Lead Project Manager - SDLC

job title: Lead Project Manager - SDLC

city: London

company: Hi-Calibre.co.uk

description: Position: Lead Project Manager - SDLC Location: London Salary: 70K Basic plus Benefits Our Client, a world leader in providing financial market intelligence, is seeking a Lead Project Manager for new software applications and managing an off-shore team’s development delivery. This is an excellent opportunity to join an expanding Financial Services Team to be responsible for project management, development, implementation and deployment of mission critical technology initiatives for the financial services applications software for EMEA as part of a Global Team. This position provides assistance in the development and deployment of Project Management processes, software engineering processes and best practices. You will also provide mentoring to other technology project managers within the group and work closely with both the business stakeholders, product owners and cross-functional IT teams. Accountabilities: Actively manage project milestones, issues, and risks in accordance with the Software Development Life Cycle (40%). Creating project plans, project dashboards and status reports (15% ). Managing project budget and spending. Managing Project Change control process and managing vendors where applicable Sets direction, develops and monitors individual objectives, and leads the team. Providing training opportunities, evaluating and managing performance, delegating responsibility; training and mentoring junior staff, and administering corporate policies. Develops, monitors, and controls the unit's initiative budgets and is responsible for implementing efficiencies and best practices for the team. Initiates project meetings, establishes steering groups and governance boards where appropriate for size of project. Conducts project risk assessment and leads the project via the project management process. Drives RFI, RFP, SOW processes and negotiates vendor contracts. Manages the software development process and conducts post-implementation reviews. Delivers presentations to business and technical partners. Ensures technology standards are followed or leads the development of new technology standards across EMEA. Ideal Profile: PMP certification a plus, PRINCE2 and Agile. Experienced with an in-depth understanding of all components of project management and software engineering processes. Experience in managing vendor relationships/SLAs for outsourced software etc. In depth knowledge of systems analysis methodologies and financial services industry. Demonstrates a strong understanding of the business, including the customer's business processes and automation needs - regional level. Demonstrated skill in delivering presentations for all levels of leadership, clients, stakeholders etc across Europe. IT, Economics, Finance Degree or equivalent work experience and European Language an advantage. This is a really challenging role and an opportunity to make a real difference for this Global Leader. Ref: PC 5503 Pauline Cox


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