AI-Driven Project Manager — Automation & Change Leader

Albany Beck; England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Albany Beck is a specialist Financial Services Consultancy seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead AI-powered automation use cases across a federated PM community. You will oversee end-to-end delivery, engage with PMOs and tech stakeholders, and translate business needs into functional and data requirements for solution development.

The role emphasizes governance, budgets, risks and agile delivery ceremonies, with a focus on measurable improvements in efficiency and benefits realisation

Qualifications

• Approximately 5–10 years of experience in project management, scrum delivery, automation or technology-enabled change.
• Proven experience leading projects through the full delivery lifecycle from requirements to implementation and benefits realisation.
• Experience delivering AI, automation, workflow improvement or process-engineering initiatives.
• Strong governance, planning, budgeting, RAID management, testing and implementation knowledge.
• Experience in agile, waterfall or hybrid delivery environments and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of AI and automation use cases across the Project and Programme Management community.
• Engage with project managers, PMOs, business teams and technology stakeholders to identify and agree common requirements.
• Translate business needs into clear functional, technical and data requirements for solution development.
• Develop and manage project scope, delivery plans, work breakdown structures, milestones and implementation activities.
• Manage project governance, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies and reporting throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Coordinate delivery across internal IT teams, Microsoft and specialist third-party development partners.
• Lead agile delivery ceremonies and support effective collaboration between business and technical teams.
• Oversee solution development, testing, implementation, operational readiness and benefits realisation.
• Ensure automation initiatives deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, delivery effectiveness and reduced manual effort.
• Maintain appropriate project artefacts, including plans, RAID logs, status reports, lessons learned and project health assessments.
• Identify delivery gaps, implementation risks and process weaknesses, ensuring appropriate actions are taken.
• Communicate progress, risks, decisions and dependencies clearly to senior stakeholders and delivery teams.

Skills

Project management

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

AI automation

Process improvement

Requirements gathering

Vendor coordination

PMO governance

Education

PMP / PRINCE2 / AgilePM / Scrum Master

Job description

Albany Beck is a specialist Financial Services Consultancy seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead AI-powered automation use cases across a federated PM community. You will oversee end-to-end delivery, engage with PMOs and tech stakeholders, and translate business needs into functional and data requirements for solution development.

The role emphasizes governance, budgets, risks and agile delivery ceremonies, with a focus on measurable improvements in efficiency and benefits realisation