Project Manager

Clearwater Analytics; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Clearwater Analytics is looking for a skilled project manager to oversee the execution of complex initiatives in the financial services sector. The ideal candidate will have 4-10 years of experience in project management and be adept at managing client implementations. Responsibilities include ensuring project deliverables meet scope and timeline while maintaining budget integrity. Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 4-10 years of project management or senior analyst experience.
• Must have client implementation experience.
• Experience in financial services (Investment, Banking, Insurance, FinTech).

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end execution of projects, ensuring they meet scope, timeline, and budget requirements.
• Proactively mitigate project risks and issues, manage expectations for the entire project.

Skills

Project management methodologies

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s or master's in project management, MBA, finance, or economics

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Manages end-to-end execution of projects, ensuring they meet scope, timeline, and budget requirements.

• Executes project plan creation and maintenance, project budget management, change controls, risk and issue management.

Skills/Experience:

• PM Skills (Methodologies, budgeting, etc.):

  • Expertise in project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.).

  • Hands on experience with budget management and risks/issues tracking & mitigation

  • Expertise in project managing the full lifecycle on projects of 6+ month duration and budget > $500k

  • Extensive experience working on client facing projects alongside a global team of Engineers, Sales/Account Management, and customer support

• BA Skills:

  • Scope and document SOWs for existing clients.

• Communication/Stakeholder Mgmt Skills:

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

  • Persistence and adaptability

  • Comfortable with ambiguity

  • Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, and strategic planning, and execution skills

  • Flexibility - comfortable with wearing many hats

• Domain Expertise/Types of Projects:

  • Project Management experience delivering pricing, risk, and trading platform solutions on a range of projects pre or post sales (i.e. large scale, complex initiatives, and tactical and/or strategic projects)

  • Understanding of the trade lifecycle.

• Strategic Initiatives:

  • Provide feedback & improve PM processes.

• Escalations/Project Oversight:

  • Proactive work ethic and ability to work with minimal supervision

  • Proactively mitigates project risks and issues, and has oversight and responsibility for the entire project independently.

  • Builds strong relationships with internal/external stakeholders, resolves conflicts, and manages expectations for the entire project

  • Ability to provide actionable insights and recommendations to support high-level decision-making.

Requir ed Skills:

• 4-10 years total experience, with demonstrated project management or workstream/senior analyst experience

• Must have client implementations experience

• Financial Services Experience (Investment, Banking, Insurance, FinTech, etc).

• Bachelor’s or master's in relevant field e.g. project management, MBA, finance, economics etc...

• Knowledge of risk management or front office tools is good to have, but not essential