AI Programme Project Manager – Financial Services

Deloitte - Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

Deloitte is seeking a Project Manager to deliver elements of the CLIENT AI Programme in London, a hybrid role requiring 2-3 days onsite. You will manage multiple workstreams, work with senior stakeholders, and ensure delivery within scope, time, and quality.

Experience in a complex, regulated environment and product delivery teams is preferred. The role focuses on governance, risk mitigation, and alignment with financial controls, with potential HR transformation activity and cross-functional

Qualifications

• Knowledge of financial services/regulatory sector.
• Demonstrable ability to lead complex projects with risk, ambiguity and interdependency.
• Advanced stakeholder leadership to influence senior/executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical/problem solving capabilities for complex delivery challenges.
• Ability to manage delivery risk at scale across multiple workstreams.
• Excellent communication for reporting to senior governance forums.
• Strong people leadership incl. coaching and development.
• Deep understanding of project delivery methodologies and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of one or more workstreams within the CLIENT AI Programme, ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, within scope, and to the required quality standards.
• Own end-to-end project management across complex, interdependent workstreams, maintaining momentum and resolving delivery blockers.
• Work with senior stakeholders, product teams, technology delivery teams, and governance forums to align scope, dependencies, risks and decisions.
• Provide leadership in a regulated environment aligning delivery with financial services controls, governance and assurance.
• Manage delivery risk proactively, identify issues early and implement mitigation across dependencies.
• Exercise judgement in prioritisation, trade-offs, escalation and resolution of competing demands.
• Lead stakeholder engagement at senior/executive level to influence outcomes and drive alignment.
• Prepare and present reporting on progress, risks, issues, dependencies and decisions for governance.
• Support AI solution implementation with a focus on AI-enabled operations and readiness.
• Coordinate HR-related transformation activities including technology implementation and stakeholder adoption.
• Oversee budget, forecasting and commercial performance for assigned workstreams.
• Apply appropriate project delivery methodologies and governance frameworks.
• Lead, coach and develop project team members where applicable.
• Navigate organisational and political complexity to drive progress.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Delivery leadership

Autonomy

Stakeholder leadership

Analytical thinking

Risk management

Clear communication

People leadership

Project delivery methodologies

Commercial acumen

Political navigation

Job description

Deloitte is seeking a Project Manager to deliver elements of the CLIENT AI Programme in London, a hybrid role requiring 2-3 days onsite. You will manage multiple workstreams, work with senior stakeholders, and ensure delivery within scope, time, and quality.

Experience in a complex, regulated environment and product delivery teams is preferred. The role focuses on governance, risk mitigation, and alignment with financial controls, with potential HR transformation activity and cross-functional