Project Manager Bristol, England
Lloyds Banking Group
Full Time
Bristol, England
52245 - 58050 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
End Date
Monday 22 May 2023
Salary Range
£52,245 - £58,050Agile Working Options
Job Description Summary
We prioritise delivery of the technical infrastructure required to support theTransforming Finance initiative by engaging with the delivery teams and
understanding their need, and delivering change in an agile and collaborative
way.
Job Description
LBG 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 organisation.
About the role:
Location: This role is based in Bristol and you will be required to be in the office at least 2 days per week.
You would work within the Finance Value Stream of our Group Transformation function, which supports the batch & real-time streaming of financial transactions. We’re leading the way transforming Lloyds to be more engineering led. We prioritise delivery of the technical infrastructure required to support the Transforming Finance initiative by engaging with the delivery teams and understanding their need, and delivering change in an agile and collaborative way.
What does the role involve?
- Supporting change activities within the workstream, working in collaboration with the Lab Product Owners and project team. Delivering to agreed scope, cost, quality and timescales.
- Ensuring project objectives are met, using risk management systems to ensure the organisation is not exposed to undue risk.
- Building connections across LBG and understanding supporting processes, procedures and toolsets.
- Managing dependencies across the workstreams to ensure that work is delivered in line with overall Programme timescales.
- Managing reporting of information to required Programme timescales.
- Overseeing project budget, costs and resourcing.
- Implementing a detailed delivery approach for each stage of the project lifecycle, producing and owning project management deliverables, using relevant methodologies, to the right level of quality.
- Working with our customers across Finance to agree and realise project benefits, outcomes and key results.
- Identifying and engaging key project partners to regularly communicate updates and issues, and ensure partner sign off
Succeed here and you can look forward to taking the next step up the career ladder or broadening your experience across even bigger and more complex change projects
About You:
- You're a dynamic and adaptable individual – able to use & learn new skills & knowledge in varying circumstances
- You’re able to remain calm and lead the team effectively through constrained timescales and difficult initiatives
- You've a well-developed communication kit bag with extensive customer management experience
- You can influence partners of all levels and balance partner expectations, facilitating discussions across high risk and complexity or under constrained timescales.
- You’ll be skilled in Leading and minimising risks and you'll influence positively - demonstrating values and behaviours that align to our Group's, and encouraging this in team members.
Ideally, you’ll also bring:
- Experience of both FastPath and Optimus delivery; proficient in the use of all core Change tools (CMT, Clarity and JIRA)
- Experience of engaging and working with our partners, such as IBM and TCS and/or other external software vendors to LBG such as Oracle.
- A learning mindset, aiming to grow own capabilities by pursuing and investing in personal development opportunities
- An ability to adopt new ways of working and finding a way to incorporate agile practices
- Familiarisation with Group Transformation Principles and Practices
What we offer you in return…
As a team we’re invested in your continual development. That’s why we’ve fostered a collaborative learning environment that supports your career goals and encourages knowledge-sharing. Our inclusive culture offers you flexibility to try new things while helping you build the future you want.
You'll also receive a package that includes
- Discretionary bonus
- Private Medical Insurance
- Pension, where we'll give up to a max of 15%
- Share plans
- 30 days holiday plus public holidays
And finally…
We pride ourselves on being hard-working, outcome-focused, and passionate about making a difference. We're focused on creating a values-led culture, and our approach to inclusion and diversity means that we can all make a real difference, together.
Our continued commitment to helping Britain recover means that as a colleague you can make a difference to customers, businesses, and communities.
Together we have a key role to play in shaping the bank of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll continue to have opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
Are you interested in joining us? Apply today, we’d love to hear from you...
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 keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
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.
