Programme Manager

HSBC are currently searching for a Programme Manager to join their team in Edinburgh.

Role Purpose: Shapes, leads, directs and controls the delivery of complex, high risk and/or cross functional strategic programmes. Responsible for shaping and leading major change initiatives which implement business strategies. Optimises resources across the programme to ensure delivery to agreed business plans within cost, quality and timescale objectives, and to ensure that the benefits identified in the business case can be realised.

Key Responsibilities:

• Programme/Project Set Up and Closure: Works with the business to define and agree programme structure and benefits and to confirm that outputs and outcomes will support their realisation.
• Governance and Reporting: Creates, implements and operates within an appropriate governance framework which aligns to the wider Group governance framework.
• Programme/Project Control and Delivery: Shapes, leads, directs and controls the delivery of complex, high risk and/or cross functional programmes, including pragmatic application of programme management methodologies, use of a clearly defined delivery roadmap and robust financial and risk management.
• Continuous Improvement: Drives continuous improvement to the Group’s strategic approach to managing change, including identifying best practice both internally and externally, and building the profile of the Group’s Change Management Community.
• Planning and Finance: Drives progress against the programme plan; understands, challenges and proactively manages the cost position; and acts to mitigate potential cost or time delays.
• Resource Management: Identifies and secures appropriate resources to work on the programme; defines clear roles and responsibilities for all team members including specific responsibility for production of all deliverables.
• Stakeholder Management: Leads the management/delivery of the Group’s wider Change portfolio through establishing effective relationships with key stakeholders. Responsible for building and maintaining key relationships with particular Divisions or Business Units.
• Influencing: Engages with a diverse group of senior stakeholders to influence strategic direction of key programmes to meet business goals and support benefits realisation. Typically, up to and including Senior Exec/Divisional Board level.
• People and Self Development: Provides team leadership to Change professionals, developing colleagues through challenging objectives, feedback and coaching. This may be with a permanent team or a matrix structure across multiple locations.
• Risk: Continuously evaluates programmes/projects for financial and people risk and regulatory compliance and takes appropriate steps to mitigate.

Experience Required:

• Fund Administration Experience
• Expert in Change Management Principles
• Expert in Project & Programme Methodology
• Ability to operate and influence at senior level
• Ability to demonstrate leadership of people and teams on a daily basis
• Excellent organisational skills, credibility with senior stakeholders & self-starter who can operate on own initiative
• In depth knowledge of investment administration industry, as well as sectors in which our clients operate (e.g. life companies, sovereign wealth, asset management, pension funds)
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Financial Services experience, specifically senior change/operational role(s) in Fund Administration or Asset Management is highly desirable
• Significant delivery track record with experience of successful portfolio and programme delivery
• Experience of team leadership and ability to drive and maintain strategic direction
• Experience of managing a transformation programme, within a Change Delivery environment

If you are interested in this role, please do not hesitate to apply! Either apply directly or reach out at Amy.Walker@tapfin.com . Please note in the event of a high volume of applications, we are only able to reach out to successful applicants in the first instance.