Monday 28 March 2016

Project Manager Needed At Ulster Bank, UK

Job description
The Requirements

If you're an accomplished project management practitioner looking to leverage your commercial acumen with your change management expertise, this is an excellent opportunity to join our Change Management team within Ulster Bank Transformation and play a significant role in delivering and embedding multiple projects.

Ulster Bank Transformation takes one single view of all change activity across the bank, allowing joined up decisions on how to prioritise change to be made for the good of the bank, and maintaining a clear line of sight on customer, staff and financial benefits.

What you'll do

As Project Manager you'll have a crucial role to play as you take responsibility for planning and managing the end-to-end delivery of multiple projects, which deliver our strategic and regulatory objectives.

You'll manage the full project lifecycle, through the development of the plan, mobilisation of a cross-business team and delivery of the project, including full benefits realisation. You'll also be responsible for all aspects of governance, including cost and risk management.

You will work with multiple stakeholders across different businesses and functions and your remit will include direct and matrix people management responsibilities.

In addition, you’ll also:
Have management responsibility for 4 – 6 direct reports and indirect delivery responsibility for up to c20 matrix resources
Manage the Project budget and deploy effective cost control processes
Forecast and evaluate internal and external Project risks and issues and develop plans to resolve accordingly

What you'll bring

As an experienced project management practitioner with change management expertise, you'll be comfortable in operating across multiple delivery platforms, and experienced in project lifecycle planning and the delivery of projects, with a proven track record of end-to-end delivery.

Your knowledge of the banking industry will be extensive, and your experience will encompass the delivery of strategic projects that support a business strategy, its growth, and customer agenda. You’ll be highly organised, and an excellent communicator. The competent use of standard project tools and MS applications will feature in your skill set, and you'll bring a solid understanding of risk concepts.

How we'll reward you

In return, we offer a competitive salary plus a 30% individually tailorable cash and benefit funding programme in Northern Ireland, and 31% in the Republic of Ireland. In addition, we provide a wide selection of exclusive lifestyle offers, development and learning programmes, services and support designed to help you manage and balance your work/life priorities. For more information on our benefits, please visit our website .

At Ulster Bank, we want everyone to feel welcome. That’s why we want you to know that we'll work with you to make the application process as smooth as possible. So please just let us know if you need any adjustments or support – we'll do whatever we can to help.

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At Ulster Bank, we are focused on becoming the number one bank for trust, customer service and advocacy by 2020. We are simplifying our business, concentrating on the areas where we can lead the market, and placing our customers at the heart of everything we do.