Project Manager

To manage the efficient delivery of large-scale technical projects and capabilities across the bank and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations throughout the software product lifecycle, adhering to agreed time, budget and quality requirements.

Management of the delivery, resource allocation and improvement of complex technical project capabilities across the bank using Agile/Scrum methodologies for planning, stand ups, demos, retrospectives and the execution of sprints.

Collaboration with customers and business teams to manage and implement customer trails to support the proposal of technically feasible solutions, and effort and timeline expectations.

Collaboration with software engineers, quality teams, product managers and other engineering teams to deliver high quality products and features through the software project lifecycle aligned to the bank's objectives, regulation and security policies.

Identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks associated with technical projects, to prepare the bank for potential challenges.

Management of change requests and communication with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Management of vendor relations involved in technical projects to ensure they deliver according to agreed terms.

Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and technologies, to evaluate and adopt new approaches to improving delivery outcomes and to foster a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence and growth.

To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.

Collaborate closely with other functions and business divisions.

Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.

Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.

• Listen and be authentic
• Energise and inspire
• Align across the enterprise
• Develop others

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship, and the Barclays Mindset to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Join us as a Project Manager within Group Economic Crime COO at Barclays within the Case Management/Workflow portfolio. In this role you will manage a combination of legacy and green field case management projects, covering all aspects of delivery from project planning and creation, governance, risk & control, working with the scrum teams guiding and tracking delivery, financials, resource planning and producing status reports against milestones.

Working within a medium sized UK and India team, the role holder will partner with change delivery teams to ensure key success criteria is met and monitor progress effectively through tools like Navigator and Jira.

• A track record of creating and delivering complex projects (multiple delivery workstreams, data migration from legacy applications) within an Agile model.
• Previous experience with governance related activities such as project plan creation (using MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint) and tracking, resource forecasts, financials.
• Strong stakeholder management experience, including preparation of materials and presenting to stakeholders.
• Financial services or banking environment experience within a technology delivery team.
• Strong communication and influencing skills as well as analytical and problem solving skills.
• Agile certification or similar.
• Assessment on key critical skills such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, and job specific technical skills.

This role will be based in our Glasgow office.

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