Delivery Project Manager (Wealth & Asset management / Pensions)

Joining Capco means joining an organisation that is committed to an inclusive working environment where you’re encouraged to #BeYourselfAtWork. We celebrate individuality and recognize that diversity and inclusion, in all forms, is critical to success. It’s important to us that we recruit and develop as diverse a range of talent as we can and we believe that everyone brings something different to the table – so we’d love to know what makes you different.

Such differences may mean we need to make changes to our process to allow you the best possible platform to succeed, and we are happy to cater to any reasonable adjustments you may require. You will find the section to let us know of these at the bottom of your application form or you can mention it directly to your recruiter at any stage and they will be happy to help.

ABOUT CAPCO

Capco is a global technology and business consultancy, focused on the financial services sector. We are passionate about helping our clients succeed in an ever-changing industry. From day one you will work on engaging projects with some of the largest banks in the world, on projects that will transform the financial services industry.

We are

· Experts in banking and payments, capital markets and wealth and asset management

· Deep knowledge in financial services offering, including e.g. Finance, Risk and Compliance, Financial Crime, Core Banking etc.

· Committed to growing our business and hiring the best talent to help us get there

· Focused on maintaining our nimble, agile and entrepreneurial culture

Role Description

Capco are looking for Project Delivery Managers in Edinburgh or London with change management or Technology experience gained as a management consultant or from within a change role in Wealth & Asset Management or pensions.

As a Project Manager you may be involved in the delivery of a single large scale project or multiple smaller projects. This is a very client facing role and requires the ability to build strong relationships with customers, often at a senior level.

Project Delivery Management

• Scope management: Maintaining an accurate understanding of project scope, deliverables and schedule and delivery expectations from Project Managers and Client Directors. Is ruthless in managing change to agreed scope.
• Estimation: Creating, owning and maintaining accurate and detailed estimates of project activities and determining the most efficient project approach and resource utilisation. Ability to dissect and challenge all delivery estimates.  Maintaining resource allocations in the required tool(s) with the appropriate Resource Manager.
• Planning and scheduling: Creating, owning and maintaining project schedules/plans, detailing all activities to be completed by the Solution Centre on a project.  Assigning responsibilities for project activities and their delivery milestones to ensure the most efficient use of resources and skill sets.
• Project tracking: Daily monitoring of progress against project milestones and expected daily throughput, promptly reporting any deviation from plan to the Head of Delivery.
• Quality assurance: Monitoring the quality of deliverables and working with the functional heads to manage quality.
• Delivery focus: Ensuring the project team tracks and delivers against the milestones in the project schedule and being ultimately accountable for the success or failure of the work the team is responsible for delivering.  Ensure sprints are managed meticulously and all analysis/build/test activities are managed in line with sprint dates and exit criteria.
• Risk management: Identifying and managing project delivery issues, risks and dependencies, promptly reporting any variation to the Head of Delivery.
• Continuous Improvement: Contributing to post implementation reviews, when required, to identify learning and improvement opportunities for future projects.

Reporting and Communication

• Providing clear, concise and accurate reports on project status, progress against milestones, daily velocity and burn down, issues and risks in the agreed format and within the agreed timeframes.
• Maintains visibility across the team and group by encouraging communication and organising regular project team meetings.
• Proactively communicate project status and issues and provide timely escalation where appropriate.
• Liaising with internal departments such as IT Infrastructure and Investment Operations or engaging in client meetings; liaising directly with the client to facilitate information exchange or remove dependencies.
• Help to facilitate efficient communication between the client engagement and Solution Centre teams.

Leadership

• Be familiar with daily scrum sessions and the role of a scrum master and employ that to help with day-to-day management of project teams of Solution Consultants, Analyst Developers, Analyst Testers and other assigned team members.
• Ability to elicit and interpret risks / issues / roadblocks from the team and help / co-ordinate ways to mitigate / fix these.
• Ensuring all team members are motivated, productive and focused on completing their assigned work activities as quickly and efficiently as possible and to agreed quality standards. Actively tracks team velocity and quality as an objective measure of performance and takes proactive action to correct where appropriate.
• Providing feedback on performance, managing poor performance promptly and escalating to Solution Centre management as appropriate.
• Proactively raising any potential personnel issues or delivery risk with the Project Manager and Head of Delivery.

Desired Experience

• Relationship and stakeholder engagement skills and experience
• Experience in project management with a track record of successfully delivering complex projects
• Experience of software development delivery preferably with the financial services industry
• Strong background in software development, ideally with relevant technologies 
• Project management professional qualifications (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2, Agile project management) ·
• Familiarity with the Agile project methodology desirable
• Familiarity with financial products and markets desirable

Essential Experience 

• Experience implementing investment platforms in major financial institutions and wealth management firms
• Preferably, experience working for or closely with a technology platform provider 
• Experience in wealth and asset management, or pension business
• Understanding of technology and operations, financial regulations and investment products

Why Join Capco?

You will work on engaging projects with some of the largest banks in the world, on projects that will transform the financial services industry.

We offer:

· A work culture focused on innovation and creating lasting value for our clients and employees

· Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise in our financial services offerings

· A flat, non-hierarchical structure that will enable you to work with senior partners and directly with clients

· An agile, diverse, entrepreneurial, inclusive, meritocratic culture

Next Steps

If you’re looking forward to progressing your career with us, please do not hesitate to apply. We are looking forward to receiving your application.

To learn more about Capco and its people check out the website on www.capco.com

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