Role: Senior Project Manager
Location: London (Canary Wharf) - Hybrid (3 days a week in the office)
Duration: 11-month contract
Rate: £650 per day (via Umbrella Company)The Opportunity
An opportunity has arisen for a seasoned Senior Project Manager to join a leading, globally recognised financial institution. Operating within a highly collaborative team, you will play a pivotal role in driving global project delivery within the Banking & Treasury Services change portfolio.
Reporting directly to the Senior Product Delivery Manager, you will take end-to-end ownership of critical global initiatives within the Enterprise Banking Model (EBM) programme. This is a high-profile delivery role embedded within a Scaled Agile framework (SAFe).
Key Responsibilities
Drive the proactive execution and planning of projects within the Scaled Agile framework, including active participation in quarterly PI planning.
Partner closely with senior Business and Operations stakeholders, alongside functional leads such as Product Owners, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, Technology, Test Leads, and PMO.
Champion robust risk, issue, and dependency management, providing clear mitigation options and recommendations to executive teams.
Maintain disciplined scope and requirement control, ensuring all new functionality is thoroughly reviewed, tested, and formally approved for release.
Manage project resourcing and financial planning utilizing MS Excel and Clarity.
Craft and present accurate, high-quality project status reports and professional presentations for senior governance forums.Experience
Essential:
10+ years of experience in global project delivery specifically within the financial services or banking sectors.
Proven, extensive experience successfully delivering projects within an Agile environment.
Outstanding critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
High proficiency in MS Excel (for financial/resource planning and data analysis), MS Project (for delivery planning), and MS PowerPoint (for executive-level presentations).
A formal Professional Project Management qualification.Preferred:
Prior experience delivering projects within Technology organisations (please note: this is a delivery-focused project management position, not a Scrum Master role).
A diplomatic yet assertive collaboration style, with the ability to influence cross-functional global teams.
Experience working on any of the following related projects: Core Banking Transformation; Enterprise Architecture Transformation; Legacy System Modernisation
How to Apply
If you are a hands-on Project Manager with experience working on any of the following projects: Core Banking Transformation; Enterprise Architecture Transformation or Legacy System Modernisation, we would love to hear from you.
Apply today to register your interest!
Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy
Salary description
£620.00 - £650.00 per day