Programme Manager

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen Comprises Three Businesses, Interactive Investor (ii), Investments And Adviser, Each Of Which Focuses On Meeting And Adapting To Our Clients’ Evolving Needs

• interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

Our Adviser business provides comprehensive financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers. This includes our award-winning open-architecture platforms, Wrap and Elevate. The Adviser Change team is at the forefront of our business transformation, supporting the development of these platforms as well as driving the broader change agenda for Aberdeen Adviser business.

As a Programme Manager within the Adviser Change team, you will lead a cross-functional team to sustain and radically transform our end-to-end Adviser business. This is an exciting opportunity to drive the successful delivery of strategic projects that shape the future of our platform solutions. You will be reporting to the Head of Delivery and will operate within a matrix-based delivery structure, coordinating horizontal delivery work-streams and vertical transition states.

Your role will be essential in ensuring the successful delivery of complex change programmes, on time, within scope, and on budget.

• Lead overall programme delivery, including constituent projects, work-streams, and releases, ensuring adherence to time, budget, and scope.
• Champion programme and project management disciplines, including planning, resourcing, scheduling, monitoring, reporting, and managing risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Develop an effective programme organisation structure with clear roles and responsibilities, managing day-to-day activities of assignees.
• Oversee programme budget and expenditure management.
• Ensure quality delivery outcomes for each project/release, ensuring all relevant standards are met.
• Report and present programme status to Steering Group, senior management, and stakeholders.
• Drive high performance within the Programme & Project Management team by mentoring and motivating Project Managers.
• Foster a professional, collegiate workplace, engaging with colleagues to create a positive working environment.

• Track record of large-scale programme or project delivery in Financial Services – ideally in Wealth Management
• Experience of delivering both technical and business change is key
• Third party delivery experience – you will have extensive experience delivering through third party partnerships
• Commercial awareness, understanding of how to apply a commercial lens to discussions and decisions

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills – you will need to directly influence sponsors, business leaders and chair Steering Group meetings; experience at presenting at that level and having difficult but constructive conversations is important
• Delivery – evidence of…