Planning and Dependency Lead

About Servaada, a Wipro company:

Servaada is Wipro UK entity, authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK financial services regulator,  to undertake regulated activities on behalf of its clients, as an outsourced service provider.

Job Description

About the Role

Servaada is looking for an experienced Planning & Dependency Lead to join our Central Change Office.

You will provide an organisation-wide view of plans, milestones, risks and dependencies across major change programmes.

What You Will Do

• Lead integrated planning across programmes and portfolios.
• Identify and manage key dependencies, risks and conflicts.
• Maintain visibility of milestones, regulatory deadlines and client commitments.
• Support complex change initiatives including migrations and transitions.
• Provide planning insight and reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Drive improvements in planning standards and tools.

What We Are Looking For

• Strong planning and dependency management experience.
• Background in financial services change and transformation.
• Expertise in schedule management, critical path analysis and scenario planning.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience using planning and portfolio management tools.

Desirable Experience

• Outsourcing or consulting experience.
• Multi-client programme exposure.
• Relevant project, programme or portfolio qualification.

Core Competencies

• Must act with integrity
• Must act with due skill, care and diligence
• Must be open and cooperative with the FCA and other regulators
• Must pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
• Must observe proper standards of market conduct
• Must act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

Equal Opportunities: 

Servaada is committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion in the workplace. All applicants welcome.