IT Project Manager - Investment Management - London - £350/day - 12m CONTRACT

IT Project Manager - Investment Management - London - £350/day - 12m Contract 

PTS Resourcings' client, a FTSE 250 listed Investment Management company requires an IT Project Manager for a 12 month minimum contract. The successful candidate will lead:

• Requirements Identification
• Analysis
• Design
• Functional UAT Testing
• The Implementation of a range projects for Front and Back Office Investment Management, Operations and IT Infrastructure; from inception through to live implementation.

You must have a proven track record of managing and delivering multiple projects ranging in size and complexity, to time and within budget.

Experience of the Investment Management arena, ideally Private Client based would be highly desirable.

Knowledge of the Prince2 Project Management or a similar methodology would be advantageous.

Excellent communication, facilitation and organisation skills are naturally a prerequisite.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Leader of Projects for IT sponsored changes.
• IT Workstream Manager for business-led change initiatives.
• Identifying potential forthcoming business requirements by proactively consulting Business Managers and Section Heads via regular formal and informal meetings.
• Ensuring Project Sponsors follow IT Change Management procedures and via your manager alerting relevant IT Managers of a potential RFC.
• Preparing business cases to identify the objective of any IT change, the impact the change will have on existing infrastructure and users, the business benefits arising from the change, and an estimate of cost and timescale to deliver.
• Ensuring milestones are agreed and documented at inception of a project and every effort is made to meet the agreed timescales.
• Testing solutions in conjunction with other IT teams and business users to ensure the agreed deliverables are met and the solution is stable enough to be promoted to live use.

If you are an IM IT PM  with the relevant experience please apply ASAP by sending your Word CV to Robin.Pettitt@ptsconsulting.com (0207 539 6310). Thank You.