Responsibilities:
- Project Coordination: Lead project planning sessions, define roadmaps, and ensure timely delivery of key milestones.
- Team Management: Oversee staffing and resource allocation across internal teams and external vendors to optimize project outcomes.
- Programme Oversight: Work with Project Leads and stakeholders to define objectives, scope, and align on goals, addressing potential challenges.
- Communication: Provide regular updates and highlight critical points to Senior Leadership and Board of Directors.
- Risk Management: Conduct risk analysis to identify obstacles and develop strategies to minimize costs and delays.
- Scheduling & Budgeting: Create detailed project schedules with clear parameters, milestones, and budgets.
- Performance Monitoring: Review project scope, schedule, and costs, implementing adjustments as necessary to stay on track.
- Documentation: Ensure all project deliverables are comprehensive, accurate, and meet requirements.
Requirements:
- Industry Expertise: Significant project management experience in financial institutions, with a focus on large-scale projects in M&A or post-merger integrations.
- Experience: 10-15 years of relevant experience, including at least 6-7 years in large-scale project management, ideally within the insurance industry.
- Ability to step into the details when needed to resolve impediments yet has complete visibility of end-to-end view of the project.
- Certifications in Lean/AGILE /project/program/portfolio management preferred
- Strong project management, change management and facilitation skills.
- Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyse and interpret complex information from numerous sources, prepare and present analysis and reports, deal with challenges creatively and achieve business-focused solutions.
