Project Management Lead
Citigroup · Belfast
The Project Management Lead is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness, developed communication and diplomacy skills in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers.
Responsibilities:
- Manages a large multi-faceted project/account/campaign or multiple projects at the same time.
- Owns project goals leveraging expertise to inspire a sense of shared purpose within the project team.
- Organizes new challenges and drive business results.
- Uses best practice PMO methodology to create a project plan to fit the stakeholders/customers’ needs and deliver within budget on desired outcomes.
- Drives end results of the project as a representative of the business.
- Works closely with the Customer, Sales Team, Engineering and Manufacturing to define a project scope and objectives for project members.
- Prepares, maintains, and submits clear and concise activity/progress reports and time recording/management reports.
- Defines, teaches, and enforces the use of good project management practices such as techniques in resolving complex, interdependent activities into tasks and sub-tasks that are documented, monitored and controlled.
- Identifies and where required amends the approach to the context and constraints of each project.
- Constantly improving their own and their teams' skills through lessons-learned reviews at project completion.
- Articulates problems, bring the right people together to solve problems and know when the problem has been properly addressed and closed.
- Promotes partner involvement through effectively communicating project status upward and to the Client.
- Communicates to all concerned parties project milestones, status updates, as well as any existing or potential customer escalation issues.
- Proactively follows escalation and change control processes.
Qualifications:
- 6-10 years of project management experience – preferably from a mortgage or financial services environment
- PMP certification strongly preferred, Six Sigma a plus.
- Ability to develop project plans, manage individual deadlines and goals.
- Knowledge of project metrics, including gathering, reporting, trend analysis, creation, and metrics.
- Ability to identify issues and problems, generate solutions and choose appropriate alternatives using basic root cause analysis.
- Manage project scope by assessing requirements changes, determining and conveying impact on budget, time and risk.
- Manage client expectations, anticipates operational and tactical risks and tracks them; clarify, identify, and track requirements and issues, remove barriers, resolve minor project issues and escalate to immediate manager where required.
- Proficient in MS Office applications, MS Project, VISIO, Adobe Acrobat Professional.
- Stays abreast of current industry trends and new technology through professional associations, trade journals, networking, and associated training and seminars.
Education:
- Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred
What we can offer:
At Citi, you will work at the intersection of data, finance, and commercial strategy, contributing to decisions that have real impact across a global organization. This role offers meaningful autonomy, cross-functional collaboration, and the opportunity to grow your analytical and governance expertise within a high-performing team.
- A hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely, giving you flexibility alongside team connection.
- Exposure to complex, high-value commercial and financial decisions that directly shape vendor strategy at a global scale.
- Access to learning and development resources that support your growth in data analytics, financial governance, and emerging technologies.
- The opportunity to work across finance, sourcing, and technology functions, broadening your professional network and cross-functional expertise.
- Wellbeing support and work-life balance initiatives designed to help you perform at your best.
- Competitive financial benefits and a rewards package aligned to your experience and contribution.
Apply today to bring your data and governance expertise to a role where your analysis shapes commercial outcomes at one of the world's leading financial institutions.
If you are a highly motivated, results-oriented individual with a passion for technology risk management, we encourage you to apply!
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