Functional Title: Programme Manager

Department: Change Management

Employment Type: Permanent

We are looking for a Programme Manager to join the Change Management function, reporting into the relevant Portfolio Lead / Head of Practice.

This role is focused on end-to-end delivery of Client facing, complex programmes of work. Either working with current Clients, involving funds administration service transition from existing service providers to Apex. Or with existing Clients involving either significant remediation projects, onboarding them to extended Apex services or service enhancements. You will be accountable for translating senior-level intent into executable plans, maintaining a grip on delivery, building and maintaining Client confidence in that delivery and ensuring outcomes are achieved in line with agreed objectives.

The Programme Manager may manage an individual programme or a number of key workstreams within a programme under a Programme Director. Either way this will involve the definition and control of multiple projects and/or workstreams, coordinating delivery teams, managing dependencies and risks, and providing clear, honest reporting to senior stakeholders. The role requires someone who is comfortable working at pace, making pragmatic decisions, and applying the right level of governance rather than process for process sake.

The practice team is currently located across UK London, Ireland Dublin, Bulgaria Sofia, South Africa Cape Town and India Pune, Mumbai and Bangalore. Apex currently operates a 5-day office working policy.

Key duties and responsibilities:

- Own the end-to-end delivery of one or more complex programmes, ensuring outcomes are delivered in line with agreed scope, time and cost parameters.
- Translate high-level objectives into clear delivery plans, with defined milestones, dependencies, risks and ownership.
- Lead and coordinate multiple project managers and workstream leads, providing direction, challenge and support as required.
- Maintain clear oversight of programme status, risks,



issues and dependencies, escalating appropriately and early where required.
- Act as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders, providing clear, factual and transparent updates on progress and delivery confidence.
- Act as the primary point of contact for large Corporate Clients, providing clear, factual and transparent updates on progress and delivery confidence.
- Apply appropriate delivery methodologies (waterfall, agile or hybrid), using pragmatism and judgement rather than rigid adherence to frameworks.
- Ensure programme governance is proportionate, effective and supports delivery rather than slowing it down.
- Manage programme-level resourcing, working with Practice and Portfolio Leads to address capacity constraints and skill gaps.
- Drive resolution of delivery blockers, coordinating across technology, operations, risk, compliance and business teams as needed.
- Ensure lessons learned are captured and applied to improve future delivery.

Experience and skills:

- Exceptional stakeholder management
- Asset Servicing/Management sector of the Financial Services Industry
- Complex programmes spanning multiple projects and stakeholders
- Project and programme delivery within technology and/or business change environments
- Environments with high levels of ambiguity, pace and competing priorities
- Delivery grip under pressure and make pragmatic decisions when faced with incomplete information
- Delivery disciplines across waterfall and agile approaches
- Programme-level risks, dependencies and resourcing constraints
- Fluent in English

Nice to have:

- Must have worked with Corporate Clients in Financials Services if not in our sector of the industry
- Exposure to large-scale onboarding, migration or integration programmes.
- Familiarity with common project and portfolio tooling (e.g. Azure DevOps, MS Project, Jira).

Disclaimer : This job posting has been aggregated from external source. Role detailscontentand availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.

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