Junior Project Manager

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Role overview

Project delivery

• Develop project plans, identify and schedule deliverables, and drive progress against time, cost and quality.
• Run status reviews, working groups and steering groups as required.
• Control changes and manage dependencies, risks, costs and resources.
• Identify and resolve issues, escalate appropriately and track follow-up actions.
• Act as the central communication point for stakeholders.

Business change implementation

• Define the required implementation end state for each project.
• Identify people, process and technology changes needed to reach the end state.
• Manage delivery of changes, including relationship brokering, new process or technology implementation, trials, prototypes and training.
• Support sustainable adoption of new ways of working after project go-live.

Portfolio and knowledge support

• Provide project information and capacity estimates to support portfolio reporting and resource management.
• Transfer knowledge, templates and lessons learned when allocated projects close.
• Work with the Business Manager and Change Management Office as required.

Essential experience and skills

• Approximately one to two years of experience in a project, PMO, operations or clearing environment, including internships, placements or graduate rotations.
• Experience supporting business change projects involving people, processes or technology.
• Strong written and verbal communication, relationship-building and proactive problem-solving skills.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint and Word, with the ability to produce clear project documentation and reporting.

Desirable qualifications and knowledge

• A degree or equivalent experience is preferred.
• A recognised project or change management qualification, such as APMG or PRINCE2, or active study toward one, is desirable.
• Awareness of waterfall or Agile methodologies and change management theory is desirable.
• Financial services, clearing, exchange-traded derivatives, post-trade, regulated-environment or risk and compliance knowledge is desirable.
• Experience implementing new products or new business projects is desirable.

Competencies

• The role requires collaboration, curiosity, resilience, ownership, adaptability, strong organisation and attention to detail.
• The role involves working across teams and communicating confidently with stakeholders at all levels.

Conduct and compliance

• The role must comply with applicable regulatory requirements, Marex policies, operational risk controls and codes of conduct.
• The role requires integrity, due skill and diligence, appropriate escalation of breaches or risk events, and fair treatment of customers.

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