Hybrid Risk Tech Project Manager (Financial Services)

Data Intellect; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid & flexible working

Global opportunities

Continuous learning

Clear progression pathways

Healthcare & wellbeing

Flexible, increasing holiday allowance

Generous referral bonuses

Job summary

Data Intellect in Belfast is seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive delivery of a Risk Technology transformation for a New York-based hedge fund client. You will oversee project execution, governance and migration from legacy systems to a modern platform, working with senior leaders, developers and business stakeholders.

You will manage Jira boards, produce executive-ready reporting, and ensure delivery discipline while coordinating cross-functional teams across the programme.

Qualifications

• Approximately 5+ years project management experience, ideally within Financial Services, Capital Markets, Banking, FinTech or Technology environments.
• Strong experience with Jira, including dashboard creation, reporting, workflow management and JQL or equivalently SQL or other BI tools.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly PowerPoint for executive-level presentations and reporting.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Understanding of software development lifecycles and technology delivery processes.
• Comfortable discussing technical concepts with developers, including databases, applications and system integrations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Flexibility in working hours to overlap with US based teams.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and manage project plans, milestones, dependencies, and delivery roadmaps.
• Track project status, risks, issues, actions, and blockers, ensuring timely escalation where required.
• Produce executive reporting and PowerPoint presentations for senior leadership and programme governance forums.
• Maintain clear traceability between detailed project activities and executive-level reporting.
• Drive day-to-day programme organisation, ensuring strong delivery discipline across teams.
• Manage and maintain Jira boards, ensuring tickets are up to date and accurately reflect delivery progress.
• Create and utilise JQL queries and dashboards to monitor programme health, team performance, risks, and delivery metrics.
• Facilitate daily stand-ups, project meetings, and stakeholder communications.
• Coordinate release planning, system integrations, and migration activities as the organisation transitions from legacy technology to a new platform.
• Identify cross-functional dependencies and ensure effective collaboration across development, quantitative, and business teams.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

PowerPoint

Jira experience

Software development lifecycle

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Jira

SQL

BI tools

Job description

Data Intellect in Belfast is seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive delivery of a Risk Technology transformation for a New York-based hedge fund client. You will oversee project execution, governance and migration from legacy systems to a modern platform, working with senior leaders, developers and business stakeholders.

You will manage Jira boards, produce executive-ready reporting, and ensure delivery discipline while coordinating cross-functional teams across the programme.