Barclays
Location
Pune | India
Job description
Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Pune
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
Risk and Control Objective
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do.
Working Flexibly
We're committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers' and clients' needs. Whether you have family commitments or you're a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs
Hybrid Working
Structured hybrid role:
At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, 'anchor', days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.
Introduction:
Responsible for the overall management control and delivery of Business Critical projects within the SWIFT Gateway Infrastructure Portfolio, including scheduled systems releases, and other key Projects (including mandatory/regulatory).
What will you be doing
. Overall responsibility for the successful delivery of the project to plan, budget and agreed quality and governance standards.
. Manage suppliers in line with agreed contractual obligations, milestones and quality standards.
. Provide effective communications and relationship building with key senior stakeholders within technology, operations and product and provide Project status reporting that is accurate, informative and timely.
. Own and drive the effective governance of the Project.
. Own and drive the Project planning framework, ensuring that plans are developed and tracked to appropriate standards.
. Control the Project scope, ensuring that rigorous change control is exercised.
. Ensure the project meets the expected requirements and that acceptance and handover to business as usual are managed against agreed acceptance criteria and to a defined plan.
. Define project budgets, obtain funding and track actual expenditure to ensure the project remains on track from a financial perspective.
What we're looking for:
. Must have a track record of managing business or technical Projects in the financial services.
. Strong Project mobilisation / initiation / planning experience in addition to management of established Projects.
. Must be able to demonstrate excellent stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills at Senior Management/Director level, with strong and influential personal credibility.
. Leadership skills with evidence of managing medium-large teams across a range of disciplines and locations.
. Demonstrable record of managing Project budgets effectively, and delivering within budgetary constraints
. Relevant Experience 10 to 14 years
Skills that will help you in the role:
. Knowledge of SWIFT and SWIFT infrastructures.
. Has operated in roles facing off directly to senior Stakeholders. A track record of successfully managing stakeholder relationships is definitely preferred.
. Previous experience of managing payments related projects.
. Ability to manage and deliver Projects in a business that is undergoing a high degree of organisational and strategic change.
. Formal external qualification/accreditation to Prince II or PMI methodologies, or at least experience of Prince II/PMI in a project environment.
Where will you be working
Pune
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