Network Project Manager

Job Description:
Job Title: Network Project Manager
Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President
Location: Chester, Camberley or Bromley

Bank of America:
We are a financial services company offering a wide array of opportunities across many functions. Our focus on the financial success of our clients - individuals, companies and institutional investors - shapes the way that we organize ourselves and run our business.

Global Technology delivers technology services globally across the bank's eight lines of business that serve individuals, companies and institutions. The team also focuses on digital banking, payments, infrastructure, data management and technology that enhances cyber security, and risk and capital management.

Innovation is at the heart of all Global Technology does. As a member of Global Tech, you will use leading technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence, as well as improved processes, to build our business. The team has replaced core platforms and simplified its infrastructure to improve speed to market. Its private cloud provides an environment that is scalable and secure. Global Tech uses data and analytics to enhance service, provide solutions and deepen relationships.

Role Description:

• Coordinates and participates in design, development, and implementation of large and complex enterprise-wide applications
• Work closely with network engineers, developers and testers to ensure requirements and functional designs are translated accurately into working technical designs and that test plans and scripts serve customer needs.
• Manage projects including responsibility for a project and project budget
• Works under minimal supervision on enterprise-wide projects requiring creative solutions.
• Eliciting, analyzing and documenting technical application and service requirements
• Active participation in and ownership within the change management process, including raising, representing, chasing approvals, providing evidence, tracking and managing on behalf of engineers
• Managing stakeholder requirements across projects and ad-hoc consulting
• Ensuring documentation is updated to reflect new additions to or modifications in the environment and handed into Operations successfully
• Orchestrating workflow through the JIRA (Horizon) tool in order to manage resources and provide management status and progress reporting
• Anticipates and proactively resolves issues and conflicts within and between engineering delivery workflows and all other stakeholders.
• Provides regular and pro-active status as well as anticipating issues and reporting them to management. Escalates as needed or as appropriate

The Team:

The Network Solutions Engineering team within Bank of America provide end-to-end network and security infrastructure solutions for internal clients, lines of business and external 3rd parties. Covering the EMEA region, the RDM will be joining a wide team spread across multiple UK sites, and be responsible for working with stakeholders to deliver connectivity that balances business, security, availability and resiliency requirements across a broad spectrum of network technologies and serves as a focal point for the Management and reporting on the delivery of these services"

We are willing to consider internal candidates with a technology background who don't have experience in network technologies and will provide the necessary skills training should they be successful in their application.

Core Skills:

• Able to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders from technology and business peers through to senior management levels
• Project management
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Problem resolution and analytical skill
• Customer focus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Mastery of common office tools
• To work effectively as part of a global team across multiple time zones
• Willingness to work outside of normal UK working hours where necessary
• Ability to work as part of a team or independently

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It's important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements. As part of our standard hiring process to manage risk, please note background screening checks will be conducted on all hires before commencing employment.