PM/Senior PM 29818-1 29820-1

Role: Project Manager Location: Remote Duration: 6 Months Summary: Responsible for planning, plan maintenance, risks and issues coordination across programme, Programme status reporting and various steerco level packs and managing tactical projects that are typically of low to medium level complexity and that impact one or multiple business units. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Programme level governance tasks: Reporting Change management. Risks and issues Meeting scheduling, minutes and actions Supports Programme manager / director. Identifies project management coordination process gaps or areas for improvement, recommends and implements solutions. Manages project initiation activities that include identifying contractual obligations, client needs and goals, existing situation, necessary contacts, and access to existing information as needed. Reviews plans to determine costs, timeline, funding, staffing requirements and goals. Develops project plans outlining project scope, activities, schedules, deadlines, and cost/time estimates. Delivers informational and decision-seeking presentations to technical and business groups. Assigns project team members to various project activities. Manages project risks, issues/problems, and activity progress to ensure project goals (e.g., deadline, scope and quality) are achieved. Assists with problem resolution or risk mitigation as needed. Coordinates activities and tasks among project team members, other internal departments and client organizations as needed to meet project goals. Seeks and develops more productive and effective ways to complete assigned tasks. Ensures fit with timeline, architecture and user needs. Conducts project closure activities to formalize and communicate the project acceptance, handover ongoing activities to accountable teams and complete a post implementation review to identify areas of improvement or that worked well. Pursues project management certification or equivalent experience. Performs other related duties as assigned.Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Complexity of Work: Moderately routine; general policies applied. Some decision-making.Education: Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in a related discipline. Experience: 3-5 years' experience in project management in financial services or a related industry; OR 3-5 years' experience in a client-related field (e.g., business analysis, programming, client server, telecommunications, legal); or equivalent combination of education and experience. Actively pursuing project management certification or has the equivalent experience. Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly. Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive