Project Manager - Retail Banking

ea Change; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 92,250 - 101,475; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management consultancy is seeking a Project Manager for a crucial role in the financial services sector. The position involves hands-on delivery in a fast-paced environment, requiring significant experience in banking. Responsibilities include coordination with various stakeholders and delivery planning amidst regulatory challenges. This contract role offers competitive daily rates and the opportunity to work across several major UK cities in a hybrid model.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience working as a Project Manager in Banking or Financial Services is essential.
• Broad Retail or Business Banking experience required.
• Experience in regulatory readiness and compliance alignment.

Responsibilities

• Embed yourself directly into the delivery team and day-to-day execution.
• Translate complex regulatory, operational, or technical requirements into clear delivery plans.
• Own plans, RAID, dependencies, milestones, and reporting for your workstream.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders across various teams.
• Drive delivery in an ambiguous and fast-moving environment.

Skills

Project Management in Banking

Stakeholder Management

Regulatory Compliance

Operational Planning

Job description

Rate: £500-550/day (Inside IR35) – possible flex depending on experience

Duration: 3–6 months initially (strong likelihood of extension up to 2 years)

Start: ASAP

Location: Edinburgh / Manchester / London / Bristol / (hybrid, no fixed office days; travel to London required for key workshops)

We are supporting a major Financial Services Client on a migration and transition programme who require contract Project Managers to support multiple delivery workstreams. These are hands-on delivery roles operating in a high-pressure, under-resourced environment where speed, pragmatism, and stakeholder confidence are critical.

We are specifically looking for Project Managers with experience across the following domains:

• Retail Banking
• Business Banking
• Marketing
• Comms
• HR
• Payments
• Finance
• Treasury
• Economic Crime

Key Responsibilities:

• Embed yourself directly into the delivery team and day-to-day execution
• Translate complex regulatory, operational, or technical requirements into clear delivery plans
• Own plans, RAID, dependencies, milestones, and reporting for your workstream
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders across technology, operations, legal, compliance, and business teams
• Support readiness activities, working closely with central programme teams
• Drive delivery in an ambiguous and fast-moving environment
• Roll up your sleeves and take on non-traditional PM tasks where required to unblock delivery Workstream Focus
• 3-5 years experience working as a Project Manager in Banking or Financial Services is essential
• Broad Retail or Business Banking experience
• Regulatory readiness and compliance alignment
• Process, policy, and control migration impacts