Job Description

Senior Project Manager - Enterprise Banking Model

• 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!

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