Senior Project Manager

About us

From day one, you’ll notice there is something special about working at Davy. Our success is built on nearly 100 years of forging strong relationships with our clients and developing the careers of Ireland’s future business leaders.

Established in 1926, the Davy Group sits at the heart of wealth and capital in Ireland, providing a broad range of services to high-net-worth individuals, self-directed investors, small-to-medium enterprises, credit unions, corporations, and domestic & international institutional investors.

Our culture is shaped around three values, which are at the heart of everything we do: client success, one Davy, and building a proud legacy. Sharing the same goals, we work together to deliver exceptional outcomes for our clients. As part of a team of over 900, you will be encouraged to learn and to grow, both professionally and personally.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager with >10 years' experience in financial services/ Regulatory environment / technology solution implementations. In the role, the successful candidate will:

• Establish strong project governance and accelerate progress in delivering on strategic objectives, aligning to the Tech and Data strategy
• Plan and track multiple deliverables, including defining required resource and budget for delivery, and communication of progress through regular reporting to SteerCo and Governance Forum.
• Identify and manage risks and issues to prevent or reduce impact on delivery within projects or through cross project / programme risks.
• Engage with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
• Enable operational efficiencies
• Motivate, coach, and develop high performing teams.
• Deliver projects to time / cost / scope / highest quality in line with project management methodology.
• Steer cross-functional teams, champion collaborative ways of working to meet deadlines.
• Manage the vision, think strategically, plan and organise, execute with velocity

About you

We are looking for somebody who has the following background and skills:

• The ability to engage with technical teams effectively supporting Technology solution design and implementation ensuring effective Business requirements gathering
• Understands how new technology fits into and enhances the operating model, bridges the gap between business needs and technical capabilities and ensures seamless embedding of solutions into complex environments.
• Management of third-party vendors, from selection and onboarding to ongoing collaboration and issue resolution.
• Flexible in approach, adjusting plans based on evolving challenges to deliver effective process improvement to provide efficiencies
• Operating model design
• Good understanding of Financial Services and Regulatory Compliance
• Understanding of DORA beneficial
• Adept at stakeholder management across all levels of the organisation
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and manage multiple workstreams
• Dependency management
• Benefits realisation
• Strong track record of technology delivery
• Experience working with Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Effective Change management skills and ability to drive adoption

Preferred Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in finance, business or related discipline, project management
• One or more professional certifications or equivalent experience (preferably PMP,  Agile, etc.)

What we offer

We offer a range of benefits and experiences to support your professional and personal growth, whatever your career stage. Our benefits are not just a number. Yes, we offer competitive salary, annual performance-related discretionary bonus, annual flexible benefits, employer pension contribution, and multiple insurance coverage. But more than that, we focus on developing our people to be their best, professionally and personally.

Training support provided by award-winning Learning & Development Team, extensive sports & social programmes (including free on-site gym & fitness studio), flexible working options, employee assistance programme, enhanced leave options, and social & community care initiatives are just some of the ways our people can empower themselves to be their best.

Important Information

Davy is an equal opportunities employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We value diversity in both background and experience, and even if you don’t meet all of the requirements outlined in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. We review all applications received. As part of our commitment to creating an accessible environment, we want to ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to participate in the interview process. If you require any reasonable accommodations, please let us know, and we will do our best to make the necessary arrangements.

Appointment to this role is subject to the candidate's eligibility to work in Ireland.

Where agency assistance is required, our Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to us by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this role.

Davy Group is a member of the Bank of Ireland Group.