Lead Project Manager - Payments Enterprise Technology

Barclays UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in London is seeking an exceptional project manager for a fixed-term contract role. The successful candidate will manage critical change projects to support strategic objectives and ensure on-time delivery within budget. This position requires a leader with substantial experience in project/program management, particularly one that oversees significant transformations. The role is part of an exciting initiative to build a new cloud-based technology stack to enhance service delivery for clients.

Qualifications

• Several years' experience in Director level project/program management roles.
• Extremely detail-oriented with a proactive approach.
• Experience driving significant transformation projects.

Responsibilities

• Create and own the overall plan for Enterprise Technology.
• Oversee and track SI Partners delivering for the organization.
• Manage budgets and resources.
• Drive and support change across the program.

Skills

Proactive leadership

Project management

Change management

Job description

Overview

A fantastic opportunity to join us as we create a standalone Payments Acquiring business embracing a fintech culture from our new offices alongside our Brookfield partners. This is an exciting time to join a unique project well suited to candidates who thrive in a fast paced, flat organisation with significant autonomy.

Role Context

Enterprise Technology will be replacing a complex, largely on premise technology stack with a clean new SaaS landscape for Finance, Risk, HR and Functions IT. We require an exceptional project manager to help coordinate and govern that delivery. The successful candidate must be hands on, deep in the detail, actively identifying and resolving issues and deputising for the Enterprise Technology Lead.

This is an 18 month Fixed Term Contract role to drive the build out of the new stack. During this time we will be defining the go forward model for Enterprise Technology and anticipate a variety of permanent roles will become available.

Barclays' payments acceptance business provides critical infrastructure to the UK economy, processing billions of pounds of payments annually for both small businesses and domestic and international corporate clients. In April 2025, we announced a long‑term partnership with Brookfield Asset Management to grow and transform the payments acceptance business by broadening the range of services offered, enhancing the experience for both existing and prospective clients.

Purpose of the Role

To manage change projects that help the organisation achieve its strategic objectives, while ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, in control and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Creating and owning the overall plan for Enterprise Technology, managing dependencies and interlocks with Value Streams and Workstreams
• Oversight and tracking of the SI Partners delivering for us
• Managing budgets and resourcing
• Actively driving and supporting change across the program

Key Skills

• Extremely pro active, detail oriented leader
• Several years' experience in Director level project / program management roles
• Experience driving significant transformation projects

Desirable Skills

• Experience in Finance, Risk or HR technology
• Experience overseeing SI Partners
• Experience contracting with vendors and deploying SaaS solutions