Programme Director
Role Description
As a Programme Director you will be responsible for the overall integrity and quality of the programme being delivered. This will involve developing and maintaining the programme environment and supporting each individual project within it. This role will be responsible for the end to end management of projects to contracted time, quality, and budget requirements. This will involve leadership of a distributed project team in multiple locations, and the proactive identification, management and resolution of risks and issues throughout the full project lifecycle. There will be a requirement to be able to create and maintain focus, enthusiasm and momentum across the entire programme both internally and externally. This is a very client facing role and requires the ability to build strong relationships with customers, often at a senior level. The role requires a background in technology or management consulting with experience in leading large change programmes within the financial services industry. The role operates within the Project Delivery team with a reporting line to the Regional Head of Delivery .
Specific Role Responsibilities

REQUIRED INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE

• Programme Management experience with a proven track record of managing and delivering multiple projects.
• Financial Services experience preferably investment/wealth/life and/or pensions products and the markets in which FNZ and our customers operate in.
• An understanding of the regulatory environment FNZ operate within.
• Managing 3rd party suppliers.
• Significant experience in leading the delivery of business critical projects, preferably Software implementations within Financial Services.
• Experience of managing stakeholders to executive levels.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Degree, masters, MBA or equivalent experience
• Confident, and able to take initiative given client and delivery focused environment.
• Independent, self-directing and delivery focused working style.
• Commercially aware.
• Excellent organisational, administration and time management skills;
• Good team communication skills, confident in dealing with internal and external clients.
• Highly developed written and oral communication skills.
  About FNZ
  FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back.
  We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.
  We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.5 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).
  Together with our customers, we help over 20 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.
  Job ID REQ-13616

• Oversee multiple projects within the change programme, ensuring programme goals are reached
• Monitor expenditure and costs against delivered and realised benefits as the programme progresses
• Ensure effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the programme both internally & externally
• Plan and manage the programme through proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action
• Manage and maintain a strong relationship with FNZ customers across all elements of the programme. Ensuring their expectations are managed and align to our delivery planning.
• Understand the commercial environment FNZ operates within and work closely with the Client Director to deliver against FNZ’s commercial agreements.