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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Management
Location: London, , United Kingdom
Type: Contract
Closing Date: 2006-06-09
Project Manager (contract)
Reference No. 152
Company Financial
Location London
Salary £425/day for 6 months
Start Date ASAP
The Role
Background
• This role is working within the company, part of the Group responsible
for development and operation of the systems that support the group’s
current and future business models – the provision of electronic real-time
settlement for a diverse range of financial instruments for both cross-border
and domestic markets within the European countries that the group operates.
• The Group has clients in over 80 countries, and last year settled
transactions with a value of over Eur238 trillion. This ambitious Group is in
an exciting stage of development as it progresses towards its ultimate
objective of developing a domestic market for Europe that will not only
revolutionise the settlement infrastructure in Europe, but also transform the
European capital markets.
• The position available is within the Legacy Roadmap and Development
Services (LRDS) division operating in London who requires a motivated
self-starter to assist the division in delivering a broad range of change
thereby providing it’s customers with continual improvements. At the heart
of the financial services industry, this role will give the successful
candidate significant opportunities for personal development and exposure to
the wider sector
Job details
Title and reporting structure
 The position title is Project Leader. The position reports to
the Release Manager responsible for delivering changes relating to Corporate
Technology and Group projects within the UK Roadmap team, a team comprising of
7 Project Leaders.
Location
 The post is based at Cannon Street, London , but it is
envisaged that the role will involve management of Group-wide initiatives, or
local derived projects, involving various Group-wide departments (for
requirements, delivery or implementation), which will require flexibility in
terms of time spent at various Group locations.
Working Hours
 Core working hours are 09:00 – 17:00. However, to be
effective in the role, the jobholder should anticipate and will be expected to
work outside this core as necessary and with little notice.
Position Summary
 The Project Leader will plan, track and deliver projects as
designated. In doing so, they will make extensive use of related managed teams
within departments. Their responsibility includes production of a range of
reporting and management controls as per Group standards (and/or as designated
otherwise).
 The Project Leader will also be involved in pre-project work
leading to proposals being submitted to the Roadmap Prioritisation Committee
(RPC) who need to approve project expenditure (beyond a certain level) before
the project proceeds.
 The successful candidate will manage a portfolio of Technical
infrastructure projects which are at various stages within the project
lifecycle. It is essential that the candidate has a background in Networks and
Information Security Management as an understanding of the technical issues and
risks to infrastructural projects is needed. The candidate needs to be able to
liaise with and co-ordinate the technical teams. Several of the projects about
to commence are security improvements projects so a basic understanding of
Information Security needs to be demonstrated e.g. having a basic qualification
such as CISSP
Key Tasks / Accountabilities
 Ownership of the project plans for work allocated and for
reporting against baseline.
 Facilitating the set-up of projects; business case,
organisation, time, budget, function
 Monitoring and tracking project deliveries; both internal or
from an external agency.
 Resolving and closing down of project issues.
 Highlighting and proposing mitigating actions to risks.
 Ensuring a consistent approach to quality in projects.
 Facilitating change.
 Assisting on intra-departmental matters as required.
 Representative of the assigned department at cross departmental
or group, programme forums or meetings as necessary.
 Working closely with other members of the Programme
Management/Project Team and with Corporate Technology to ensure the overall
programme plan is delivered in an optimum manner for the benefit of the
Divisional management.
 The role may involve some travel to entities within the Group
 Working with 3rd party software / hardware vendors
 Understanding of the Procurement process
Person specification
 Self managed, self-motivated.
 Proven track record of project delivery life-cycle.
 Able to operate effectively on a matrix management basis
 Communicator / ambassador
 Team player
 Able to operate effectively at all levels.
 Solutions provider – possessor of a “can do”
spirit.
 Skilled influencer, negotiator.
 Good coach – able to get the best out of less experienced
staff to leverage shared benefits.
 Workshop facilitator.
 Assertive, pragmatic, diligent, tenacious – gets the job
done.
 Has the ability to resolve conflicts.
 Diplomatic.
Other Desirable Characteristics
• Structured Project Management qualified – e.g. Prince2.
• Experience of pan-European Financial sector.
• Network Qualifications such as CCNA
• Security Qualifications such as CISSP
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Candidates must be eligable to work in the UK when applying
CONTACT
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Information Security Solutions
Iain Sutherland
iain@InformationSecuritySolutions.com
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