Operational Project Delivery Manager

Opus People Solutions Ltd; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension 8%

Job summary

Opus People Solutions Ltd is seeking a proactive project delivery professional for a one-year fixed-term contract starting October/November in Ipswich. The role involves hands-on delivery, ownership of projects from brief to delivery, and close collaboration with senior management in a regulated financial services environment.

You will gather information, coordinate stakeholders, track actions and risks, and ensure delivery moves forward.

Qualifications

• Experience in 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 in project delivery or governance, such as PRINCE2 or APM, would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of high-priority projects, driving them through to successful completion.
• Translate high-level requirements into clear, practical actions and delivery plans.
• Gather information from stakeholders and subject matter experts to understand requirements and outcomes.
• Coordinate activity across teams and functions to ensure progress and ownership.
• Maintain clear project documentation and governance evidence for audits.
• Provide concise updates to senior management on progress, risks and decisions.

Skills

Project delivery

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Governance

Education

PRINCE2 or APM

Tools

JIRA

Trello

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

Please note this is a one year FTC starting October/November. We welcome individuals with a notice but be aware this is a FTC.

Job Description

An exciting opportunity to join a well-established business in a highly varied, hands-on delivery role, working closely with senior management on a range of important business projects and initiatives.

This is a role for someone who enjoys variety, ownership and making things happen. You'll be trusted to take a project from brief through to delivery — asking the right questions, gathering information, coordinating stakeholders, tracking actions and risks, and making sure things keep moving.

The projects themselves will be diverse, so you could find yourself working on anything from business change and operational improvements to new regulatory requirements. No two projects, or days, are likely to look the same.

You'll be joining a business that genuinely invests in its people, offering excellent long-term career opportunities, an 8% employer pension contribution and the chance to build broad experience across a growing and evolving financial services environment.

Key Accountabilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Working Hours

Full-Time Equivalent: 37.5 hours per week