Senior Project Manager

Danske Bank Group; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Belfast is looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead various programs and projects. The successful candidate will manage a team, ensure project coherence with bank strategy, and demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Experience in change management and the ability to adapt to technological trends are essential. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits centered around wellness and flexibility.

Benefits

Company car allowance

Flexible benefits

Gym membership savings

Qualifications

• Proven track record in Change Management and Delivery.
• Experience in building strong internal and external relationships, including regulatory bodies.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing technologies and industry trends.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of programmes, projects, and support activities.
• Directly manage a team delivering a portfolio of projects.
• Plan and coordinate multiple deliverables from concept to implementation.

Skills

Change Management

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Team leadership

Communication

Job description

Senior Project Manager role at Danske Bank UK

Overview

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Your role

Senior Project Manager

What you’ll value working with us

At Danske Bank, we’re driven by a clear purpose: to help customers, colleagues, and society thrive. We believe that what we do genuinely makes a positive difference and that our culture and ways of working create a unique place to grow your career, including investing in people’s personal growth and wellbeing to ensure everyone feels they belong and are set up for success.

We are proud of external recognition, including being rated by Best Companies as a 3-star World Class Organisation to work for, as a Top 100 Best Company to Work for in the UK, and 4th in the Financial Services Sector.

We value diversity in its broadest sense and invite all colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. Our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy is central to our purpose and shows up in how we work every day.

Driving sustainability is a key strategic priority. We have achieved the highest level in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey by Business in the Community (BITC) for the seventh consecutive year.

We’re passionate about giving back to the communities we live and work in, with activities such as fundraising for our charity partner Include Youth, visiting schools to teach money and budgeting, volunteering with local Food Banks, planting trees, and more.

If you share our values and enthusiasm, you will find a home at Danske Bank.

There’s more to working at Danske Bank than just a salary. For this role we offer a competitive salary dependent upon experience and a company car allowance. We provide flexible benefits centered on wellness, financial, psychological, physical and social wellbeing. Benefits can be tailored to your needs (e.g., additional holidays or medical treatment). Our Danske Discounts offering provides non-stop discounts, and gym membership savings are available as well.

Typical day and responsibilities

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead a portfolio of programmes, projects, and support activities within Project & Consultancy Services. This involves:

• Personally lead individual programmes using project management disciplines aligned to Bank strategy and values, and achieve agreed costs and benefits.
• Directly manage a team delivering a portfolio of projects and related activities within Project and Consultancy Services.
• Handle other dimensions that vary depending on the specific project(s).
• Experience in managing complex situations and driving them to conclusion.
• Plan and coordinate multiple deliverables from concept to implementation.
• Experience in planning, project management, and fostering a collaborative environment.
• Manage and coordinate a multi-disciplinary team as part of change delivery.
• Lead, coach, mentor, and manage teams of managers and analysts.
• Knowledge of Organisational Change Management and Risk Management processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to tackle complex challenges and make informed decisions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with diverse stakeholders.
• Facilitate clear agreements, provide direction, and remove blockers.

Preferred qualifications

• Proven track record in Change Management and Delivery.
• Experience in building strong internal and external relationships, including regulatory bodies.
• Strong working knowledge of system functionality and interaction.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing technologies and industry trends.

How we work

We are “Better when Together” and balance teaming up in person with flexible working where possible. We support and tailor arrangements to circumstances. For roles with a hybrid option, colleagues are asked to attend their base location a minimum of 3 days a week to connect and learn together; the remaining 2 days can be worked from home or another bank location. Some roles are customer facing, requiring in-person customer engagement; hybrid working may not be appropriate.

If this sounds good, apply by uploading your CV with enough detail to clearly demonstrate how you meet our criteria. Good luck!

Equality, diversity and inclusion

If you have a disability, long-term health condition or additional needs, please advise us on your CV and a team member will discuss adjustments. Danske Bank is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of gender, ethnicity, background, nationality, generation, age, working style, religious background, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and cognitive diversity.

Other

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Project Management
• Industries: Business Consulting and Services

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