Senior Project Manager – Actuarial Transformation

Banking & Financial Services; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Part time

Job summary

Banking & Financial Services in London is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a major finance transformation and process optimisation programme. This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role requiring ownership of multi-workstream change, with pace and clarity.

You will manage the integrated plan, RAID, governance, and senior stakeholder reporting; coordinate multiple business and technology streams; drive operating model changes; identify risks and blockers; ensure accountability and business

Qualifications

• Significant Project / Programme Management experience within Financial Services is essential.
• Proven track record operating at Senior Project Manager / Programme Manager level.
• Experience delivering complex business and process transformation programmes.
• Strong planning, governance, RAID and dependency management skills.
• Comfortable working with senior executives and challenging stakeholders where required.

Responsibilities

• Owning the integrated project plan, milestones, critical path and dependencies.
• Managing RAID, governance and senior stakeholder reporting.
• Coordinating multiple business and technology workstreams.
• Driving process improvement, efficiency and operating model change.
• Identifying delivery risks and resolving blockers.
• Ensuring clear accountability across stakeholders and workstream leads.
• Supporting business readiness and successful implementation.

Skills

Programme management

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Planning & governance

Tools

JIRA

Job description

• Senior Project Manager - Financial Services Transformation

  London | Contract | Hybrid

  We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a significant finance transformation and process optimisation programme within a major financial services organisation.

  This is a hands-on senior delivery role, requiring someone who can take ownership of complex, multi-workstream change and bring structure, pace and clarity to delivery.

  You will be responsible for:

  • Owning the integrated project plan, milestones, critical path and dependencies
  • Managing RAID, governance and senior stakeholder reporting
  • Coordinating multiple business and technology workstreams
  • Driving process improvement, efficiency and operating model change
  • Identifying delivery risks and resolving blockers
  • Ensuring clear accountability across stakeholders and workstream leads
  • Supporting business readiness and successful implementation

  Essential experience

  • Significant Project / Programme Management experience within Financial Services is essential
  • Proven track record operating at Senior Project Manager / Programme Manager level
  • Experience delivering complex business and process transformation programmes
  • Strong planning, governance, RAID and dependency management skills
  • Comfortable working with senior executives and challenging stakeholders where required

  Desirable experience

  • Insurance / Reinsurance experience
  • Experience working with Finance or Actuarial teams on transformation, efficiency, process optimisation or operating model programmes
  • JIRA experience

  Please note: candidates without substantial Financial Services Project Management experience will not be considered.