Project Manager - CDO's Office

PeopleGenius; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Solid benefits

Job summary

PeopleGenius in Manchester City Centre is seeking a delivery-focused Project/Programme Manager to join the CDAO's operations. You will own delivery across Data Engineering, AI/ML, BI, and Investment Pricing teams, turning strategic aims into concrete plans.

This role is hands-on and accountability-driven, not just coordination. You will challenge timelines, surface blockers early, and communicate progress to senior stakeholders and external vendors.

Qualifications

• 2+ years delivering digital transformation or analytics projects end-to-end.
• Experience in regulated financial services or fintech.
• Certified in project management methodologies (CSM, PSM, Prince2, or Agile PM Foundation).
• Strong data/tech understanding (SQL, Power BI, Databricks, AI/ML workflows).

Responsibilities

• Own delivery across Data Engineering, AI/ML, BI, and Investment Pricing teams.
• Translate high-level ambition into structured, deliverable plans.
• Challenge timelines, surface blockers early, and drive accountability.
• Serve as central point of contact for senior leadership and third-party vendors.

Skills

Effective communication

Stakeholder management

Technical literacy

Delivery-focused mindset

Education

CSM

PSM

Prince2

Agile PM Foundation

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Asana

Job description

Financial Services, Ethical, highly cerebral colleagues, collaborative environment and meritocratic. Amazing location in Manchester City Centre, hybrid working 3 days in, bespoke Bonus and solid benefits. Industry leaders utilising highly progressive Modelling & Analytics, Simulations and more.

The Role:

We are looking for a delivery-focused Project / Programme Manager to become the operational right hand of the CDAO. This is a pure project management role — you will act as the primary facilitator across a Data Engineering, AI/ML, BI, and Investment Pricing teams, translating high-level organisational ambition into structured, deliverable plans.

This is not a coordination role. You will own delivery, challenge timelines, surface blockers early, and drive accountability. You will also act as the central point of contact for senior leadership and third-party technical vendors, translating complex technical progress into clear commercial updates.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience delivering digital transformation, analytics, or technology-enabled change projects end-to-end.
• Proven experience operating within a regulated sector — financial services, fintech, or similar.
• Formally trained or certified in project methodologies (e.g. Agile PM Foundation, CSM, PSM, or Prince2).
• Strong academic background; a degree in a business, data, or technology-related discipline is desirable.
• Technical acumen — sufficient familiarity with the data stack (SQL, Power BI, Databricks, AI/ML workflows) to manage technical teams effectively and ask the right questions.
• Outstanding communication skills — engaging and credible with both technical engineers and senior commercial stakeholders.
• Proficient in project management tooling, particularly Azure DevOps; familiarity with Jira, Asana, or similar is a plus.
• Proactive and self-directed — comfortable managing ambiguity and creating structure where it doesn't yet exist.
• Strong attention to detail and a low tolerance for avoidable slippage.

Keywords:

Project Manager, Junior Project Manager, Data Project Manager, PM, CSM, Prince2, Analytics, Data PM