IT Project Manager

Financial Conduct Authority

Regulating financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, https://www.fca.org.uk/careers


Requirements of the role

Are you interested in working on the delivery of some of the FCA’s highest priority public commitments?

 

The team/department

We are currently recruiting for Project Managers to join us within our DTI (Data, Technology and Innovation) & Operations Change Directorate.

Our Change Directorate is at the forefront of our ambition to transform the FCA into a data-led regulator, and our work enables the FCA to effectively regulate some of the UK’s most complex financial markets.

 

Within the Change Directorate we have the Ops & DTI Change Department. The departments are responsible for the delivery of change to help shape and deliver divisional strategies to meet prioritised policy, regulatory and operational outcomes. We combine business and technical architecture, relationship management, portfolio, project and programme management, business change and business analysis expertise.

 

This role is initially aligned to the Security Programme and provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced project manager to work on the delivery of some of the FCA’s highest priority public commitments.

 

What you will be doing (the role)

  • Successfully deliver business and technical change projects end-to-end, from inception through to project outcomes, following FCA quality standards and within agreed baselines of time, budget, and scope
  • Building and managing stakeholder relationships across the FCA, managing expectations, defining, and agreeing scope, facilitating key decisions and managing exceptions and escalations as needed
  • Developing and implementing appropriate project management controls and governance to set up the initiatives for success, specifically developing the investment case, project plan, deliverables, and milestones to successfully deliver the business outcomes, identifying and sourcing resources to achieve time and cost expectations
  • Validating assumptions and resolving dependencies, issues, and risks within delivery
  • Ensure delivery adheres to the FCA Change Delivery Framework, including Governance Framework
  • Oversee the project board meetings and produce the relevant materials, including portfolio reporting


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 Location

Edinburgh, Leeds, London

 Contract type

Full time, Permanent

 Profession

DDAT, IT, Project manager


 Working pattern

Flexible working, Hybrid

 Closing Date

01/11/2024