Technical Project Manager

Head Resourcing Ltd; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in Edinburgh seeks a talented Project Manager for an 18-month Fixed Term Contract. The role involves supporting business change across a variety of projects, focusing on collaboration between IT and operations. Candidates should have project management experience and skills in stakeholder management and communication. Interested applicants may apply by sending their CV to the provided email.

Responsibilities

• Support and facilitate the process of business change within the organisation.
• Work closely with IT and operations to implement best practices.
• Influence ways of working and set processes for Project Management.

Skills

Demonstrable project management experience

Experience with either software or infrastructure change projects

JIRA or similar project management software tools

Stakeholder management

Project governance / project meetings

Excellent organisational and time management skills

Proven communication skills both verbally and written

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Overview

Project Manager

18-month Fixed Term Contract. Head Resourcing are pleased to be working with a financial services company as they look to recruit a talented Project Manager. Our client provides a range of outsourced investment services to private banks, advisory businesses, and wealth managers and have offices in both Edinburgh and Glasgow.

The successful applicant will form part of the change team supporting and facilitating the process of business change within the organisation and wider client base. The change teams focus is to encourage transparency and communication, facilitating collaboration and innovation. This involves working closely with both IT and operations to implement best practice.

In this role you would be working on a mixture of Infrastructure, Software, and Regulatory change projects. However, experience in all three is not required as they are happy for the right person to learn on the job. There will also be the chance to influence ways of working and set processes for Project Management.

Required Skills

• Demonstrable project management experience
• Experience with either software or infrastructure change projects
• JIRA or similar project management software tools
• Stakeholder management
• Project governance / project meetings
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Proven communication skills both verbally and written

How to apply

If this role sounds of interest, please apply or send your CV to [e-mail] to find out more.