Director of Technology Projects

Calastone; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Calastone is seeking a Director of Technology Projects to lead critical technology initiatives that align with the company's strategic goals. This role involves managing complex projects, ensuring governance, and fostering strong relationships among stakeholders. The successful candidate will bring extensive project management experience in Financial Services, ideally with certifications in Agile and traditional methodologies. If you are a forward-thinking leader focused on delivering high-quality results, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in technology project delivery in Financial Services.
• Strong financial acumen in budgeting and forecasting.
• Proven track record managing multi-million-pound programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage major technology projects and programmes.
• Ensure effective governance and robust reporting on project progress.
• Act as primary liaison for internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Vendor Management

Agile Methodologies

Financial Management

Education

PMP Certification

PRINCE2 Certification

AgilePM Certification

SAFe Certification

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

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Role Purpose

The Director of Technology Projects will lead the successful delivery of Calastone's strategic and business-critical technology initiatives. The role requires strong project management across both in-house teams and outsourced vendors, ensuring timely, budget-conscious, and quality-focused project execution.

As a key member of the Technology management team, this role will work closely with Directors of Engineering, Product Managers, and Senior Business Stakeholders to ensure technology projects are delivered efficiently, driving strategic outcomes that align with Calastone's growth initiatives.

The individual will also ensure that delivery governance, stakeholder communication, and operational excellence are embedded across all technology initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Programme Delivery: Lead, manage, and oversee major technology projects and programmes, ensuring all deliverables are achieved within agreed timelines, budgets, and quality parameters, including:
  • Cross functional software upgrades
  • Strategic technology reorganization and investment programmes
  • Management of cross organisation work involving software, data, cloud, and infrastructure engineering
  • Support for cybersecurity related programmes
• Governance and Reporting: Maintain effective governance for projects, producing robust reporting on budgets, resource utilisation, effort tracking, risk and issue management, and delivery progress.
• Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary liaison for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of project goals, progress, risks, and changes.
• Vendor Management: Manage outsourced development teams and technology delivery partners to ensure adherence to contract terms, service standards, and project objectives.
• Cross-functional Leadership: Coordinate efforts across multiple workstreams, facilitating collaboration between product, engineering, operations, and business units.
• Risk Management: Proactively identify project risks and issues, ensuring mitigation plans are established, communicated, and actioned.
• Methodology Alignment: Champion the use of Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies appropriately, ensuring each project is scoped, planned, and executed using best practice techniques.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive process improvements and best practices in project management, striving for operational efficiency and higher quality delivery standards.

Required Knowledge & Experience

• Extensive experience (10+ years) in delivering complex technology projects within Financial Services or Fintech environments.
• Strong background in technology project and programme management, ideally supported by industry certifications (PMP, PRINCE2, AgilePM, SAFe).
• Proven track record of managing multi-million-pound programmes, involving both internal teams and external vendors.
• Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, Azure) and enterprise software delivery environments.
• Strong financial management skills - managing budgets, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• In-depth understanding of common technical issues in software delivery projects, with the ability to bridge communication between technical and business teams.
• Previous experience managing vendor relationships and contractual governance.
• Strong knowledge of operational, regulatory, and compliance requirements within financial services.

Person Specification

• Highly delivery and outcome-focused, proactive by default, with a strong work ethic.
• Ability to operate comfortably in a multi-disciplined, regulatory, and technology-driven environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail combined with a strong ability to view the strategic big picture.
• Effective collaborator who builds positive relationships across teams and external partners.
• Self-assured communicator, both written and verbal, capable of presenting to senior management and external stakeholders.
• Pragmatic, flexible, and solution-oriented, able to adapt to changing business priorities.
• Motivated to drive projects through to successful delivery, maintaining a positive and constructive attitude under pressure.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

The company is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where all employees can thrive, contribute their best and achieve their full potential. We ensure that all recruitment, promotion, and reward decisions are capability-based without regard to protected characteristics. We want you to perform at your best in the recruitment process; if you require any reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, please let us know.