Project & Change Lead

Deutsche Bank; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global bank in Birmingham is seeking a Project & Change Lead to manage KYC transformation initiatives. This role entails defining complex problems, managing stakeholder expectations, and ensuring successful delivery of projects. Ideal candidates have strong change management, leadership skills, and excellent communication abilities, with a commitment to an inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Non-contributory pension

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Life Assurance and Private Healthcare

Flexible benefits including Retail Discounts

Qualifications

• Proven track record of driving solutions and benefits delivery.
• Ability to effectively influence and communicate with diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership through empowerment and conflict resolution.

Responsibilities

• Manage global and regional KYC transformation initiatives.
• Define and articulate complex problems for collaborative solutions.
• Report progress, issues, and risks to project leadership.

Skills

Change management skills

Leadership experience

Excellent communication skills

Ability to influence stakeholders

Job description

Job Description :

Job Title Project & Change Lead

Location Birmingham

Corporate Title Assistant Vice President

In this role you will join KYC Operations Transformation team and will form part of the Client Lifecycle Transformation (CLT) Key Deliverable (KD) reporting to a VP. You will work alongside the Corporate Bank (CB) and Investment Bank (IB) Business as well as our partners in Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) and Technology teams to ensure the consistent delivery of Change & Transformation programmes in line with the Agile framework.

What well offer you

A healthy engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and more importantly enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. Thats why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect :

Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them

Competitive salary and non-contributory pension

30 days holiday plus bank holidays with the option to purchase additional days

Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family

A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits

The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme 2 days volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

You will take responsibility for the global and regional implementation of strategic KYC transformation initiatives ensuring value and success measures of tracked and delivered

You will be responsible for defining and clearly articulating complex problems and working collaboratively to deliver process technical and organizational design solutions

Ensure key senior stakeholders are kept informed and that expectations are clearly managed in advance of project delivery

Maintain project status risks and issue resolution dependency management change controls and decision coordination

Report progress issues dependencies and risks to project or programme leadership

Support the Delivery lead implement consistent milestones closure criteria and success measures holding programme review meetings to assess programme health and ensuring updates are reflected in appropriate repositories

Your skills and experience

Change management skills including definition of business case & scope articulation of issues challenges risks dependencies & solutions status reporting and test execution

A proven track record of driving solutions and benefits delivery

Leadership experience demonstrated through empowerment situational awareness increasing transparency and conflict resolution

Demonstrable ability to effectively influence challenge communicate and partner with teammates workstream leads and all levels of seniority and diverse stakeholders

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills written and oral; confident in interaction with senior stakeholders

How well support you

Coaching and support from experts in your team

A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

We value diversity and as an equal opportunities employer we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers assistive hearing devices adapted keyboards)

Please note the expected salary for some roles may be below the minimum level requirements to support candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK. Should you already have a Skilled Worker visa and are identified for a role we can discuss and support you with the process

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025 for six consecutive years. Additionally we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ inclusion.

If you have a disability health condition or require any adjustments during the application process we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on to discuss how we can best support you. Alternatively you can share your phone number and a member of the team will be happy to call you to talk through your specific requirements.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly thinking commercially taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive fair and inclusive work environment.

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1