Project Manager - Assistant Vice President

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

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Job Description

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Who we are looking for

As a member of the Strategic Implementation team within the Chief Administrative Office (CAO) of State Street Global Advisors, you will join a global project management team with responsibility for the most strategic cross-functional initiatives happening across Global Advisors. Our responsibility is to enable the business to drive the change necessary within the organization, whether it is driven by growth ambitions, regulatory or industry change, client needs, or internal efficiency needs. Projects are managed within a Change Management Framework to provide adherence to the relevant governance and oversight controls.

We are hiring for an Assistant Vice President Project Manager position within the team based in London. The role is a project management and business analyst hybrid position. This is a full-time role performed in a hybrid model with a minimum of two days per week in the London office.

Why this role is important to us

The team you will be joining is a part of State Street Global Advisors, one of the biggest asset managers in the world, that provides services to the world's governments, institutions and financial advisors across the globe. With over four decades of experience and trillions of dollars in assets under management, we offer one of the broadest selections of services across asset classes, risk profiles, regions and styles. As pioneers in index, ETF, and ESG investing, we are always inventing new ways to invest.

Join us if making your mark in the asset management industry from day one is a challenge you are up for.

What you will be responsible for

As Project Manager you will:

• Independently manage projects across different business areas concurrently.
• Act in a supporting capacity to Strategic Implementation Project Manager for more complex projects.
• Actively collaborate with applicable business functions across SSGA, other State Street business lines and external partners to deliver projects in adherence with the SSGA change management framework.
• With stakeholder input, appropriately communicate and track progress, dependencies and assumptions, roles and responsibilities, issues and risks, and key milestones.
• Furthermore, escalate all risks and issues promptly, to the required governance level, and with mitigation proposals where appropriate.
• Produce, maintain and manage approval of required project documentation in alignment to the tollgate requirements of the change management framework.
• Manage adherence to, or agreed changes to, project scope to ensure the project remains focused on expected outcomes and target deliverables.
• Manage stakeholder engagement to identify where processes can be aligned and standardized via common and robust solutions as well as identifying means to mitigate risk and improve controls.
• Communicate project updates in a clear, timely and transparent manner via suitable forums and mediums to all applicable persons/groups including management committees, fund/legal entity boards, and regulatory forums.
• Embed process ownership and knowledge into the respective business lines by engagement of business teams through the project lifecycle focusing on ongoing governance and control structure to maintain the benefits of the project beyond implementation.
• Identify conflicts as they arise and engage appropriate parties to resolve.
• Build a connection with all stakeholders to achieve active participation in project meetings and solution evaluation.
• Coordinate and prepare management reporting for senior stakeholders.

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role:

• A dedication to deliver highly valued solutions to our internal and external client base.
• Ability to manage clear and appropriate oral and written project communications.
• Highly organised and structured approach with a strong awareness of business risk.
• Aptitude to develop and maintain effective and shared working relationships with core partners and key business representatives.
• Act with urgency to ensure essential plans remain on course and issues are effectively communicated.
• Strong attention to detail, as well as demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in taking accountability for own work and being a self-motivated, productive colleague.
• Strong interpersonal skills to get the best from all stakeholders.
• Talent to drive creative thinking and collaboration to surface strategic solutions.

Education & Qualifications

• A minimum of 3-5 years relevant experience within the finance industry.
• Prior project management exposure.
• Strong MS Office skills.

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