Project Manager

Department: Business Organization & Project Management

Role Purpose: Manages complex projects & programs, contributes to the P3M Governance framework and supports project managers in their development.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures that proper scoping, initiation and approval of projects and programs is performed via the initial business case;
• Plans projects and programs so as to support the realisation of the approved business case;
• Manages complex projects in order to ensure team and task cohesion throughout the project duration;
• Plans, staffs, implements and controls projects in the area of accountability in order to ensure goal, time, scope and quality targets achievement;
• Continuously recommends and ensures that contingency plans are in place for risks and issues that are likely to be realised, as well as for dependencies that might affect benefit realisation;
• Reports/communicates projects status on a regular basis to all affected parties in order to ensure progress monitoring, progress steering, proper task assignment and dissemination of information;
• Ensures that the appropriate steering and decision body is in place, in accordance with the approved scope;
• Organizes steering committee meetings and project review meetings with relevant decision bodies and key stakeholders in order to ensure proper complex project steering and overcome potential bottlenecks;
• Ensures that risks, issues, decisions, deliverables, plans, benefits, costs, changes in scope and other project elements are documented and tracked;
• Supports business owners and project managers involved in other projects in order to align their approach to UNIQA internal governance framework and transfer P3M knowledge;
• Trains, coaches and supports project managers in order to ensure their development in line with UNIQA standards, concepts and context;
• Contributes to the design and update of the P3M governance framework in order to ensure that the operational approach is aligned with the current organizational requirements.

Requirements:

• More than 3 years’ experience in leading complex projects and/or programs in financial services business operations;
• Extensive knowledge and track record of P3M and the associated methodologies, techniques, processes and approaches;
• Technologies/trends/marketplace knowledge;
• Experienced in cross functional team management in a matrix organisation;
• Analytical problem solving ability;
• Organizational and structuring abilities;
• Previous exposure to senior management and stakeholders;
• Highly organized and a good multi-tasker, detail-oriented and persevering;
• Effective communicator and positive influencer of people;
• Proven stakeholder management skills;
• Strong team orientation and excellent abilities to blend in teams;
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English;
• Open minded and keen on knowledge transfer;
• Resilient in target attainment;
• Preferred previous exposure to transformation and/ or process improvement projects.