Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.

About the team

FIS’ Capital Markets segment serves investment banks, investment managers, securities and trading firms, corporations and insurance companies, and more. Our solutions provide for the full transaction processing lifecycle, risk management and compliance across multiple asset classes and lending structures. Spanning both the Sell and Buy Side of the financial services industry, we enable our solutions through our managed and professional services offerings

What you will be doing

As part of the Project Management Practice within Capital Markets the Senior Program Manager will ensure the successful end-to-end delivery of the largest and most complex customer projects and internal change initiatives using a structured, controlled, tool and methodology based, scalable approach. 

Key responsibilities include
•    In conjunction with the Capital Markets stakeholders, initiate and set goals for programs according to the strategic objectives of the business, planning the programmes from start to completion
•    You will ensure the product delivery program (BA, dev, QA i.e. ‘build’), the implementations projects and the support teams (Managed Services, Customer Services) are aligned
•    You will maintain effective dialogue at all levels of a client organisation, up to and including C suite, likewise within the FIS leadership structure
•    Formulation, organisation and monitoring of multiple, large, often inter-connected projects
•    Oversight, composition and ownership of the delivery strategy
•    Responsibility for leading and evaluating Project Managers and other staff
•    Strictly control and manage deadlines, budgets and activities
•    Assume full responsibility for the program performance and working to maximise program margin

•    Stabilisation of other key projects within the business in order to set them back on the correct path with ongoing oversight to ensure remediation recommendations are being implemented

•    Establish, refine and rollout 'best practice' policy and procedures for programme/project management activities across the whole of FIS’ Capital Markets operations 

What you bring

•    Substantial proven experience as a Programme Director, having already managed complex, high value programmes
•    Thorough understanding of project/programme management techniques and methods
•    Ability to network effectively, negotiate well and influence people
•    Working knowledge of MS office and program management software (MS Project etc.)
•    First class presentation skills
•    Willingness to travel when necessary

Added bonus if you have

• Experience within the Financial Technology domain, preferably delivering Treasury and Payment solutions to external client
•    Project Management certification 

What we offer you

•    A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
•    Time to support charities and give back in your community
•    A fantastic range of benefits designed to help support your lifestyle and wellbeing
•    A broad range of professional education and personal development opportunities
•    A work environment built on collaboration, flexibility and respect

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Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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