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The Operations PMO is responsible for maximising BDOs change investment; helping deliver Change in the most effective and efficient way; track, record and report on expectation, help build change delivery capability across the firm; and bring in teams to help the firm deliver.
Our motto is “Do Less, Better – helping BDO deliver the right change initiatives, the right way, faster”
We are looking for an experienced senior project manager to initiate and actively manage projects with significant strategic and/or commercial impact

In this role you’ll:

• Understand the inflight and upcoming changes in project business requirements(s)
• Day to day manage the project(s)
• Be the voice of business into the project(s)
• Plan and design ‘outcome focused’ projects, monitoring progress against agreed parameters, identifying key risks, resolving issues and initiating timely corrective action
• Define the project’s governance framework (including ‘hooking’ into portfolio / programme governance)
• Ensure underlying workstreams are coordinated
• Resolve risks and issues
• Support individuals on the project(s)
• Ensure project integrity and coherence
• Monitor project(s) budget, monitoring expenditure etc.
• Help appoint additional staff into the project and underlying workstreams / activities
• Liaise with design authority / architecture teams / other IT teams / risk / dependent projects and product teams / suppliers
• Ensure outputs meet requirements within time, quality, cost constraints (and timely escalation of risks if not)
• Ensure efficiency of resources
• Liaise with 3rd parties / drafting workpackages as required
• Identify and initiate additional activities wherever gaps exist
• Regular reporting to your sponsor and other governance forums
• Effective stakeholder engagement (in liaison with sponsors)
• Effective handover to business operations
• Champion Change Minimum Standards
• Actively support assurance activities

• Understand the inflight and upcoming changes in project business requirements(s)
• Day to day manage the project(s)
• Be the voice of business into the project(s)
• Plan and design ‘outcome focused’ projects, monitoring progress against agreed parameters, identifying key risks, resolving issues and initiating timely corrective action
• Define the project’s governance framework (including ‘hooking’ into portfolio / programme governance)
• Ensure underlying workstreams are coordinated
• Resolve risks and issues
• Support individuals on the project(s)
• Ensure project integrity and coherence
• Monitor project(s) budget, monitoring expenditure etc.
• Help appoint additional staff into the project and underlying workstreams / activities
• Liaise with design authority / architecture teams / other IT teams / risk / dependent projects and product teams / suppliers
• Ensure outputs meet requirements within time, quality, cost constraints (and timely escalation of risks if not)
• Ensure efficiency of resources
• Liaise with 3rd parties / drafting workpackages as required
• Identify and initiate additional activities wherever gaps exist
• Regular reporting to your sponsor and other governance forums
• Effective stakeholder engagement (in liaison with sponsors)
• Effective handover to business operations
• Champion Change Minimum Standards
• Actively support assurance activitie