Project Manager

Project Manager

Wilmington, DE

As a Barclays Project Manager, you will lead complex projects with high visibility within the organization, engage with members of senior leadership teams, serve as a mentor to junior Change Delivery Managers, and provide feedback to the PIO on process effectiveness and areas for improvement. You will manage execution risk effectively across a large project broken up into a number of workstreams and satisfy all our stakeholders consistently and transparently and apply the right processes, tools, methods and skills to manage the delivery.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the USA, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, 'anchor', days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

What will you be doing?

• Taking the lead on executing the change required to deliver against agreed programme objectives

• Understanding that the 3-5 year plan and project is building towards it for the following Components: RFT and Market Risk Outcomes,Target IT Design,Target Business Process; etc

• Developing and managing execution, optimising timelines, resources and ensuring a good focus on incremental and agile delivery

• Having co-ordination and control of programme delivery, ensuring execution is interlocked across work streams

• Accounting for the set up and management of programme governance, to manage working groups and management meetings as required to support delivery

• Maintaining a future focus, looking ahead to ensure project risks and issues are managed effectively

• Reviewing quality of project deliverables through the project lifecycle

• Being accountable for all costs including costs, operational budgets and staffing requirements, ensuring ongoing costs and capitalisation meet MTP & budget requirements

What we're looking for:

• Large scale programme management and governance experience

• Ability to master and navigate new subject domains quickly

• Experience of working with multiple senior stakeholders across Business, Technology, Operations and Group

• Experience with Functions i.e. Risk and Strategy

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Good social, communication, presentation and influencing skills

• Integrity and trustworthiness in order to maintain the team's reputation and standing

• Confidence to deal with multiple stakeholders in different clusters, some of a more senior level

• Excellent PC skills including Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Where will you be working?

Barclays' Wilmington campus includes two beautiful buildings located along the historic Wilmington Riverfront. A glance out our windows reveal a scenic look at the Christina River, along with a growing riverfront community of luxury apartments, shops, and restaurants. Additionally, the Wilmington train station is a short walk away making travel from New York and Washington, DC convenient.

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