Platform Change Project Manager - Contract

Schroders; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment manager is looking for a Senior Regulatory Project Manager to lead change initiatives within the organization. The role requires 10+ years in project management, particularly in Regulatory roles, strong stakeholder engagement, and exemplary communication skills. Responsibilities include project governance, vendor management, and team oversight. Join a collaborative team in a company committed to helping clients prosper while adapting to changes in society and technology.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in project management, with 5+ years in a senior Regulatory PM role.
• Strong written, visual, presentational, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in mobilizing cross-functional teams and delivering shared objectives.

Responsibilities

• Establish project structure and governance.
• Lead the delivery of project within time and budget.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management

Vendor Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Leadership

Communication Skills

Education

Professional project management qualification (e.g., Prince2, PMP)

Job description

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Overview

Senior Regulatory Project Manager. Overview of Platform Change. We are a friendly, supportive and collaborative team comprising of Programme and Project Managers, Business Analysts and PMO, who manage the analysis and delivery of platform wide change programmes and projects.

Responsibilities

• Project Management: Establish project structure and governance. Lead the delivery of the project to scope, on time and within budget. Create and maintain high-quality project artefacts, including project plans, roadmaps, RAID logs, management information, RACI matrices, project dashboards, and status reports.
• Vendor Management: Work closely with key vendor, establish a strong working relationship, building out a joint plan and ensuring they meet key milestones
• Deliver High-Quality Artefacts: Produce and maintain all key documentation required to underpin successful project delivery, ensuring information is clear, actionable, and accessible.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong working relationships with stakeholders, capturing, challenging, and refining complex business requirements to align with project objectives.
• Stakeholder Management: Chair meetings—including SteerCo, Working Groups, and Stand-Ups—providing regular, clear updates on progress, risks, issues, and challenges, along with proposed solutions where appropriate. Prepare and present materials for all forums, such as roadmaps, milestone registers, and decision/action logs. Communicate effectively, tailoring messaging to the audience. Identify and document clear escalation paths, ensuring timely and transparent issue resolution.
• Exemplary Leadership: Act as a role model and advocate for project managers, fostering knowledge sharing and the adoption of best practices.
• Oversight of Teams and Deliverables: Provide direction, guidance, and oversight to Business Analysts within the programme, ensuring quality, consistency, and timely delivery of all outputs.
• Drive Best Practice: Contribute to the development and maintenance of best practices, setting standards for project management excellence within the Platform Change function.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in project management, with at least 5 years in a senior or lead Regulatory PM role.
• Professional project management qualification (e.g., Prince2, PMP).
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with proven expertise in influencing senior leadership and managing relationships to inspire confidence and maximise contributions across a wide range of stakeholders.
• Strong written, visual, presentational, and verbal communication skills at all organisational levels.
• Demonstrated commitment to collaboration, with a proven ability to mobilise cross-functional teams, build consensus, and deliver shared objectives within complex environments.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

Highly Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience within the Asset Management industry and has a strong understanding of the post-trade landscape.
• Experience with post-trade global (EMEA, US and APAC) regulations (T+1 Settlement, CSDR, EMIR, SFTR, US SEC Treasury Clearing).
• Implementation of traceability of business requirements back to regulations.
• Vendor stakeholder management and business readiness experience (Aladdin and CTM).

About Us

We're a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we've been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn't change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.