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IT Project Manager - Banking, Technology Resilience / BC / DR
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IT Project Manager - Banking, Technology Resilience / BC / DR
Rate: Up to £750 per day (Inside IR35 - Umbrella)
Location: London / Hybrid (2-3 days per week on-site)
Duration: Initially 6 months with a strong possibility of extension
My client is a Global Banking organisation who urgently require an IT Project Manager with proven Investment Banking industry experience and working knowledge of Technology Resilience / Business Continuity (BC) / Disaster Recovery (DR) Projects / Programmes to join a business-critical Operational Resilience Project.
Key Requirements:
- Proven experience as an IT Project Manager with the most recent experience within the Investment Banking industry
- Demonstrable broad experience of working on Infrastructure and Application-focused Projects / Programmes with Bank-wide impact across the entire organisation
- Previous experience of working on Technology Resilience / Business Continuity (BC) / Disaster Recovery (DR) related Projects / Programmes
- Working knowledge of testing (DR Testing, scenario testing, etc) and ability to prepare, plan and oversee the tests
- Good understanding and experience of end-to-end Project Management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid deliveries
- Strong risk and dependency management capability across multiple work streams
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Strength of character to challenge assumptions
- Ability to identify technical delivery bottlenecks, compliance risks and operational impacts with a proven ability to bring people together to find credible and timely solutions
- Flexible approach towards hybrid working
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Nice to have:
- Immediate availability
- Working knowledge of a broad range of technology skills / experience including Datacenters, networks, trading systems, front office equipment etc.
- Ability to connect infrastructure recovery activities with business outcomes, such as running batches, end-of-day processing, booking transactions, and evaluating third-party or cloud-provider dependencies
- Familiarity with Service Management processes
- Relevant Project Management qualifications (APM, PMP etc)
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