Project Manager - IT

Fund services | Corporate | Capital markets | Private client | Regulatory & Compliance

We help clients succeed by unlocking new value through expertise, trust and scale. We deliver solutions that solve complex challenges faced by asset managers, financial institutions, corporates, high net-worth individuals and family offices.

With a curious mindset, we ask the right questions to get to the right solution, faster. We collaborate to win together, sharing successes and shaping the future of our global business. Our culture of support and recognition provides the tools and opportunities for you to grow, while unlocking the most value for our clients and making your mark with Ocorian.

Expertise: We deliver specialist, tech-enabled solutions for our clients grounded on deep industry expertise.

Trust: We’re a trusted partner to over 8,000 clients globally. We are proud to have long-lasting partnerships with our clients.

Scale: With more than 1,500 colleagues, we operate across 20+ countries, our scale enables us to support our clients globally and locally, providing a seamless client experience across borders and service lines.

Purpose of the Job

The IT Project Manager the planning, execution and delivery of the IT workstream of the CX Project understanding how the constituent workstreams and satellite projects fit into each other and the broader organisation. Most importantly the IT Project Manager will oversee how best to execute the IT workstreams simultaneously.

The role holder will act as the high-level coordinator of all activities to deliver the implementation of the IT Architecture as defined in the IT Solution design. This relies on ensuring timely completion of the IT implementation and will help to maintain relationships with vendors and other stakeholders while guiding the different project teams to fulfil the company’s objectives.

Main Responsibilities

• Creating and implementing IT project plans and schedules
• Identifying and mitigating IT potential risks and challenges
• Communicating and collaborating with other project team members and stakeholders
• Coordinating with vendors related to the IT project to validate that delivery is in line with their contractual obligations
• Supervising project managers and monitoring progress and providing coaching as required
• Collaborating with Workstream Project Managers to ensure consistent application of approach, methods and best practice across the programme

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Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Strong IT leadership and management skills
• Time management and multitasking abilities
• Verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Risk management
• Strong IT project experience with large and complex projects
• The ability to understand the wider objectives of the program, including the strategic goals
• Strong IT leadership and managerial skills with 15+ years of experience
• Experience of working in a regulated environment would be advantageous
• Proven vender management experience particularly with global SaaS deployments and transitioning the solution into BAU
• Previous experience of process and compliance related projects would be beneficial

All staff are expected to embody our core values that underpin everything that we do and that reflect the skills and behaviours we all need to be successful.  These are:

• We are CLIENT CENTRIC – Clients are at the centre of our world, and we’re committed to providing expertise and specialist solutions to meet their most complex challenges.
• We are AMBITIOUS – We aim high. We think and act globally, seizing every opportunity to delight our clients and support our colleagues - wherever in the world they may be.
• We are AGILE – We act on our initiative to get things done for our clients. Our independence gives us the flexibility and freedom to keep things simple, efficient and effective.
• We are COLLABORATIVE – With a curious mindset, we ask the right questions to get to the right solution, for our clients faster. We collaborate to win together and share our successes.
• We are ETHICAL – We behave with integrity at all times and assume positive intent, building trust through responsible actions and honest relationships.

Equal Opportunities for Everyone

Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you. You can reach us at [email protected].

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.