Senior IT Project Manager - CIRO Portfolio Lead, Milton Keynes

Banco Santander (Brasil); Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Santander UK seeks a Senior IT Project Manager in Milton Keynes to drive demand, delivery and service management for CIRO, aligning IT projects with strategic priorities and ensuring quality and risk controls.

You will lead end-to-end delivery of complex IT and infrastructure initiatives, govern portfolios, and coordinate with Global Tech Hub and other teams to translate business needs into deliverables and enable smooth transitions to live service.

Responsibilities

• Own the Project Portfolio for Chief Information & Resilience Office (CIRO) by driving end-to-end delivery of complex IT and infrastructure projects, ensuring outcomes are achieved within scope, budget, timelines, quality standards and risk appetite.
• Drive portfolio governance and reporting across IT projects, providing visibility of milestones, risks, issues, financial performance and delivery outcomes to senior stakeholders.
• Mobilise discovery taskforces for new initiatives, create delivery plans and executive updates and reporting.
• Own and lead the Quality Assurance governance process and ensure full compliance for CIRO projects, including Global Assurance requirements.
• Provide service management of technology demand, translating business requirements into deliverables and prioritising infrastructure provisioning activities.
• Own the infrastructure demand pipeline, working with Global Tech Hub, architecture, engineering and operations teams to assess capacity and delivery feasibility.
• Establish and maintain stakeholder relationships across business, technology, GTH, suppliers and partners to ensure alignment and delivery of change.
• Provide effective service management oversight, ensuring transitions to live service with defined support models and operational readiness.

Job description

Santander UK seeks a Senior IT Project Manager in Milton Keynes to drive demand, delivery and service management for CIRO, aligning IT projects with strategic priorities and ensuring quality and risk controls.

You will lead end-to-end delivery of complex IT and infrastructure initiatives, govern portfolios, and coordinate with Global Tech Hub and other teams to translate business needs into deliverables and enable smooth transitions to live service.