Programme Manager

5 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Schroders Full time

About Schroders

We're a global investment management company. We help institutions, intermediaries, and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfill their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we've been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn't change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

The base

We're located in the heart of the UK's financial centre. We're close to our clients and have everything we need to work flexibly.

Role Purpose

The programmes led by the successful individual will enable continuing corporate growth and optimisation through the effective delivery of programmes that, in close partnership with business stakeholders, enable more flexible and efficient services, ensure compliance to regulations, improve customer experience and service, improve use of technology, onboard new business solutions, reduce risk, realise target operating models, and deliver leaner processes.

The role holder will be able to interact with internal and external parties, be a credible and role model level change professional, and engender trust in both the internal change process and Schroders as an exemplary partner for our external clients.

We require an individual with an excellent track record of shaping and delivering large programmes across Technology and Business disciplines. It is expected that the individual will manage a team of direct reports and manage many more in a matrix environment.

What you'll do

  • Support the initiation and mobilisation of programmes as required;
  • Lead the delivery of group-wide programmes and projects across a range of initiatives;
  • Manage an assigned delivery portfolio within the scope of Enterprise Change responsibilities;
  • Collaborate with business and senior stakeholders and be a trusted advisor in order to define and deliver against business outcomes and ensure clear, consistent reporting;
  • Be accountable for the design and implementation of appropriate target operating models to enhance and embed the transformational process;
  • Support the management of a programme team with matrix management requirements of the departments from which they will be provided;
  • Hire appropriate additional staff to meet the objectives of the programmes as per an agreed recruitment plan;
  • Effective planning, with the ability to construct, present, and effectively communicate a range of roadmaps and detailed plans to diverse audiences;
  • Manage communication of progress and changes to the wider organisation;
  • Drive change at pace through excellent cross-functional working;
  • Ensure financial diligence & reporting of the programme is adhered to working to secure delivery within budget;
  • Excellent risk and issue management;
  • Proactively manage dependencies across the programme and to/from adjacent programmes of work;
  • Successfully negotiate organisational challenges.

Key Responsibilities

  • Have direct line management responsibility for a small team of project managers;
  • Be an active participant in the recruitment and onboarding process for internal and external hires across the Business Transformation team;
  • Practice, develop, and promote the use of Business Transformation standards for change, whilst adapting agreed methodologies to effectively support a range of scenarios;
  • Pro-actively contribute to the evolution of an Enterprise Change 'Centre of Excellence';
  • Mentor and support the development of change expertise across Schroders through involvement in other non-core activities;
  • Support the culture of personal development across Schroders change resources and manage talent and succession planning strategies;
  • Provide pro-active and clear leadership in a range of scenarios and circumstances;
  • Be a pro-active member of the Enterprise Change Delivery management team.

The knowledge, experience, and qualifications you need

  • Understanding of a range of delivery methodologies;
  • Good knowledge of change tools and techniques and the demonstration of their appropriateness;
  • Proven delivery record of driving organisational and business change programmes with multi-million-pound budgets to agreed timescales and deadlines;
  • Demonstrable experience of driving transformational change in complex environments;
  • Able to demonstrate a range of transformational change capabilities that will enable programme leadership across a range of delivery portfolios which may include:
  • Commercial and Solutions;
  • Regulatory;
  • Corporate;
  • Strategic Cross-Group Change;
  • Ability to manage and motivate diverse sets of teams across multiple functions;
  • Evidence of multiple senior stakeholder management;
  • Strong consultative skills with the ability to collaborate when appropriate and influence across a broad, senior stakeholder base;
  • A good understanding of the application of target operating models, design frameworks, and Business Architecture capabilities;
  • Ability to deliver difficult messages where necessary and the ability to explain complex concepts in a clear and concise manner to stakeholders;
  • Evidence of resolving challenging issues and contributing to end-state solution;
  • Able to make trade-offs to ensure priority value items are delivered;
  • Can drive to make decisions.

The knowledge, experience, and qualifications that will help

  • Extensive experience and detailed knowledge of Asset Management;
  • Experience of managing large teams, both directly and in matrix frameworks;
  • Basic professional qualifications relating to the asset management industry and programme management practises;
  • A broad experience across Schroders domains would be beneficial;
  • Educated to at least undergraduate degree level.

What you'll be like

  • Inspiring and collaborative leader;
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and change, able to drive clarity and simplicity;
  • Receptive to others' ideas and responds constructively to challenges;
  • Be an energiser of team morale, see opportunity in overcoming challenges and uses these experiences to build the teams' reputation;
  • Demonstrable resilience to handling pressure and setbacks well;
  • Clear understanding of who the clients of Enterprise Change Delivery are and their specific needs;
  • Pro-actively seeks feedback and accepts this positively;
  • Creates environments that provide the right balance of challenge and support;
  • Commitment to achieving higher levels of performance and sustained improvement.

We recognise potential, whoever you are

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought, facilitated by an inclusive culture, will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer. You are welcome here, regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or any other protected characteristic.

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