Save Job Back to Search Job Description Summary Similar JobsWell known Financial Services business based in LondonAre looking for a Technical Project Manager to join the teamAbout Our ClientOur client - a well known Financial Services business based in London - are looking for a Technical Project Manager to join the team. This is a long-term interim contract, and they operate on a hybrid model (3 days per week in Central London.)Job Description* Lead delivery of strategic transformation and cross-functional initiatives, ensuring alignment to the unified business strategy and operating model.* Build and maintain integrated delivery plans, coordinating delivery across application, data, security, infrastructure, product, operations and business readiness streams.* Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies and change to safeguard scope, timelines, budget and quality.* Assess the quality, clarity and traceability of technical, product and business requirements against delivery outcomes.* Facilitate discovery and problem-definition discussions to clarify outcomes, assumptions and decision points.* Analyse stakeholders, influence paths and impacted groups to support alignment and adoption.* Ensure relevant quality control processes are in place for all deliverables appropriate to level of risk.* Plan and execute transition, capability mobilisation, residual cutover and hypercare activities under robust governance and compliance frameworks.* Manage customer-impacting change and business readiness for new capabilities, operating model changes and cross-functional delivery milestones.* Track benefits, readiness indicators and delivery outcomes to support prioritisation and decision-making.* Support definition, prioritisation and tracking of strategic capabilities, ensuring initiatives map clearly to business outcomes, dependencies and benefits.* Drive cross-functional alignment across Technology, Product, Operations, Commercial and other business stakeholders.* Manage day-to-day project operations with urgency; coordinate internal teams and external vendors, keeping stakeholders abreast of progress.* Participate in governance forums, providing concise reporting on progress, risks, dependencies and decisions required to support the strategic roadmap.* Use delivery data and AI-assisted review, where appropriate, to validate assumptions, highlight risks and improve reporting quality.* Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing budgets, scheduling expenditures, analysing variances and initiating corrective actions.* Ensure PMO approach is adhered to, and project documents and controls are complete, current and appropriately filed.The Successful Applicant* 7+ years' experience owning or managing multi-disciplinary technology development, transformation or cross-functional delivery programmes.* Strong project management expertise (Agile, Hybrid and Waterfall) with demonstrable experience coordinating technology delivery across multiple teams, capabilities and business functions.* Excellent organisational skills, exceptional attention to detail and proven ability to resolve issues decisively.* Experience planning cutovers, hypercare operations, transitions or capability mobilisation activities.* Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to align internal teams and external vendors.* Ability to assess requirements for clarity, completeness, traceability and alignment to business outcomes.* Experience supporting business readiness, benefits management and adoption planning.* Commercial acumen - ability to incorporate financial impacts of decisions into discussions and reporting.* Ability to communicate complex technical and process concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.* Ability to manage changing priorities while maintaining accuracy, working independently and collaboratively as required.* Advanced proficiency with MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word, with hands-on experience using Atlassian tools, including Jira and Confluence.* Working knowledge of data-informed decision support and AI-assisted validation techniques.* Understanding of technology systems and delivery across application, data, security, infrastructure, product and operational domains.* Strong risk, dependency and change management capabilities, with a focus on minimising operational and customer impact.* Excellent communication skills with ability to maintain clear, trusted executive communications and reporting.* Experience translating strategic business initiatives into delivery plans, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies and executive reporting.* Experience with complex system integrations, data migrations and strategic transformation delivery.* Ability to connect programme-level outcomes with practical delivery governance, prioritisation and senior stakeholder reporting.* Structured problem-solving, critical thinking and analytical judgement.* Structured discovery and facilitation, with the ability to frame problems and guide decisions.* Benefits and readiness focus, connecting delivery activity to measurable outcomes and adoption.* Confident using technology and AI-enabled tools to support analysis, validation, planning and reporting.* Excellent verbal and written communication, stakeholder management and influence.* High ownership, organisation and attention to detail.* Ability to work independently and collaboratively in fast-paced environments.What's on OfferA competitive daily rate, hybrid work schedule, and a long-term contractContactLucy McPhailQuote job refJN-092026-7095688Phone number+442072691740Job summaryJob functionTransformationSubsectorConsultingSectorFinancial ServicesWhereCity of LondonContract typeTemporaryConsultant nameLucy McPhailConsultant phone+442072691740Job referenceJN-092026-7095688
