Data Project and Risk Specialist - Manchester or London
Why this job matters
This is a key role within Data Legal Compliance and Assurance DLC&A that is accountable for end to end delivery of significant projects providing a consistent approach, improved control and clear accountability throughout the lifecycle. The purpose of this role will be to deliver projects that enable DGPE to achieve their strategic and business goals as well as to support the wider BT Group achieve, operate and maintain compliance to Data Governance and Data Privacy regulations worldwide.
What you’ll be doing
- Own the end-to-end ownership & delivery of projects aligned to the Strategic and Business Outcomes/Deliverables & to agreed time, cost and quality criteria.
- Set-up and manage project governance, scope, risk and issues, compliance, resource planning, budget management and reporting.
- Matrix management of all workstream leads within the Project team.
- Lead communication with stakeholders and work to drive strong, open and sustained communication channels both within function and across the wider stakeholder community.
- Present Project status updates to core CFU/CU teams as required i.e. to working groups
- Ensuring decisions are made to protect/ enhance the Customer and User Experience, putting the customer at the heart of everything we do.
- Work with stakeholders to proactively resolve conflict through problem-solving, negotiation, open communication and direct influencing.
- Develop and maintain knowledge of the applicable regulations, as well as business products and services in wider portfolios, as well as the future needs and compliance requirements of the business.
- Create and sustain a proven network across the business to enable efficient and effective project delivery and ensure credibility and ownership of decisions.
- Liaise with wider project management community to secure alignment on interdependencies and ensure these are tracked and managed across projects.
- Conduct Post Implementation Reviews to capture lessons learned from previous deliveries.
- Leading on high-level and detailed project planning that balances ambitious timelines with realistic plans with contingency for the unforeseen, supporting sustainable ways of working across the function and wider group.
The skills you’ll need
- Experience developing and managing projects and programs to allow processes to run efficiently and implement change.
- having clear and regularly updated project plans and RAID logs are key to ensuring all suppliers, individuals and organisation are aligned to delivering projects.
- Relevant industry experience within a regulatory compliance environment and experience of delivering technology and organisational change projects.
- Ability to influence and negotiate with individuals at all levels in different departments, including senior executives.
- Broad knowledge of Privacy Regulation, Technology and Telecoms sector.
- Understanding of product and process development life cycle and implementation.
- Change management (organisation and cultural skills).
- Prince Practitioner, Membership of APM, IPM or 6 Sigma is advantageous but not essential.
Benefits
- 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays, and additional days for length of service
- 10% on target bonus
- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme - If you pay in a minimum of 5% of your pensionable salary every month we will pay in 10%
- Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
- 50% off BT and EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans
- Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
- BT TV, including BT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership, and 25% off NOW Sport, Cinema and Kids
- 30% discount for friends and family on EE mobile pay monthly and SIM only plans
- Shared Parental leave - maximum amount of leave you can share with your partner is 50 weeks
- 3 volunteering days per year
- Competitive employee discount on BT/EE products
- Competitive friends and family discount on EE Mobile
- Access to our brand new, innovative office spaces, including our new office in London which opened this year
- Access and involvement with our incredible 11 People Networks including Able2 network, Carers network, Ethnic diversity network, Gender equality network and Pride network
About us
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