Project Manager

At Broadridge, we've built a culture where the highest goal is to empower others to accomplish more. If you're passionate about developing your career, while helping others along the way, come join the Broadridge team.

Broadridge - A Market Leader in the provision of Financial Solutions to Global Markets is looking for an experienced Project Manager to join the existing team based in Edinburgh, supporting significant programs of work in the Capital Markets / Securities Finance & Collateral Management domain.Candidates must be confident and self-motivated with excellent communication skills,demonstratinga strongtrack recordof delivering projects in an agile domain, working with global delivery and support functions. Ideally you will have worked for a solutionprovider, oralternatively be experienced in vendor management from a client perspective in a post-trade processing / Investment banking environment.

As the ProjectManageryou will report to a Program Manager or Program Director who is responsible for one of our large global programs or multiple smaller programs. Along with the Scope Owner and Product Delivery Manager you will form a key part of the governance and delivery team for the program.

Key Job Functions/Responsibilities

• Managing the delivery and implementation within aSAFeenvironment. Participating in all phases of onboardingclientsi.e., scoping, implementation / configuration definition, user testing support, training, and migration activities.
• Planning & Tracking; Defining and tracking the Program Increments, aligned to the Project and Product Roadmaps, you will activelyparticipatein the Program Increment planning, aligning all delivery teams both Broadridge and client
• Reporting: Providing concise andaccurateinformation to inform and drive actions you will report to theclient andinternally on progress during the program.
• Acceptance: Working with allstakeholdersyou will ensure that there is a clearly defined, managed, and tracked acceptance definition plan for the completion of the program and interim phases.
• User Testing Management: Managing and coordinating teams during all test phases, aligned to the acceptance definition, you will ensure that thereiseffective issue/defect management and prioritization.
• Migration/Onboarding; Working with our clients and implementation analysts you will manage the definition, delivery, and acceptance approach for migrating/onboarding data from their legacy system(s) to our target securities finance solution.
• Scope Definition: You will work with the Scope Owners,BAsand your client, ensuring that our delivery plans and activities are aligned with the agreed solution scope.
• Business Case Management: Along with the ProgramManageryou will ensure that the program is tracked to the agreed business case.Closely controlledChange Management being key whether for internal or client defined changes whichisoutside of the baseline scope of activities.
• Risk Management: This will feed into the overall governance andcontrolsand you will be responsible foridentify, managing and mitigating risks and issues that occur during the implementation.
• Product Readiness: Working with our service delivery teams and theclientyou will navigate the move from implementation to live running and support.
• Infrastructure: You will ensure that the infrastructure needs are clearly understood and aligned with the client and program definition for the teams to deliver.
• Quality: Feedback and effective data to the relevant teams on the quality of deliveries is key so that our products and servicesarethe highest quality. You will ensure that this is provided across the various implementation activities.
• Collaboration; Working closely with internal (incl. remote) teams on delivery ofimplementationsactivities and providing mentoring/guidance to junior members of the team.
• Continual Improvement: Activelymonitoringand reviewing theimplementationsprocesses and driving initiatives to continually improve them.

• Bachelor's Degree, preferable in Business or Finance
• 3 - 5 years in a project management role in aFinancialbackground
• Proventrack recordof project delivery within a Capital markets and banking environment and experience of large-scale integration projects.
• Strong experience of vendor / client relationship management, preferably from the vendor perspective.
• Experience ofworking in an agile environment, specificallySAFe.
• Knowledge and use of JIRA and Confluence.

• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• Strong leadership qualities and self-motivated, and the ability to work across globally dispersed teams of professionals.
• Business domain knowledge within a Securities Finance environment sosupportyour delivery and management of the program.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure, with a flexible approach to work, within a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills with the ability tointerface effectively withboth business and technology stakeholders at any level
• Great interpersonal skills and the ability to influence effective outcomes
• Critical-thinking and time critical problem-solving skills
• Ability to understand and challenge thedetail.
• Ability to travel to clientsitewhererequiredto support delivery of Implementations activities.