Program Manager/ Project Manager -

7+ years of brokerage/ Financial Services business product expertise (if possible)

Strong executive presence - to quickly establish credibility with owner group

Ability to translate PMO processes to the business in meaningful way
Proven track record to drive and deliver strong project results in a date driven, ambiguous environment
Ability to quickly build project structure and team


* Minimum of 7 years related program mgt. experience with Finance previous experience
* Minimum of 7 years exposure to formal development methodologies
* Financial and/or brokerage Industry experience primarily focusing on brokerage products implementations
* Ability to lead a project team and deliver business/project results on projects with a variety of size and complexity
* Meeting facilitation skills and leadership experience
* Negotiation, analytical, decision making and problem solving skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to manage multiple projects with proven experience in successfully managing and implementing multiple initiatives on behalf of business partners
* Ability to lead, influence, communicate and interact with people at all levels across the company as well as other companies
* Focus on achieving results; persists at tasks / project despite difficulties


* Ensuring that the scope is defined and agreed with the sponsor
* Provide a plan at the required level of detail which indicates the key dependencies (internal and external), the project resources, the time-frame for completion of the project and the key deliverables within it
* Estimate of the total cost of the project/workstream
* Ensuring that the project’s critical success factors have been defined and agreed
* Ensuring that acceptance criteria have been defined and agreed
* Estimate the project’s risk (i.e. its probability of success) and appreciation and agreement as to how these risks can best be mitigated
* Providing the required level of status reporting
* Managing the process of change (including scope, detailed functionality, staff, project structure)
* Ensuring that the implementation policy is in place and adhered to
* Ensuring a smooth hand-over to Post-Production Support