Project Manager - Digital Transformation - Banking

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial sector is looking for a highly motivated Project Manager to lead a digital transformation initiative. In this role, you will drive technology-enabled change, overseeing project implementation and ensuring timely delivery while working with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have experience in banking and project management certifications, enabling them to improve operational efficiency and customer experience successfully.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience in financial services.
• Experience in project roles within the banking sector.
• Certification in project methodologies is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage digital transformation projects from initiation to delivery.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope and deliverables.
• Manage project plans, budgets, and reporting.

Skills

Project management principles

Stakeholder collaboration

Business value creation

Change management

Planning tools competency

Education

Degree

Tools

Prince2

PMP

Agile

Lean

Six Sigma

Job description

Job Description

Project Manager - Digital Transformation - Banking

Excellent opportunity opens for a a highly motivated Project Manager to lead a digital transformation project. This role will drive technology-enabled change, improve operational efficiency, and enhance customer experience by overseeing the implementation of modern digital solutions. You will work cross-functionally with IT, operations, compliance, and business units to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

• Plan and manage digital transformation projects, from initiation through execution and delivery.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across departments to define project scope, goals, and deliverables.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets, risk, dependencies, assessments, change requests and resource allocations.
• Maintain regular project reporting across the full stakeholder group.
• Chair project steering committees and technical project meetings.
• Set clear project plan goals and objectives, defining roles and producing schedules and timelines for tasks.
• Drive and support business case development with Key stakeholders.
• Coordinate change management activities to ensure smooth adoption of new processes and tools by staff and customers.
• Manage conflicting priorities and project activities within stakeholder group, taking the lead on decision making where required to ensure adherence to the project plan.
• Manage key suppliers, including contracts and negotiations.

Qualification & Experience

• Degree educated
• Minimum 3 years overall experience with a substantial percentage of experience obtained within financial services
• Previous experience in a project role in the Banking industry is essential and certification in project methodology Prince2 / PMP, APM, Agile, Lean, Six Sigma etc. would be an advantage
• Minimum 3 years of delivery experience with strong business value creation skills
• Knowledge of banking business / products / operations and IT system development life cycle.
• Must have experience implementing or delivering change to payment and loan services
• Experience working across business and IT
• Experience of managing delivery from multiple third parties
• Experience of leading projects with minimal support and supervision.
• Experience in financial service operations,
• Experience working across business and IT
• End-to-end delivery experience
• Experience of leading projects with minimal support and supervision.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles and practices.
• Ability to work effectively on multiple, concurrent, or competing projects.
• Highly competent in using planning tools and experienced in implementing and operating financial control frameworks.

Interested? Please Apply!

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