Job Description
We are AMS. We are a global total workforce solutions firm; we enable organisations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, re-shaping, and optimising workforces. Our Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) is one of our service offerings; we act as an extension of our clients' recruitment team and provide professional interim and temporary resources.
Our client, a major UK retail bank, provides every day banking services to over 17 million retail customers. The banks expertise and services span across Business Services, Corporate banking, Wealth Management, Group Functions, Retail and Investment Banking.
On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a Programme Manager for a 6-month contract based in London one day a week in the office.
Purpose of the Role:
As the primary point of contact for all projects within the programme, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring seamless communication and coordination. You will engage with stakeholders to effectively communicate milestones and risks, ensuring transparency and alignment. Your responsibilities will include comprehensive reporting throughout the programme, keeping all parties informed of the current status and progress. Additionally, you will review and analyse underlying data, taking charge of delivery assurance to guarantee successful project outcomes.
As a Programme Manager you will be responsible for:
- Facilitating platform, domain, and cross-domain coordination across strategic programmes and backlogs to identify gaps, overlaps, interdependencies, and design conflicts.
- Conducting proactive reviews of all plans to ensure the effective and timely escalation of any delivery risks before they become issues.
- Evaluating plan progress in relation to delivery outcomes and ensuring compliance with all internal change assurance requirements.
- Leveraging portfolio and programme management expertise to identify risks within the portfolio, thereby enhancing overall delivery performance and outcomes.
- Ensuring all deliveries within the portfolio adhere to planned milestone timeframes.
- Reporting throughout the programme ensuring the status is updated to the relevant Stakeholders and Managers.
- Pulling together all of the information and present findings and presenting PowerPoints and packs.
What we require from the candidate:
- Assurance experience.
- Reviewing data and stakeholder management experience.
- Programme regulatory background - waterfall methodology.
- Change risk experience.
- Working within banking environment beneficial.
Next steps
This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.
If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.
AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business
