Delivery Project Lead - 1-Year FTC

Opus Perm; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8% employer pension contribution

Job summary

Opus Perm is seeking a proactive project delivery professional for a one-year FTC starting October/November. You will work closely with senior management on a range of business projects, taking projects from brief through delivery and coordinating stakeholders to ensure momentum and governance.

The role offers variety, ownership, and long-term career development within a regulated financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within financial services or another heavily regulated environment.
• Experience delivering projects, regulatory obligations, audit remediation, risk initiatives or similar business change.
• Experience managing actions, risks, issues, dependencies and decisions across projects.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Professional qualification or formal training in project delivery, change or governance, such as PRINCE2 or APM, would be advantageous.
• Experience using planning and tracking tools such as JIRA, Trello, Confluence, SharePoint or similar would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of high‑priority projects, workstreams and business issues, driving them through to successful completion.
• Translate high‑level requirements and objectives into clear, practical actions and delivery plans.
• Gather information from relevant stakeholders and subject matter experts to understand the requirements, dependencies and desired outcomes.
• Approach projects with a naturally inquisitive mindset, understanding the who, what and why behind an initiative.
• Develop and maintain proportionate project and delivery plans, ensuring actions remain on track.
• Coordinate activity across teams and functions, particularly where responsibility or ownership is distributed.
• Track progress, actions, risks, issues, dependencies and decisions, ensuring nothing is allowed to drift.
• Proactively identify blockers and work with relevant stakeholders to resolve them, escalating where appropriate.
• Monitor changes and emerging risks and assess their potential impact on delivery.
• Maintain clear and accurate project documentation, records and evidence to support governance and audit requirements.
• Facilitate meetings where required, ensuring actions and decisions are captured and followed through.
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders and subject matter experts across the business.
• Provide concise and meaningful updates to senior management, highlighting progress, risks, issues and decisions required.
• Work independently and resourcefully, taking responsibility for moving projects forward rather than waiting for direction.
• Adapt quickly to different subject areas, priorities and stakeholders, recognising that no two projects will necessarily be the same.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project delivery

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Audit remediation

Education

PRINCE2 or APM

Tools

JIRA

Trello

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

Opus Perm is seeking a proactive project delivery professional for a one-year FTC starting October/November. You will work closely with senior management on a range of business projects, taking projects from brief through delivery and coordinating stakeholders to ensure momentum and governance.

The role offers variety, ownership, and long-term career development within a regulated financial services environment.