Product Manager

Role & responsibilities

Role Summary

A project is a temporary endeavour established to produce a specific deliverable. The ProductManager is responsible and accountable for the delivery of agreed project outputs to the agreed time, cost and quality parameters within the agreed scope. The Project Manager will manage and co-ordinate the activity of specialists, technicians and analysts to ensure that tasks are performed that result in the project deliverable. Where a project forms part of a wider programme, the Project Manager will have a functional reporting line to a Programme Manager.

Role Responsibilities

• Ensures that the project and associated business case are scoped, initiated and approved according to required procedures.
• Ensures that the project is planned in a manner that delivers to the required cost and quality and within the agreed scope, including appropriate milestone definition, work breakdown structure, dependencies, and assumptions.
• Ensures that the project is resourced appropriately.
• Ensures that the project work is executed and implemented according to the plan or any agreed changes to the plan and according to agreed project management standards.
• Ensures relevant and appropriate analysis, management information, and reporting is provided.
• Ensures that requirements, plans, risks, issues, actions, costs, schedules, benefits, and other related project artefacts are documented and tracked.
• Ensures that appropriate meetings are held and that outputs and artifacts are produced and distributed. Chairs the relevant meetings.
• Utilises the relevant governance bodies/steering committees for the purpose they are established.
• Ensures that the project work is compliant with documented standards, templates, and frameworks, and captured in agreed toolsets.
• Ensures project stakeholder awareness, engagement, and communication
• Analyses and identifies possible risks and issues that could impact delivery and either resolve them or escalate as appropriate.
• Proposes to adjust financial plan, when better insight reveals more appropriate costs.
• Ensures that the project spends according to the agreed financial plan.
• Manages project team members consistent with our management principles.
• Where applicable provides other relevant support as required by the Programme Manager.
• Ensures that the project closes according to required procedures.
• Ensures that projects are compliant with the Programme Governance Framework.
• Understands both Waterfall and Agile delivery methods and adheres to their standards.

Experience/Exposure

• Demonstrable experience in leading projects to successful conclusions.
• Experience in a management role with P&L accountability.
• Experience in developing and tracking financial business cases.
• Relevant experience working in the Financial Services industry.
• Proven ability to effectively assess and mitigate project risks and dependencies.
• Experienced in effectively communicating with and positively influencing project stakeholders and team members.
• Appropriate domain expertise.

Education/Certification

• Undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university (or equivalent diploma / work experience).
• Professional qualification in Prince2 and/or PMI Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Where applicable, qualification as PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) or PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP).

Key Business Competencies

Proficiency Level (1 to 5)

Business Strategy

2

Change Leadership

3

Financial Management

2

Industry Knowledge

3

Innovation

3

Managing Complexity

3

Risk Management

4

Key Technical Competencies

Proficiency Level (1 to 5)

Operational Management

3

Project Management & Project Governance

4

Quality Management

3