Junior IT Project Manager (Agile) London
Lloyds Banking Group
Full Time
London
41715 - 46350 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
End Date
Monday 03 April 2023
Salary Range
£41,715 - £46,350Agile Working Options
Job Description Summary
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Job Description
Junior IT Project Manager (Agile)
Lloyds Banking Group
London: Hybrid working arrangements, 1-2 days per week in the office and the rest from home
Salary & Benefits: £41,715 - £48,668 per annum, plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution, 4% flexible cash pot, private medical insurance, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays.
We also offer flexible working hours, agile working practices flexibility to suit your lifestyle and ensure a good work-life balance.
Lloyds Banking Group?
Lloyds Banking Group is on a mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help to do it!
Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organization.
Where does this role sit?
We're the Commercial SRE team (Site reliability engineers) who provide support and oversight of Commercial deployments on to Public Cloud.
We're looking for a Junior Project Manager to support the Engineering Lead with delivery of backlog initiatives focused on platform development, workload delivery & the new application deployment to cloud.
This is a truly exciting opportunity, if successful you’ll;
- be able to start a career within commercial banking
- be given the opportunity to own your own small projects when ready
- be stretched and have the opportunity to grow quickly
- work in a high-profile area with exposure to very senior partners
What will I focus on in this role?
You'll be supporting the Engineering Lead in ensuring the Commercial organisation is equipped with the correct infrastructure platform capabilities to deliver new technologies, products, and features to Commercial customers. You’ll also have a dotted reporting line into the Service Performance Manager.
The second big part of the role would be to support Commercial divisions with their public cloud journey, end-to-end, including assistance with the Lloyds Bank governance & control framework in the context of delivering on public cloud platforms
Your role would be to coordinate delivery of specific programmes/ projects within that portfolio, working with a broad array of collaborators and business areas, as well as a number of technical application teams.
We use a combination of Agile & Waterfall project delivery, modern DevOps engineering practices and are always trying to continually improve & develop.
The area, or Lab, you'll work within will be made up of multidisciplinary professionals including engineers, analysts, architects, business users, product owners and anyone else required to deliver your programme or projects successfully.
You’ll also support some Scrum Master style tasks, including supporting product prioritisation & backlog management alongside the Product Owner.
Specific activities which you’ll be responsible for include things like;
- Supporting the mobilisation of new projects
- Supporting planning activities
- Governance & controls
- Reporting & tracking
- Backlog prioritisation
- Establishing and handling risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies
- Coordinating with software engineers, product owners, analysts, customers, technical specialists amongst others to ensure successful delivery
- Stakeholder management
Together, we make it possible!
What do we need to see from applicants?
We like people who come from diverse cultural backgrounds and are really looking for someone passionate about technology, ambitious and has a good problem solving attitude. On your CV, we need to see the following to consider you for interview;
- Work experience in a project related role, for example you might have done project support work, PMO work, junior business analysis or similar roles and ready to step up.
- A basic understanding of project management within an Agile or Waterfall environment
- A background within IT (commercial or degree), specifically anything related to software engineering or cloud services.
Desirable criteria;
- Awareness of public cloud platforms such as Azure
- Any prior focus on governance & control initiatives
Why else would you want to work with us?
We are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. We have the scale and breadth to provide you with a wide range of training and development opportunities, helping you achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career. Join us and be part of an inclusive, values-based culture focused on making a difference.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
