project manager London, England
Job description
Project Manager Basel VI
London
As a Barclays Project Manager Basel VI, you will support strategic Credit and Muni initiatives in the FICC Risk and Pricing Space, in particular relating to the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB). This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the team developing a suite of new calculations and shaping the future of Barclays. The successful candidate will be involved in a fast-paced and dynamic project with strategic importance to the Bank.
Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality, and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.
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.
- Working with the Credit and Muni IT delivery team, the Credit Business and front to back stakeholders on project planning, prioritization, management, tracking and execution
- Providing project transparency and status updates for the above in Navigator and other project update artifacts, and managing various program and client engagement forums
- Participating in senior PM forums as a representative for Credit/Muni/ICE areas and face-off to various programs as part of project initiation and planning activities
- Taking accountability for creating and managing the project plan that will ensure on-time, effective delivery of front to back (F2B) outcomes in line with the business case
- Conducting detailed analysis, as required, to supplement the project delivery role and/or engaging with technical business analysts in other teams
- Ensuring that planned outputs deliver the agreed outcomes and that the outcomes remain relevant, course correcting where required to ensure the programme delivers on its aims
- Providing and regularly reviewing an honest, transparent assessment of the project status and RAID of the initiative, escalating via appropriate governance
- Creating and managing the business case for the project, partnering with the Accountable Executive and Programme Manager from inception through delivery to closure
What we’re looking for:
- Broad Project Management skill set
- Qualified experience in successful managing front office projects
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills leading to solid partnerships
- Extensive experience working in the technology delivery space with technology teams
Skills that will help you in the role:
- Bachelor Degree, preferably with a technical or economic/finance background
- Project management qualification desirable
Where will you be working?
In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links. With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within
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