Project Manager m/f/d - eFinancialCareers : Job Details

Project Manager - Banking - Commodities

£600-£700 per day

London - (Hybrid)

emagine is a high-end professional services consultancy and solutions firm specializing in providing business and technology services to the financial services sector. We power progress, solve challenges, and deliver real results through tailored high-end consulting services and solutions.

We have created a culture of openness and integrity by building genuine and strong relationships and partnerships, enabling us to be uncompromising in our dedication to delivering the optimal service for our clients. Our commitment is not just towards our clients; we aim to foster a positive and equitable working environment with our consultants and colleagues, stemming from our core values: Confident, Dedicated, Responsible, Genuine.

We are currently seeking dynamic and resourceful individuals to join our technology practice as Project Managers, with expertise in migration projects, primarily focusing on leading the planning and execution of key initiatives within the financial services sector.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with the crew lead, aligned initiative manager, and technology and business stakeholders to lead the coordination of all aspects of the CIG or Commodities crew migration, which includes the planning, execution, timing, quality, client satisfaction, and early identification of potential issues.

• Maintain a clear plan and run-book of migration tasks, status, risks, and issues.

• Deliver clear communications and status updates.

• Identify and manage senior stakeholders and clients, evaluate their interests, and establish effective communication channels ensuring effective stakeholder management and engagement.

• Coordinate the tasks of the migration initiative.

• Help resolve cross-stream conflicts and dependencies, align with stream/crew leads and facilitate reprioritization efforts.

• Perform risk assessment, play an active role in risk mitigation and management, and maintain and monitor a risk management plan.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience of leading and coordinating migration projects.

• Ideally at least 10 years of initiative/program management experience.

• Experience of applications, infrastructure, and end-user migrations.

• Good understanding of operational processes, preferably within the financial services industry.

• Team player with an enthusiastic and proactive personality, a true agile mindset, and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong active listening and communication skills to build networks and partnerships at all levels.

• Well-structured, reliable, and dedicated; high attention to detail; ability to handle a significant number of dependencies and issues.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to adapt to different audiences and working styles/backgrounds, and effective at influencing change in a global and diverse team.

• Proactive and independent work style; strong organizational skills.

Our people

The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and, as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle, from strategy to implementation. This will provide you with a broad base of experience from which to build an outstanding career.The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and, as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle.

At emagine, we are committed to building an international and diverse team by embracing our different backgrounds.

If you are up to the challenge and would like to find out more, get in touch with us immediately. Our internal recruitment team is always keen to hear from dynamic individuals who are looking to further their careers and explore their full potential.

“emagine is an equal opportunity employer, and employment practices are based strictly on merit. It is the policy of the Company to give equal opportunity in employment regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, religion or ethnic origin.”