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Project Manager - Risk and Compliance

Job Req ID:  40013
Posting Date:  6 Dec 2024
Function:  Risk, Compliance and Assurance
Unit:  Digital
Location: 

Spinning Fields, Manchester, United Kingdom

Salary:  Competitive

Why this job matters

We’re transforming how BT Group manages compliance, risk & assurance activities in relation to Industry Best Practice. We’ve been on a journey with Cyber Security and data risk areas to date but want to expand our framework to other Risk categories. 
We need key project managers to face in to the business stakeholder communities to understand problems and opportunities, help bring to life future solutions and coordinate delivery management activities to realise business outcomes.

What you’ll be doing

  • Work with an integrated team in the delivery of end-to-end projects/ programmes contributing to commercial benefit, deliver on time, within budget and to agreed quality criteria from conception through to market launch and transition into operations.
  • Monitor issue escalations, project risks, dependencies and project changes, ensuring timely intervention and communication to stakeholders.
  • Consult on complex projects/ programmes using advanced technical knowledge with global impact (cross-functional) driving through execution, analysis, recommendation and implementation.
  • Contribute to the development, documentation and implementation of projects/ programmes and change initiatives in line with BT Group policies and strategies, defining and maintaining realistic project plans and monitoring project finances and progress against agreed quality and performance criteria.
  • Support project/ programme communication with stakeholders with timely reporting on performance and where decision making is required, providing all information needed to enable well-informed decision making.

Experience you'll have

  • Project/Programme management - advanced skills
  • Agile methodology - intermediate skills 
  • Conflict resolution - advanced skills 
  • Requirements management - advanced skills 
  • Project scheduling - advanced skills 
     

Benefits

  • A competitive starting salary, embedded in a fantastic total reward package, including a 10% on target bonus 
  • If you contribute 5% to your Pension, BT will contribute 10%
  • 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with service
  • Regardless of how your family is made up, all employees will be able to take 18 weeks’ paid parental leave, and up to two weeks paid leave for Carers
  • Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, private healthcare, season ticket loans, as well as retail discounts including our BT shop
  • World-class training and development opportunities in an inclusive environment 
  • Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages. Including Discovery+ and TNT Sport

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding. 

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.  

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

 

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

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