Head of Transformation Programme Management Office

4 weeks ago

Southampton, United Kingdom Aztec Full time

Reporting to Transformation Director
Aztec is embarking on an ambitious programme of transformation and change over the next few years following development of a new target operating model. They are building a project and change office to support the delivery of change in the business. The transformation and change portfolio includes building revenue generating opportunities including a new commercial excellence capability, building core functions to support scale, and implementing innovative technologies to create capacity and efficiency.
This permanent role is a key member of the Programme Management Office (PMO) and reports to the Transformation Director. This role will be responsible for delivery of key parts of the change portfolio to scope, plan, budget, and ROI and will manage 3 project managers.
Lead and deliver large scale, multi-jurisdictional/Group, highly complex, business transformational projects and programmes in a fast-paced and virtual environment, from initiation through to delivery and successful transition in line with the programme delivery framework
Maintain and assist in the development and approval of budgets for the business cases of new projects, also providing ongoing management of the budgets within a programme/project.
Manage and lead direct and indirect project resources to identify capacity constraints and identify solutions to fulfil shortfalls to ensure that projects are delivered within agreed timeframes.
Provide progress status reports to the Steering Committees, Project Sponsors and key stakeholders on the project status, issues, risks, budgets, resource and change management plans.
Develop project specifications, agree project plan baseline including scope, key activities, deliverables, resource requirements, milestones, deadlines, and benefits.
Utilise project plans and schedules to monitor all activities.
Manage relationships amongst stakeholders by building confidence and trust with clear professional communications and assured expectation management.
Drive project execution; monitor, and control change, own change management; Manage the project within the agreed governance structures and processes, to ensure consistency of approach and efficient use of resources.
Conduct progress reviews to give stakeholders confidence that projects will deliver to time, budget and agreed standards.
Conduct reviews to assess project outcomes and to identify and capture lessons learned to enable continuous improvement and benefit realisation.
Track and monitor delivery of project and programme benefits aligned to the benefits framework
Develop project management capability across the business and manage a small team of project managers.
Demonstrable capability to lead Group transformational/highly complex and large projects/ programmes from initiation through to successful completion and benefit realisation. Using a variety of methods (waterfall, agile and hybrid).
~ Experience in transformational change and process improvements is preferable, ideally in a management consultancy.
~12+ years of programme/project/change management experience in a large size company with a proven record of successful project delivery working cross-functionally with tech and non-tech teams.
~ Project and Programme management qualifications are required. Strong academics preferred.
~ Demonstrable experience in strong people change management and benefit realisation.
~ Understanding of the financial services and fund industry would be advantageous.
~ adapts style and content to the needs of the audience by being inspirational.
~ Influencing and relationship building proactively builds productive and open and trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders; monitors progress against plans using project management techniques or other recognised methods such as Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid.
~ whilst being able to identify and manages risk.
~ Strong attention to detail, adheres to high quality standards, checks information quality
~ Change management & adoption: ability to focus on the human side of change by building and delivery change management strategies and plans to increase adoption and the success of the acceptance of benefits.

We will provide the training, both in house for relevant technical knowledge and also for professional qualifications to enhance both your professional development and ability to provide sound administration services.

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