drives benefits for customers and other stakeholders
·  Knowledge of the external environment – regulatory, political, competitors etc.
·  Proven ability to work across regions whilst maintaining a global perspective
·  Demonstration of commerciality with strong financial acumen
·  Proven ability to work with senior stakeholders and business sponsors
·  Evidence of ability to make key strategic decisions
·  Delivery of large-scale complex projects at pace, developing high performing interchanging teams to support delivery at each stage
·  Strong people and team management experience
·  Proven implementation, change management and benefits realisation experience