Waystone

Program Director – Strategic Transformation

Waystone

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Cashel • 🇮🇪 Ireland

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

PMP

About the role

  • Responsible for holding the business to account for delivery of defined agreed project scope, objectives, budget, project actions and synergy delivery across the Program.
  • Establishes, obtains approval for, executes, and continually improves a standardised Program Playbook ensuring a defined, structured approach to project delivery across the Program.
  • Leads initial discovery sessions to produce a defined, cross functionally agreed Program Playbook per project.
  • Collaborates with Manager - Performance & Analysis to determine, measure, monitor, report on and oversee delivery of individual and consolidated budgets (including financial KPIs (savings, costs) and non-financial KPIs) across the Program.
  • Develop robust criteria and budget to facilitate Proof of Concept analysis for project for approval.
  • Creates and nurtures professional relationships in IT to ensure delivery across the Program of: IT infrastructure requirements are in place in a timely manner, aligned to the Playbook.
  • Business Applications are in place in a timely manner, aligned to the Playbook.
  • Identify and recommend re-alignment of projects within Program, to assure timely delivery of stated benefits are met where necessary.
  • Establish robust Project Governance Model to facilitate collaboration with project each workstream owners to drive accountability for agreed budgets, hold workstream leads responsible for delivering against budget across the Program.
  • Agree ownership, track, monitor and evidence budget delivery including synergies (savings) and dis-synergies (cost) across the Program.
  • Ensure project managers and stakeholders clearly define and agree the scope and objectives of each Program project.
  • Regularly assess and report on resource performance against project goals and budget.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree or Masters in a relevant field e.g. Project Management, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
  • Project management professional qualification e.g., PRINCE2 or IPMA certification.
  • Minimum of 15 years’ relevant experience in Project Management, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related discipline in the financial sector with proven path of advancement.
  • Funds Industry experience preferred
  • Proven track record of project delivery, exemplary budget management and lateral thinking
  • Pre/post merger integration programs, global system implementations, target operating model execution experience preferred.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Proficiency in English is required. Additional languages, an advantage.
Benefits
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Inclusive workplace environment

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
project managementbudget managementProof of Concept analysisProject Governance Modelfinancial KPIsnon-financial KPIscross-functional collaborationprogram deliveryprogram playbookresource performance assessment
Soft skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillslateral thinkingleadershipaccountabilitycollaborationrelationship buildingorganizational skillsproblem-solvingnegotiation
Certifications
Bachelor’s DegreeMaster’s DegreePRINCE2 certificationIPMA certification