Senior Delivery Manager - Workday

Job Description

Management Level

F

Business Function and Home

Line management will be within the Delivery Home, where Change Management professionals reside.

Role Summary

Projects span IT, HR and Finance. Some are a collection of changes to optimise the platform and others are larger scale. Because of the nature of the programme, the job holder will have project and programme manager responsibilities.

• Ensure programme delivery to agreed business objectives, requirements, schedules, costs, benefits and quality objectives.
• Ensure requirements are accurately captured and solutions are appropriately developed to support generation of the business case.
• Establish, control and monitor project/programme timescales and budgets, obtaining appropriate approvals and authorisations, considering dependencies and taking appropriate action to overcome delays, difficulties or cost overruns.
• Provide direction and support to ensure a smooth project/programme initiation enabling budget approval and prioritisation.
• When required plan, communicate and implement change ensuring all those affected fully understand the nature and implications of such changes.
• To establish and maintain good relationships with the business sponsors and provide objective guidance and advice to ensure effective implementation.
• Develop and maintain key working and influencing relationships with appropriate colleagues in own and other business units influencing buy-in and to ensure new opportunities identified are exploited to the business benefit.
• Ensure that all programme risks are understood and counter measures identified, minimising risk to the organisation, and maximising quality and timeliness of all deliverables.
• Report programme status.
• Ensure that programme and project management methodologies are adhered to and all documentation is developed and maintained to agreed standards.
• Support PMs in successful delivery of major and transformational change programmes
• Be the project manager for certain projects, where a full resource is not required but some level of management is needed on the EQ side, particularly where there is a 3rd party PM.

• Develop and manage a detailed delivery plan, including identification of delivery resources required
• Develop and agree reporting requirements, and use this to monitor and report upon the key activities, milestones and dependencies impacting the plan
• Manage the key assumptions and dependencies underpinning the plan
• Manage the delivery risks relating to the plan
• Monitor and manage the resource plan and costs for the project
• Ensure agreed governance for the programme is followed
• Prepare a detailed activity schedule for all projects, current and future, within the programme
• Oversee the Sprints run by the team to ensure that the plan is being followed
• Produce regular reports for Senior Management, in IT, HR and Finance
• Run regular Global Process Owner meetings to review prioritisation, issue updates and requirements
• Work with 3rd parties, their PMs and the Workday team to coordinate activities
• Understand the business requirements to add value to the programme rather than just collecting dates, risks and achievements

Skills, Qualifications

• Prince 2 or similarly qualified Project manager with previous experience of successfully managing application development projects through the full project life cycle.
• Knowledge of Finance and HR high level business processes with the ability to seep dive into lower-level business processes to understand project needs
• Experience of Workday with extensive knowledge of configuration, implementations and business processes
• Experience of established programme management methods
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to persuade and influence.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge supportively and effectively where appropriate
• Proven ability to manage projects effectively, both strategically and operationally.
• Demonstrable experience in producing and delivering quality presentations to both internal and external customers.
• Strong understanding of project governance and controls including scope & deliverable management
• Fully explores the needs of internal/external customers and proactively introduces additional specialist areas as required
• Switches seamlessly and effectively between different tasks and focus points and creates time for innovation and improvement
• Regularly delivers on commitments to others and demonstrates accountability for all outcomes
• Developing and maintaining project schedules
• Experience of Jira or similar agile tool

• Experience gained within financial services, pension sector or other heavily regulated environments

Please note any offer ofemploymentis subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks.