2020 Consent Order Senior PMO / PM

Harvey Nash Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey Nash Group invites applications for a Senior PM/PMO to support the Markets Program Execution in a global bank. You will prepare concise activity and progress reports tailored to each audience and provide check and challenge on reports from other functions, applying PMO best practices.

You will drive end results as a Markets representative, facilitate remediation engagements with product lines, track progress against goals, escalate issues, and promote cross‑functional collaboration with

Qualifications

• Articulate and effective communicator with strong written and verbal skills.
• Detail oriented with ability to investigate content and oversee portfolio.
• Strong interpersonal skills across large organizations with proactive communication.
• Experience in data related programs including governance, lineage and risk controls.
• Ability to drive progress and meet deadlines across dependencies.
• Experience coordinating with Compliance, Technology and Internal Audit.
• Ability to plan, organize and work in team or independently.
• Proven leadership in driving change and strategic thinking.
• Proven track record and proficiency with MS Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Prepare concise Markets activity/progress reports for diverse audiences.
• Provide check and challenge on activity/progress reports from other functions.
• Apply PMO best practices—plans, risks, issues, documentation.
• Drive end results of the project as Markets representative.
• Facilitate remediation engagements with Markets product lines.
• Proactively track progress against goals.
• Recognize problems early and articulate them clearly with stakeholders.
• Promote partner involvement through effective status communications.

Skills

Articulate communicator

Detail oriented

Interpersonal skills

Data governance

Data lineage

Data risk controls

Stakeholder management

Strong leadership

Strategic thinking

Analytical thinking

Critical thinking

MS Project

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Tools

MS Project

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Fantastic opportunity to join a thriving global bank.

Markets Program Execution is working on the remediation related to the 2020 Consent Order. The Senior PM / PMO is expected to provide project management support for the program by:

• Preparing concise Markets activity/progress reports adjusted to the audience
• Providing check and challenge on activity/progress reports by other functions
• Utilizing best practice PMO methodology (e.g., maintain plans, risk and issues, etc) that fit stakeholders needs
• Driving end results of the project as a representative of Markets
• Facilitating remediation-related engagement with the Markets product lines
• Proactively tracking project progress against goals
• Possess the knowledge, skills and experience to be able to recognize when problems surface or potential problems are looming
• Clearly articulating problems, bringing the right people together to solve problems and knowing when it has been properly addressed and closed
• Promotes partner involvement through effectively communicating project status across a varied set of stakeholders including Technology, Operations, Audit, business and functions
• Defining, teaching, and enforcing the use of good project management practices (i.e., resolving complex, interdependent activities into tasks and sub-tasks that are documented, monitored and controlled)

Key skills:

Articulate and effective communicator, both orally and in writing

• Extremely detail oriented and ability to both investigate deeply into content of the material but also look across the portfolio
• Strong interpersonal skills, with evidence of working in collaboration across large organizations, including a proactive and 'no surprises' approach in communicating issues/requests/escalation.
• Experience in working on Data related programs and exposure to Data Governance, Lineage and Data risk and controls concepts.
• Ability to drive progress issue-by-issue and ensure deadlines are met
• Experience managing inter-department dependencies (e.g., working with Compliance, Technology, Internal Audit, etc.)
• Ability to plan and organize, working well both in a team setting and independently.
• Strong leadership skills with a proven track record in driving positive and sustained change
• Demonstrated ability to think critically, strategically and analytically and to creatively problem solve
• Proven prior experience/successes
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PPT, MS Project

Preferred:

• Experience on regulatory programs a plus
• Markets knowledge (e.g., risk and controls, trade lifecycle, products, etc.) a plus