GBM - Public Dept-London-Vice President-Change Management

Job Description
Our core value is building strong relationships with institutional clients, corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets and associated client experience, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.
Global Banking & Markets: Change Management
The Global Banking & Markets Change Management Team is searching for dedicated individuals who thrive in a collaborative and challenging environment to join our team. Global Change Managers serve as program or project managers on high priority initiatives within the Global Banking & Markets Division. You will work alongside front to back teams to ensure solutions are designed and implemented across the portfolio. You will leverage your technical expertise and project management skills to influence and drive working groups to deliver these complex projects on time, within budget and with high quality.
HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL
Lead complex and strategic cross divisional initiatives in partnership with front to back business teams including product, design, engineering and operations teams
Understand and articulate how projects and benefits fit into both the program and broader firm strategy with the ability to influence and shape this
Recognize, report, and escalate project risks to senior partners; oversee remediation of risks raised
Provide transparency and progress of projects, issues, timelines, and budgets by running governance forums with senior GBM leadership
Identify and remove impediments at program level, leveraging stakeholders, sponsorship, and other relationships to do so
Work with product owners to build the strategic vision and forward-looking roadmap and refine the backlog of demand, while balancing competing priorities
Define quality assurance and testing approaches, provide coaching to the team on testing best practices and develop migration strategies for post testing
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Bachelor's Degree
7-12 years’ relevant experience, in a business analysis / project / program management function; must have Finance Industry experience.
Strong project management skills; Proficient in managing the full front to back lifecycle of a project including scoping, defining a plan and deliverables, risk and issue management, status reporting and driving delivery
Proven track record of delivering results in a cross functional team setting, on time and to budget
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, written and oral; confident in interaction with senior stakeholders
Extensive leadership experience demonstrated through empowerment, situational awareness, increasing transparency and conflict resolution on a large-scale program
Ability to engage with and influence stakeholders outside their direct control
Strategic thinker who can identify cross functional issues, provide innovative solutions, and communicate the implications of solutions across existing processes, systems and teams, e.g. costs, risk, service
Must be hands-on, able and willing to work with teams while coaching them to reach efficient and effective performance levels
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of products and processes related to the financial services industry, technology strategy or in a client service or business function and / or management consulting
Core knowledge base of Global Banking & Markets
Demonstrate understanding of Financial Services & Operations workflows, processes and procedures
Knowledge of automated testing tools and frameworks
Experience with tools such as JIRA and Confluence or similar applications
Knowledge of OKR frameworks and roadmaps
Working knowledge of using AI to gain efficiencies within financial services
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