Job Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

The Senior Project Manager will manage one or more business critical projects /programmes. In this role you will predominantly deliver infrastructure projects/ programmes, driving technology transformation and technical cost optimization.

As a Senior Project Manager you will report into the Head of Portfolio & Project Management.

What you will do:

• Manage a range of complex projects/programmes aligned with key business and strategic objectives.
• Manage the full project lifecycle ownership - from inception to closure, according to agreed time, budget, scope, quality and change control criteria.
• Lead project teams, through a matrix management approach.
• Execute PM processes including scope definition, scheduling, planning and resource allocation, cost and budget management. Coordinate project risk and issue identification, analysis, planning, monitoring and control.
• Monitor project assurance, establishing/tracking key success metrics and KPIs for the project(s).
• Chair the weekly Portfolio review meeting with key stakeholders.
• Report on project progress, blockers and key achievements. Communicate effectively at all levels (peers to Exec, internally and externally). Articulate complex risks and issues clearly and concisely.
• Create, manage and distribute project communications. Communicate across a variety of channels. Present project updates.
• Peer review other project management team member schedules, plans and strategies and recommends enhancements.
• Take a lead in running project gigs to share insight with those wanting to learn more about project management.

Qualifications

What you are expected to bring:

• Qualifications

  : PRINCE2, Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or equivalent; Agile project management

  qualifications

  , Six Sigma, etc.
• 5 years+ of relevant experience in a project management role, managing complex or medium-large sized projects, preferably in the financial services industry, or working on infrastructure or projects involving technology transformation.
• Ability to travel desirable but not essential.

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