Senior Project Manager - London

-; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial consulting firm is seeking a skilled Project Manager in London to oversee project execution, engage with clients, and lead the project team. Ideal candidates should have strong communication skills and Agile experience. The role offers competitive benefits, a flexible work culture, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Family medical and dental

Pension plan

Season ticket loan

Gym subsidy

Life insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Employee Assistance Plan

Qualifications

• Experience in managing projects using Agile methodologies.
• Ability to tailor and manage processes in dynamic environments.
• Strong knowledge of software concepts relevant to various roles.

Responsibilities

• Ensure project execution as planned, on time, and within budget.
• Engage and inform clients, ensuring satisfaction.
• Empower the team with clear goals and understanding of their roles.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Relationship building

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Job description

WE ARE

At Adaptive, we are a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We value differentiation through technology and design and deliver complex front‑office technology solutions using our proven accelerators to create long‑term competitive advantage. Our clients include the world’s leading investment banks, investment managers, fintechs, crypto exchanges, and capital market service providers. With offices in London, New York, Barcelona, Manila, and Montreal, we have a proven track record delivering powerful, elegant and intuitive trading technology solutions.

YOU ARE

• Strategic thinker with great communication skills
• Great relationship builder with your team and clients
• Problem‑solver and team player

AS A PM YOU WILL ENSURE THAT

• The project you are overseeing is executed as planned, on time and on budget
• Clients are engaged and informed, and ultimately satisfied
• The team has a clear understanding of the project goals and their place within the team, and is empowered to deliver on our commitments

YOU WILL

• Manage the project:
  • Understand the strengths and potential pitfalls that come with an Agile delivery philosophy based on personal experience
  • Tailor and manage processes in accordance with the team structure and circumstances (different engagement models such as T&M or fixed price, client’s embrace of Agile, variable team size, geographical spread and engagement length)
  • Work collaboratively with our clients to identify, control, and document scope as well as build and maintain delivery plans
  • Provide accurate and timely updates on milestones and progress against a plan (e.g., points burndown or a similar quantitative method)
  • Actively manage and mitigate project risk
• Manage a product:
  • Maintain a product roadmap, incorporating and balancing requirements from multiple stakeholders
  • Coordinate with Adaptive teams using the product
  • Oversee production and maintenance of technical documentation and marketing materials
  • Share knowledge with the Adaptive Support team
• Manage a team:
  • Promote a servant‑leader mindset, empower highly‑skilled team members to deliver their best and involve them in decision making
  • Identify and drive the resolution of problems affecting team harmony and performance
  • Understand various software concepts to discuss problems and orchestrate strategy with various talents in the team:
    • Developers: real‑time programming, high availability
    • QA: TDD, BDD, acceptance criteria
    • UX: ergonomic and modern design
    • BA: backlog management, domain knowledge (exchanges, real‑time trading, investment banking)
    • DevOps
    • Support
  • Work with distributed teams (London/Barcelona)
• Manage people:
  • Regularly listen to your team members and listen to what they have to say about their job satisfaction, their aspirations in the spirit of Adaptive’s staff management style: informal and collegiate
  • Liaise with directors/HR to report relevant information (e.g., career plan development, a personal event requiring support from the team/company)
  • Take part in the probation process for new members of staff
• Manage resourcing:
  • Own the resourcing plan for the engagement
  • Review proposed resourcing model with Delivery leadership and maintain resource forecast in Kimble
  • Identify gaps in the team, and engage with HR team to recruit new hires accordingly
  • Participate in hiring of PM peers
• Manage client & stakeholders:
  • Provide regular project status reporting to client stakeholders
  • Use effective and transparent communication
  • Actively manage the client’s expectations, make assumptions explicit and create an audit trail of important decisions throughout the engagement
  • Liaise with the account manager to define & implement the communication plan
• Report to Adaptive:
  • Report project status on a weekly basis
  • Escalate issues to the respective Engagement and/or Account Manager
• Commercial & Legal:
  • Understand the legal framework for the engagement
  • Ensure that both Adaptive and the client meet their contractual obligations
  • Escalate issues where breaches of obligations occur or are at risk of occurring
• Finance:
  • Own delivery of the target revenue and margin for Adaptive
  • Control budget and actuals; forecast revenue & costs
  • Manage costs (resources, expenses, licenses, vendors)
  • Manage expenses in line with client agreement

Capturing and sharing knowledge

Identify IP to be captured for Adaptive (code, process, functional knowledge). Liaise with CTO and head of Project Execution to agree on the plan to capture IP—how and when to capture it and how to share it.

WHY US

• To be immersed in a high‑standard engineering culture; our team takes pride in crafting complex technical solutions and loves sharing knowledge and helping you grow professionally.
• To take part in the growth and development of a great company.
• Our teams feel free to speak up, make suggestions and raise concerns.
• Collaborative team environment: we all work together, respect each other, and pitch in.
• Great consideration for work/life balance (highly‑flexible, hybrid working model, well‑being benefits). Balance between professional and personal life is massively important to us.
• We work hard to provide a positive, collaborative and inclusive culture and to positively impact our staff and local communities through well‑being, diversity and inclusion programmes.

BENEFITS

For permanent employees

• 25 days holiday
• Family medical and dental
• Pension plan
• Season ticket loan
• Gym subsidy
• Life insurance
• Long‑term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan

For contractors

All contracts are outside IR35.

The process

Long interview processes are stressful and boring, and that is not us. We want to make sure that everything runs smoothly.

1. A chat with one of our great recruiters.
2. A Zoom chat with one of our PMs where they will ask you detailed questions about your experience.
3. A face‑to‑face interview (either in our office or via Zoom).

But don’t worry; everything will be explained to you step by step by your recruiter.

Diversity and inclusion

Diversity and inclusion are key to a great workplace, and Adaptive is better when it is more representative of the world around us. We want everyone to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work without any fear of judgment or negativity. All we ask is that our colleagues are respectful, collaborative, passionate about what they do, and have the skills needed to be successful in their roles.

Background check

The employment/engagement is subject to an acceptable background check that will be run by Adaptive.