Technical Project Manager – Bank – Central London

Jas Gujral; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technical Project Manager to spearhead IT projects in a hybrid role. You will leverage your project management expertise to lead teams in delivering high-quality solutions while enhancing internal customer satisfaction. Your responsibilities will include managing project phases, fostering communication among stakeholders, and driving continuous improvement. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact within a dynamic environment, where your contributions will directly influence the success of critical IT initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading and mentoring project members.
• Ability to manage all project phases from analysis to implementation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end project lifecycle and ensure timely delivery.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

IT Project Delivery

Multitasking

Organizational Skills

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Exchange

Active Directory

Cisco

VB.net

C#

PowerShell

Job description

Technical Project Manager – Bank – Central of London

As the Technical Project Manager, you play an integral role in a high performing team to deliver technical projects on time, to budget and that achieve both the project objectives and increase internal customer satisfaction.

This is a hybrid role where you apply your technical expertise in either software development or IT infrastructure projects. At times, you might need to chip in on business requirement scoping and technical delivery to get the project across the line.

You leverage your project management expertise and adept communication skills to lead the end-to-end project lifecycle and by doing so, you directly shape the success of IT projects, and therefore our business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintaining high performance levels for service-related processes, and implementing improvement activities wherever necessary
• Taking ownership of critical risks and issues, coordinating resolution with all appropriate constituents, and establishing effective communication between stakeholders
• Developing a deep understanding of projects to gain insights into the scope of service delivery
• Manage metrics reporting and analysis of business demand against capacity constraints
• Manage the development and delivery of IT products utilizing Scrum and Kanban methodologies
• Focus on the constant improvement of quality, speed and ensuring the team learns and gets better each sprint.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Engineering, and security teams to comply with established policies and procedures and verifies that deliverables meet requirements
• Provide communication and escalation to IT and business area management on critical issues
• Foster and maintain good working relationships with business area representatives to remain in sync on direction and future delivery requests

Key Requirements:

• Comfortable capturing and challenging briefs to ensure we are delivering the most worthwhile solutions
• Experience of leading, energising and mentoring project members
• Experience in IT project delivery including managing all project phases from analysis, design, build, testing, implementation and hand over to BAU teams.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and work calmly under pressure
• A high level of organisation and demonstrated skills to manage a team’s capacity
• Comfortable multitasking and prioritising several tasks at once
• Hard-working with an outgoing and positive nature
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Technical skillsets within IT Infrastructure and Development will be mandatory

Technologies:

• Microsoft based environment including – MS SQL, Exchange, Active Directory, IIS, Symantec, Citrix
• Network – Cisco, Palo Alto, ForcePoint, Symantec Email Security
• Programming Language – T-SQL, VB.net, C#, PowerShell, ASP

The Client is a bank based in Mayfair London.

The salary for this position will be circa £60K - £75K.

This is a 12 month FTC position.

Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.