Project Management

Goldman Sachs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment bank is seeking a Transformation Manager for its Global Banking & Markets Division. The ideal candidate will manage complex projects, work closely with diverse teams, and have 1-3 years of experience in relevant fields. Strong skills in MS Office and project management tools like JIRA are essential. This position offers opportunities for professional growth within a collaborative and dynamic environment with significant visibility across senior leadership.

Benefits

Generous vacation entitlements

Comprehensive health benefits

Child care and family care programs

Financial wellness and education support

Qualifications

• Advanced skills with MS Office for project management.
• 1-3 years of experience in a relevant field is required.
• Ability to effectively build relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work with Product, Design, and Engineering teams on initiatives.
• Identify and manage project risks and propose solutions.
• Facilitate communication across various teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Advanced skills with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)

Strong communication skills (written and verbal)

Ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines

Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail

Team player with positive attitude

Education

1-3 years of prior work experience in a relevant field

Tools

JIRA

Job description

ABOUT GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS

Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast‑paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.

Global Banking & Markets: Transformation Office

Are you looking for a new opportunity to showcase your intellectual curiosity, advisory and project management skills? Do you have a strategic mindset and the ability to influence change? Do you wish to be valued for your innovative approach to problem‑solving? We have an excellent new position available within our Transformation team for Global Banking & Markets.

The Global Banking & Markets Transformation Office is searching for dedicated individuals who thrive in a collaborative and challenging environment to join our team. Global Transformation Managers serve as program or product managers on high priority initiatives within the Global Banking & Markets Division. You will work alongside other Transformation Managers, Product Managers, Sales, Strats, Engineers and Designers to ensure solutions are designed and implemented for the Global Banking & Markets Division in true ‘front to back’ fashion. You will leverage your technical expertise and project management skills to influence and drive the team to deliver these complex projects within budget and to a high quality.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Work with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to develop, implement and deliver complex and strategic cross divisional initiatives
• Leverage Agile methodologies and governance tools to provide transparency to senior stakeholders on project scope, timelines, budget and delivery risks
• Identify and manage project risks from inception to completion while proposing solutions and mitigants
• Perform complex analysis which will be used to enhance operational workflows
• Facilitate communication on key project matters (incl. reporting and escalations) across GBM teams, including Sales, Operations, Engineering, Legal, Compliance and Product.
• Provide oversight over the project book of work, ensuring cross project dependencies, risks, and budget are aligned and proactively managed
• Facilitate the performance of quality assurance testing, migration plans and post implementation reviews alongside Product

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• 1-3 years of prior work experience in a relevant field.
• Advanced skills with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through
• Strong ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines
• Team player with positive attitude and strong work ethic
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment
• Ability to adapt quickly to a variety of industries and businesses
• Ability to self‑direct, analyze and evaluate and form independent judgments
• Ability to effectively interact and build relationships with senior management and global stakeholders
• Commercially savvy with ability to exercise discretion with respect to highly confidential/sensitive information
• Integrity, ethical standards, and sound judgment

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of products and processes related to the financial services industry would be an advantage, as is related experience in technology strategy or in a client service or business function and / or management consulting
• Core knowledge base of Global Banking & Markets
• Demonstrate understanding of Financial Services & Operations processes and procedures
• Hands‑on Agile program experience in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co‑located vs. distributed, etc.),
• Knowledge of testing tools and frameworks, Agile Testing practices
• Experience on tools like JIRA and JIRA Portfolioor similar applications
• Knowledge of OKR frameworks and roadmaps, as well as other governance and project planning tooling
• This role offers visibility across senior leadership and opportunities to grow into strategic transformation leadership roles. You will gain exposure to enterprise‑wide initiatives and contribute to shaping the future of the GBM Division

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people atGS.com/careers . We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more:https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short‑term disability, long‑term disability, life, accidental death, laborp>

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state‑of‑the‑art on‑site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on‑site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre‑approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on‑site child care centers that provide full‑time and emergency back‑up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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