Project Manager

Location: Hybrid / Reading


Role Purpose:	Leading planning and implementation of both internal and external projects to achieve organizational targets Empower and lead the team to maximise their potential Provide drive and though leadership in evaluating and implementing applicable Agile process and methodologies Effectively communicate project status and progress in all relevant forums developing stakeholder confidence Client and Third-Party management (at Senior Management level) on applicable projects or workstreams in UK and Europe
Key responsibilities:	Guide and coach, the team in following agile practices. Produce project plans and milestones for executing product backlog Help provide vision and direction to the team and stakeholders. Support the Product Owner in planning and prioritising the backlog according to business value. Proactively liaise with clients to ensure successful client implementations. Manage risk, issues, and dependencies of the projects Commercial management at appropriate level Contractual awareness when supporting external clients/third parties Provide visibility and progress of the projects against the plan to all stakeholders Help ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of well, prepared user stories to work on. Support iteration planning, realisation of user stories and release planning. Ensure impediments impacting successful team completion of sprint goals are removed. Effective stakeholder support and co-ordination Conduct retrospectives and facilitate continuous improvement. Keep abreast of agile best practices and new trends.
KPIs and Measures	Projects delivered within the agreed constraints or deviations managed through change management process Well managed milestones, dependencies, issues, and risks Energized and supportive team delivering to their full potential.
Key Deliverables:	Project initiation documents Agile process and methodologies Project plans, RAID log Iteration progress reports Project progress reports Professional respect of stakeholders and clients
Key Stakeholders:	Account management team Client success team Product team Implementation team COO
Competencies (knowledge/skills/experience):	5 + years of appropriate experience in Agile product development and delivery Experienced Scrum Master/Agile project manager delivering software products Agile and waterfall methodologies Ability to shape projects (both green-field and progressive projects). Self-starter Lean product development Team Management Client and Stakeholder Management Leadership, creative thinking, decision-making, accountability, determination to succeed, team player Wealth Management domain knowledge would be advantageous but not essential for the right candidate. Flexibility to support European travel in support of business initiatives is a requirement of the role
Education & Qualifications:	Degree level education Project management certification Agile certifications A second, European language (French, German, Italian) considered advantageous

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