Our vision is to become Britain 's most helpful and sustainable bank- Our people are key in helping us achieve this, which is why we want to recruit the very best people with the right skills, experience and behaviours-
Job Description
A new role has arisen for a Planning & Dependency Manager within the Retail Transformation Programme- Purpose of the role: The role will provide leadership for the RTP planning function and will report to the Head of PMO, working on a day-to-day basis alongside Change Managers & Delivery Heads responsible for delivering the 'Retail Programme'- The role will provide 'hands on' Programme/Project planning support to enable the Retail Transformation Programme (RTP) and its constituent projects to remain focused on delivering the Programme's objectives- The primary focus of this role is to develop and enhance master plans for the Programme and to provide advice to projects in developing and tracking their project plans including:- - Programme level plan consolidation, alignment and tracking-
- Dependency management-
- Schedule of Event Planning
- Benefit event tracking
The role has five distinct functions:- - Day to day management of a planning team-
- Production of regular planning report highlighting the status of milestones-
- Manage and provide subject matter expertise to meet the programmes planning requirements including the use of supporting tools-
- Influence Change Managers in the adopting a consistent methodology and tool to manage their projects-
- Define and implement best practice for the deployment of planning systems within the Programme-
Deliverables: - Definition and maintenance of the programme planning standards-
- Assurance of plans vs standards-
- Define and maintain the programme Work Breakdown Struture (WBS)-
- Implementation of plan hierarchy, ownership and governance-
- Assurance of consolidated plan tool use-
- Provision of planning MI-
- Own and define the principle supporting the structure and management of Planview-
- Definition and maintenance of the Initiative and Project Registration process-
- Directly supporting the programme and project planning activity-
- Undertake regular due diligence in respect of effectiveness and alignment to the program framework-
- Establish and document appropriate processes for developing and maintaining plans for programme and project delivery- This will be predominantly the High Level Plan (HLP) and derivatives (8 week look ahead)-
- Deploy an effective mechanism for managing Dependencies across programme and beyond is included in the Planning Procedures-
- Effectively communicate the HLP update procedures to the PMO function and Change Managers-
- Establish suitable relationships with the Assurance Team to ensure effective co-operation of the respective Divisions in relation to their planning approaches and the mechanism for escalating issues-
- Produce from the HLP ad-hoc reports and MI as required by senior management-
- Proactively work the individual programmes and projects as their source of planning expertise-
- As required, review the lower level plans (ensuring the Programme Approach is reflected) wider to ensure satisfaction that the higher level HLP milestones and associated material accurately reflects lower level activities-
- Review all lower level plans (and associated plan products) and produce regular reports that highlight issues and action plans-
- Establish quality metrics and review plans vs adherence-
- Review and manage dependencies at Divisional level and below-
- Develop and maintain an Integrated and sequenced plan for RTP
Requirements
Experience: - Subject Matter Expert on Programme Planning
- Deep subject matter experience of MS Project and Planview-
- Team leadership experience-
- Experienced project planner with extensive experience of supporting business & technical change programmes-
- Proven ability in influencing & stakeholder management at all levels-
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills and the ability to use information -
- Strong communication skills-
- Excellent IT skills including the use of appropriate MS tools and packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)-
The Individual
- Experienced in the use of Planview and/or other Enterprise Plan Management (EPM) tools-
- Engagement with other functions, where appropriate, to ensure correct levels of support are provided to the Programme
- Ability to work with complex information-
- Stakeholder Management - ensuring inputs are of sufficient quality to enable outputs to be delivered-
Technical Knowledge: - -
- Project Planning Skills-
- MS Project-
- Planview-
- Project management-
People Management: - Direct management of a small team and indirect leadership to Change/Project teams across the programme-
- Able to lead and work as part of a team-
Financial Management: - Able to relate release of benefits to specific project deliverables-
- Management of team budget including Travel and Expenses as appropriate
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