Senior Project Manager - Professional Services

ION Group; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic project management team at a leading financial technology firm, where you will oversee IT solutions projects. This role involves managing resources, budgets, and client relationships, ensuring successful project execution from initiation to delivery. You will lead a team of professionals, coordinate with clients, and contribute to the development of innovative solutions that meet business needs. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a rapidly expanding organization that values diverse backgrounds and fosters an inclusive work environment. If you are passionate about project management and looking to make a significant impact, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management software implementation.
• Proven leadership with teams of five or more professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams in project scoping, design, and support.
• Manage project P&L, including budgeting and forecasting.

Skills

Client-facing skills

Written communication

Oral communication

Leadership skills

Project management

Consulting

Systems integration

Energy and Commodities knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Economics, or related IT field

Project Management Institute PMP certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

The Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic project management team at ION. As a project manager, you will oversee the execution and completion of information technology solutions projects in the professional services arena. Provides budget analysis, labor planning, and coordination of activities between client and company personnel. Monitors project completion from initiation through delivery to meet revenue and cost projections. Oversees performance of the delivery, installation and client acceptance of capitalized equipment, enterprise software systems, or system integration projects or engagements. Typically utilizes management skills more than technical skills. Serves as mediator to internal issues and conflicting priorities for members of cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing solutions to clients. Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership of multi-disciplinary professionals in a project structure in the scoping/discovery workshop, design, configuration, testing, and production support of the ION solution for the client’s business needs.
• Provide direct management of all ION resources assigned to project and act as personnel supervisor for HR issues during the assignment.
• Serve as the client’s principal point of contact for project status, solution quality, scope control, issues, risks, billing, personnel management, and the ION solution.
• Manage project Profit and Loss, including effective project cost and revenue budgeting, analysis and forecasting.
• Manage project change control.
• Plan, lead, manage, and coordinate ION’s project tasks using Microsoft Project Plan, resources, deliverables, issues logs, risks logs, weekly timesheets, project expense reports, monthly invoices, and all other administrative documentation on an ongoing basis.
• Determine the optimal utilization of resources at a task and personnel level.
• Keep the client management and ION management informed daily regarding all project issues, risks, and delays.
• Actively engage project stakeholders and manage client expectations regarding the delivery of the ION solution.
• Actively coordinate the participation of client users through the client project manager to ensure project success.
• Provide weekly project status reports to the client project manager, project steering committee, and ION management, including all information necessary to track the status of the project against the project plan.
• Coordinate and attend project and steering committee meetings.
• Manage the release to client of software updates and license keys.
• Prepare, present to client, and obtain signoff of Request for Support Services, acceptance documentation, and final project acceptance.
• Maximize chargeability on one or more client accounts simultaneously.
• Serve as mentors and role models for the consulting staff.
• Enhance, publish, and train staff regarding implementation best practices.
• Coordinate and conduct employee performance appraisals for personnel assigned to projects throughout the calendar year.
• Provide sales support through project plan development, estimation, and document authoring for RFP/RFI responses, sales proposals, and Statements of Work to meet the client’s desired business requirements.

Required Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

• Excellent client-facing skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work onsite at client locations as needed.
• Proven leadership skills with teams of five or more professionals.
• 5+ years of project management software implementation, consulting, or systems integration.
• Prior hands-on experience with structured project management.
• 5 years of experience in the Energy, Commodities, Treasury, Banking or financial services industries.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Economics, or a related IT field or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Project Management Institute PMP certification preferred.

About us:

We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most successful financial technology companies in the world.

• Over 2,000 of the world’s leading corporations, including 50% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world’s central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk.

• Over 800 of the world’s leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world’s financial market infrastructure.

ION is a rapidly expanding and dynamic group with 13,000 employees and offices in more than 40 cities around the globe.

Our ever-expanding global footprint, cutting edge products, and over 40,000 customers worldwide provide an unparalleled career experience for those who share our vision.

ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.

ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.