Senior ESG Project Manager - Asset Management - 12 months - Strike IT

ZipRecruiter; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A top-tier financial firm is seeking a Senior Project Manager with deep ESG expertise in London. This high-impact role involves driving crucial change in the Responsible Investment transformation. Candidates should have a proven track record in asset management, confidence operating at senior levels, and the ability to work independently. The position offers a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office.

Qualifications

• Proven Senior PM experience within Asset/Investment Management.
• Strong track record delivering ESG/RI change programmes.
• Expertise in target operating models and cross-desk change.

Responsibilities

• Translate review outputs into a clear change strategy.
• Drive improvements for standardized ESG data.
• Unify on-desk investment research with RI research.

Skills

Experience in ESG/RI change programmes

Confidence at C-suite/Board/ExCo level

Ability to work independently

Strong grasp of the ESG data landscape

Stakeholder management skills

Job description

Job Description

Overview

We’re partnering with a leading UK asset manager to hire a Senior Project Manager with deep ESG expertise. This is a high-impact role for someone who can operate autonomously from day one, shape structure where it doesn’t exist, and engage confidently at C-suite/ExCo level.

INSIDE IR35

HYBRID WORKING - 3 DAYS IN LONDON

As part of a wider Responsible Investment (RI) transformation, a recent external review has highlighted opportunities to standardise processes, remove constraints, and elevate the firm’s ESG offering for clients. You’ll take ownership of turning these recommendations into an actionable programme of work and delivering measurable outcomes across data, platforms, process, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Change strategy & roadmap: Translate review outputs and the business roadmap into a clear, sequenced strategy for change, with executive-level buy-in.
• RI & data platform overhaul: Drive improvements to deliver higher-quality, standardised ESG data and consistent workflows across Front Office.
• Research integration: Unify on-desk investment research and RI research to streamline decision-making.
• Tech due diligence: Assess options for platform changes (build/buy), including external vendor identification, selection, and commercial negotiation.
• Target operating model: Evolve the operating model to align people, process, and technology to best-in-class standards.
• Engagement tracking: Stand up an engagement tracker project to align processes and measure effectiveness.
• Governance & metrics: Define desk-level engagement metrics for RI governance forums; escalate failing engagements with clear recommendations on investment actions.
• Objectives & incentives: Advise on embedding engagement goals within investment desk objectives.
• Outcome focus: Produce a clear change structure that demonstrably achieves the function’s target outcomes.

Experience

• Proven Senior PM (or Programme Manager) experience within Asset/Investment Management with a strong track record delivering ESG/RI change programmes.
• Confidence operating at C-suite/Board/ExCo level—shaping narrative, influencing decisions, and securing approvals.
• Ability to work independently from the outset, setting up structure, governance, and delivery cadence where needed.
• Strong grasp of the ESG data landscape (providers, taxonomies, integration patterns) and Front Office use-cases.
• Demonstrable experience with data/platform change, vendor due diligence, and contract/commercial negotiation.
• Expertise in target operating models, process standardisation, and cross-desk change in front-to-back environments.
• Clear, concise communication and stakeholder management skills; evidence of driving outcomes over activity.