Project Manager (Contractor)
About CLS:
CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.
CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:
- Pivotal purpose
- Trusted guardian
- Targeted innovation
- Facilitate connections
- Delivering excellence
- Inclusive culture
They will be
- Responsible for delivery of primarily IT projects in support of a broader portfolio spanning End User Computing, obsolescence, off the shelf application upgrades, Security enhancements and network / communications solutions as assigned by the Portfolio Manager.
- Responsible for defining and delivering a program of work in partnership with the relevant sponsors.
- Ensures the program of work is effectively resourced. Responsible for recruiting, assigning, managing a team of Project Managers to deliver the program of work. Will directly manage project delivery, as required.
- Responsible for developing trusted relationships with a wide range of stakeholders (including all project contributors) and establishing a culture of on time delivery, holding people to account and being solution oriented.
- Responsible for managing the work of consultants, securing and utilising internal resources in an efficient manner and maintaining a co-operative, motivated and successful team.
- Responsible for detailed project/program reporting
Strategic
- Defines a program of work in conjunction with PMs, through a rigorous and highly interactive process of defining business requirements, project specifications, determining tasks, dependencies, resource allocations and environment availability.
- Ensures robust business cases in place for projects that are adequately sponsored and prioritised. Supports PMs in seeking approvals to plans and business cases in the appropriate governance forums.
- Ensures project benefits are measurable and agreed by all stakeholders. Responsible for demonstrating that stated benefits have been realised once the project has been delivered.
- Relationship management; develop and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders, both internal and external.
- Ensures the team manage day-to-day operational aspects of projects, scope and budgets
- Manage and maintain interlock of projects with other project managers
- Validates project work plans and guides / directs PMs as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements
- Effectively apply, support and champion the CLS Governance methodology and enforce project standards across the team
- Review deliverables prepared by the project team before company-wide review
- Identify all project resources and where necessary work with the PMO to secure project support resources
- Review, validate and quality assure report project(s) risks and issues
- Managing co-ordination of the partners and working groups engaged in project work
- Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately
- Ensure project planning and control expectations are met across the team, including:
o Recording and managing project issues and escalating where necessary.
o Resolving cross-functional issues at project le
