To support our Banking Client in managing the programme of work which contains the planning, build and move of the offices and teams to their new homes in Hongkong, Shanghai and New York, we are hiring high caliber Project Manager(s) to ensure the smooth running of this project through detailed planning and governance.

Each Project Manager will scope, plan, monitor the discreet projects and support the governance of the programme to ensure a well organised dissemination of information to all relevant stakeholders and decision making authorities in the respective location. To plan, monitor and ensure a successful on time and in budget move.

Main Responsibilities:

• Support the initiate the programme of work, the creation the governance structure and governance controls to ensure that the project is delivered on-time and within budget
• Create a cohesive programme/project plan with all relevant stakeholders to ensure we have an agreed change controlled base for the respective project (1 - Initiation. 2 – Blueprint. 3 - Build and Fit Out. 4 - Move and Programme Completion) to meet all relevant milestones and manage requirements
• Monitor the programme on a day to day basis with the assigned teams to ensure that all project milestones are met and the programme sponsors as well as the relevant internal business area owners are engaged in the appropriate manner
• Engage in the management of the programme budget with the relevant finance team member assigned to allow for a transparent control of costs and a defined benefits realisation during and post programme
• Engage with the relevant stakeholders involved in an appropriate manner to ensure that they are fully engaged in the respective processes of this programme and kept up to date with progress.
• Support the highly important Change Management streams of work in this programme together with the assigned change management team member as well as the communications team lead

Requirements:

• The successful candidate will be a Project Manager with a proven track record of delivery in this domain.
• They will have experience of supporting a major transformation / relocation and move project and a required significant culture change in the workforce.
• The likely candidate will be able to engage appropriately and operate successfully at all levels of the business and have adequate skills in the change management disciplines relevant in a programme of this magnitude.
• The Project Manager will have the relevant project management background (MSP, Prince2, etc) to successfully manage and monitor this programme.

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