GMP Senior Operations Manager

The Role:

We have a brand new opportunity for a Senior GMP Operations Manager to join the Aptia team.

This role will be responsible for successful delivery of projects and programmes relating to GMP and De-risking against deliverables, timescales, commercial objectives, and risk management. The role will focus predominantly on the development of processes, tools and best practice.

This role will work on a hybrid basis from your home address and any Aptia UK office.

What you'll be doing:

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  Articulating the objectives and business need for the programme, understanding the broader strategic fit for the project

  
  


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  Developing detailed, robust, high-quality programme delivery roadmaps including: resources, outcomes, schedules, costs, assumptions, dependencies, business integration plans etc. for large scale, complex strategic initiatives

  
  


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  Developing estimates and plans to create a baseline against which the project will be measured

  
  


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  Collaborating with teams within the programmes ensuring requirements are correctly translated into tangible outputs, outcomes and benefits

  
  


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  Managing all commercial aspects of the programme including change control of requirements, deadlines and effort

  
  


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  Overseeing and managing resources in line with budgeted effort ensuring effective utilisation

  
  


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  Establishing and coordinating an effective Steering Committee to provide direction and support to resolve issues where necessary

  
  


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  Establishing systems and processes for planning, governance, reporting, communication, and budgets to ensure delivery to quality, time and cost requirements

  
  


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  Building and managing relationships with key stakeholders up to executive level, both internally and externally

  
  


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  Working with client-facing colleagues to ensure positive relationships are maintained

  
  

What we're looking for:

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  Significant experience, at least 5 years' experience delivering projects relating to pensions administration (e.g. pension systems, database migrations and member portals) from inception to implementation

  
  


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  Ability to lead and inspire a cross-functional, distributed team to deliver successfully

  
  


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  Experience in client-facing work, with excellent influencing and negotiation skills

  
  


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  Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to translate complex messages with clarity to all audiences

  
  


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  Good change management and stakeholder engagement skills

  
  


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  Logical, innovative, methodical and thorough approach to work

  
  


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  Able to make high level decisions and implement operational plans

  
  


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  Knowledge of GMP regulations and requirements (desirable)

  
  


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  Knowledge of De-Risking processes (desirable)

  
  


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  Regulatory change experience (desirable)

  
  


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  Operating model implementation experience (desirable)

  
  


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  Experience of Agile methodology (desirable)

  
  

Please apply with your CV as soon as possible.