Wealth Management Engineering requires a hybrid Technical Project / Product Manager & Business Analyst to manage critical growth Initiatives and Regulatory obligations by leveraging best in class project management skills and strong functional / architectural expertise. We are seeking a Project Manager, Product Manager, Business Analyst with excellent analytical, communication and co-ordination skills to support technology needs across the divisions. The role creates the opportunity for an individual to manage critical/key initiatives for the Asset and Wealth Management Division (AWM) which require an engineering uplift in order to meet new business opportunities and/or respond to industry and regulatory demands.

BASIC SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• A predisposition towards action, with the confidence & awareness to drive organisational change in a collaborative manner
• A deep sense of ownership & accountability for enhancing our firm & doing so in a commercially congruent manner
• Must demonstrate considerable energy, focus, drive and a sense of urgency to drive forward projects
• Experience as a Technical Project Manager / Business Analyst within the Financial Services industry (or equivalent, relevant experience e.g. consultancy / software house)Strong understanding and experience of the Technology Concepts and System Development Life Cycle fundamentals
• Knowledge of, and experience in implementing, project governance best practices and creation of key project artefacts. Experience using key project management tooling
• Experience and motivation to improve business process efficiency by leveraging technologyStrong track record of leading and delivering complex programs with tight deadlinesExcellent critical thinking, analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to communicate key messages, escalate issues and drive consensus with senior management
• Highly motivated individual with the ability to work autonomously as well as in a team and collaboration oriented environment

• Collaborating with Divisional and Engineering Management, Operations, Legal and Compliance to define and document the problem domain and requirements.
• Collaborating with Divisional and Engineering Management, Operations, Legal and Compliance to define and document the problem domain and requirements.
• Work with Engineering leadership and teams (within AWM and across Divisions of the firm) to agree solution design, resourcing and deliverables
• Supporting the Engineering teams during the entire development lifecycle by liaising with the broader project team to ensure supporting dependencies and deliverables are being met.
• Holding project teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work
• Defining, agreeing, tracking key project delivery metrics such as OKRs and Measures of Success and communicating status to senior leadership on a regular basis.
• Acquiring a deep functional knowledge of the problem domain and functional areas, providing an opportunity demonstrate your intellectual curiosity at all times.
• Asking focused questions and rapidly gain an in-depth understanding of the current processes and compare and relate to similar situations
• Apply first-principles / critical thinking to challenge assumptions (such as functional requirements and solution designs).
• Conduct detailed problem tracking, resolutions and completion of all actions and issues by their deadlines.
• Escalate items that are unresolved or at risk. Prioritize analysis based on risks and demonstrate ability to work with incomplete information