Senior Practice Management Director

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Description

• Responsible for driving adoption of best practice project management methodologies. • Builds organizational structure to meet business as well as clients’ goals and objectives. • Provides timely updates to the Division Executive on issues, mitigations and actions. • Manages staff utilization, schedules and performance standards. • Contributes to divisional revenue and forecasting objectives. • Collaborates with other leaders throughout FIS – especially sales and business. • Coaches, motivates and guides performance of others creating an effective team environment. • Establishes, maintains and fully utilizes a team of qualified professionals by recruiting ahead of needs & motivating staff to reach full potential. • Drives employee engagement.

Requirements

• 20+ years of Project & Program Management in client-facing Financial Services roles. • Demonstrable experience of setting up a Project/Program Management function from scratch in a commercial environment. • Strong understanding of Fixed Fee engagements & their commercial implications. • Ability to troubleshoot over-running projects & programs. • Demonstrable budget management experience for a project management function. • Ability to understand data and communicate the impacts both to senior management and direct reports. • Strong commercial mind-set. • Pragmatic & timely approach to problem solving. • Ability to coach and develop staff. • Experience in working in a complex matrix environment. • Demonstrable leadership, management, organizational, and team building skills. • Ability to build relationships with C-level management, peers and others. • Listening skills and ability to ensure open and candid two-way communication. • Negotiation skills regarding complex issues. • Ability to work well under pressure and keep emotions under control during difficult situations. • Ability to attract talent. • Broad knowledge of regulatory requirements, financial institution operations, and risk management.