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Programme Manager - Trading & Supply

Shell, City of Westminster

Programme Manager - Trading & Supply

Salary Not Specified

Shell, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 days ago, 3 Oct | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 6a351b9b9ec14799a703c6cd029461fc

Full Job Description

  • Rigorously manage scope through a structured change management process to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed time, cost, and quality parameters with focus on delivering the business benefits.
  • Create and validate financial forecasts and provide ongoing reconciliation of resources and expenditures.
  • Ensure appropriate stakeholder change and communication plans and engagements are developed and executed.
  • Proactively analyse variances against plan to assess trends threatening agreed scope, time, cost, and quality commitments. Identify signs that a project may be at risk and escalate quickly and appropriately.
  • Apply Shell project management and IT control/assurance methodologies, standards and processes including architecture, information risk management, and transition to support.

    Minimum of 10 years' experience in Commodity Trading & Price Risk Management experience or Capital Markets / Investment Banks - to bring credible externalisation of mindset and approach and ensure we are cost: value competitive.
  • Minimum of five (5) years' experience of scaled agile delivery lead experience, especially working across multiple lines of business in a complex Energy/Commodity derivatives trading business
  • Firsthand experience of how competing external marketplace products are delivered, scaled and supported (Bloomberg, Trayport Internal Marketplace, FIX, TT OMS, Commodity Trading in-house developed)
  • Personal experience of successfully delivering scalable algorithmic trading technology in a compliant and flexible way. Experience of Algo audit compliance highly desirable.
  • Experience in a commodity derivatives environment with demonstrable IT product/application delivery in this space
    • A minimum of 15 years' experience in Project or Product delivery with the following accountabilities:
  • Plan, execute, monitor, control, and close all aspects of the project lifecycle.
  • Quickly earn the trust of commercial sponsors and key stakeholders by understanding and partnering on their strategic priorities. Find ways of working compatible with professional IT delivery and commercial trading excellence
  • Mobilize, grow and lead a team with the necessary experience, mindset and skills - composed of a mixture of staff and suppliers across organisational boundaries.
  • Creating executive-level communications.
  • Proven resilience and persistence to flourish in a high opportunity, high reward Trading environment.
  • Balance execution efficiency with risk mitigation, value delivery, cost, and quality.
  • Understand integration between project goals and business context when responding to challenges and change.

    The Trading and Supply team are seeking a highly experienced programme manager to run the IT delivery of our price risk management platform, DownStream eXchange (DSX). DSX aims to be Shell's strategic one-stop pricing, trading & deal entry platform for all its external market exchange activity and internal order routing & matching. This is a highly ambitious programme which requires integration and planning across multiple businesses, stakeholders and technology platforms to deliver with quality but at the speed of our world class trading organisation.
    • The DSX programme is part of Oil Products and Low Carbon Fuels Trading & Supply which plays a crucial role for Shell - supporting current commercial aspirations while enabling our Net Zero Energy Transition Strategy. Products Trading & Supply is the single interface between Shell's downstream businesses and the global refined oil market. We trade over 8m barrels of physical oil per day through our global markets from various production sites, and handle 6m barrels per day of refined products, supplying over 44,000 Retail Sites and 2,500 B2B customers. We have an exciting IDT agenda with Products increasing their share of low carbon fuels / solutions to support decarbonization of our customers' energy consumption and generating cash to support our broader low carbon investments. What's the role As the IT Programme Manager you will lead the DSX project that requires excellence in stakeholder partnership, strategic planning, return on investment, and business outcome attainment while growing the capabilities and effectiveness of the team. It is imperative that the individual has credibility with senior stakeholders in the Trading & Supply organisation by having significant experience in Trading exchanges & technologies (ETRM, WebICE, TrayPort, ICE, NYMEX, EEX, Bloomberg, Platts etc.) and Trading processes (Exchange trading, Derivatives trading, Algorithmic trading, Mark to Market, P&L, Exposure management, Value At Risk etc.)., Shell started operations in the United Kingdom more than 110 years ago. Since then, we have grown into a leading innovative Oil & Energy company that rewards its employees by investing heavily in their careers and learning. Our people are our greatest asset, and our commitment to your career will see you thrive in a work environment that offers an industry-leading development programme. When your ideas travel, Shell will benefit, and innovation will thrive. Shell has a key role to play in helping meet the UK's growing energy demand, whilst using innovative technologies to develop cleaner energy. We are the largest FTSE 100 company in the UK by market capitalisation and make a significant contribution to the UK economy. As well as processing 35% of the gas coming into the UK, we serve more than four million customers at our filling stations each week. Shell employs some 6,400 skilled staff as well as many contractors. An innovative place to work There's never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Join us and you'll be adding your talent and imagination to a business with the ambition to shape the future - whether by investing in oil, gas and renewable energy to meet demand, exploring new ways to store energy, or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently, everyone at Shell does their part. An inclusive place to work To power progress, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we are nurturing an inclusive environment - one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills, and reach your potential.
  • We're creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply, and we'll take it from there.
  • We're closing the gender gap - whether that's through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.
  • We're striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
  • We consider ourselves a flexible employer and want to support you finding the right balance. We encourage you to discuss this with us in your application.
    • A rewarding place to work Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice. We're huge advocates for career development. We'll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.