Senior Infrastructure Program Manager

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to oversee infrastructure and platform engineering initiatives. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in delivering complex infrastructure programmes and managing cross-functional teams. This role requires strong stakeholder management and communication skills at the senior executive level.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years managing infrastructure programmes in financial services.
• Experience in delivering complex infrastructure programmes.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end project delivery of infrastructure and platform engineering initiatives.
• Manage integration with external and internal APIs and tooling.
• Govern technical delivery in regulated environments.

Skills

Programme Management

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Technical Fluency

Job description

Job Description

Alexander Ash are currently working with a leading financial services firm dedicated to delivering innovative technology solutions that drive business growth and enhance customer experiences.

On behalf of our client, we are currently seeking a Senior Programme Manager. Someone with deep understanding of modern infrastructure and platform engineering to lead the delivery of mission-critical, low-latency systems. This role requires a blend of technical fluency and structured project management skills, particularly in environments built on containerised platforms and high availability systems.

You will work cross-functionally with engineering, networking, platform, and operations teams to deliver infrastructure that supports ultra-low-latency applications with strict performance and availability SLAs.

Key Responsibilities:

• End-to-end project delivery of infrastructure and platform engineering initiatives
• Build and maintain detailed project plans, identifying hardware, software, and networking dependencies.
• Lead cross-functional teams across infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, and application domains to ensure timely and quality delivery.
• Manage integration with external and internal APIs, tooling, and market data feeds.
• Drive containerisation and Kubernetes-based rollout strategies, working closely with engineers to align schedules and deployment methods (e.g., blue/green, canary).
• Coordinate infrastructure-as-code (IaC) pipelines and GitOps workflows, ensuring version control and automation gates are embedded in delivery milestones.
• Govern technical delivery in a regulated and audit-sensitive environment, managing change controls, rollback mandates, and production readiness assessments.

Requirements

• Experience in programme management, with at least 5 years managing infrastructure programmes in the financial services or data sector.
• Proven track record in delivering complex infrastructure programmes (e.g., cloud migration, network transformation, endpoint management, disaster recovery, and access management).
• Deep understanding of enterprise IT infrastructure (servers, networks, storage, cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of regulatory environments (e.g., GDPR, PCI-DSS, SOX, ISO 27001) and operational risk frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience managing third-party vendors, system integrators, and outsourced service providers.
• Expertise in programme governance and budgeting, with ability to manage multi-million-dollar programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills at CxO level.
• Familiarity with ITIL, TOGAF, and other IT service management or architecture frameworks is an advantage.

If interested in the role, please email your CV to [e-mail]