Digital Project Manager jobs in United Kingdom

Location: Belfast (3 days per week onsite)
Rate: Up to £600 per day (Inside IR35)
Contract: 12 months, rolling

Only open to UK-based candidates willing to relocate to Belfast
Remote or overseas applicants will not be considered.

Join a Tier 1 Investment Bank on a long-term project delivering critical enhancements to their payments and movement of funds infrastructure, focused on risk and control uplift. This is a hybrid Project Manager / Business Analyst position supporting global operations initiatives as part of the bank's Markets Operations COO team.

• Lead and support delivery of global payments / funds movement risk & control initiatives

• Identify and analyse in-scope applications, control environments, and process gaps

• Drive risk-based prioritisation and control enhancement workstreams

• Conduct root cause analysis of operational risk events in payments

• Capture business requirements from SMEs, focusing on large/anomalous payments control

• Manage milestones, tasks, and project actions within tight deadlines

• Liaise with stakeholders across Operations, Technology, and Risk functions

• Prepare and deliver project documentation: agendas, minutes, updates, and dashboards

• Escalate key project risks or blockers as appropriate

• 6-10 years' experience in a Business Analyst / Project Manager capacity

• Strong background in Risk, Operations, or Control functions within Investment Banking

• Deep understanding of Markets Operations and payments / funds movement workflows

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills

• High attention to detail, organisational discipline, and analytical capability

• Skilled in Excel, PowerPoint, and process mapping tools

• Ability to work independently and meet delivery commitments under pressure

• SOX, MCA, or other regulatory/risk control framework experience

• Familiarity with Operational Risk Events analysis and remediation

• Experience in working within large, complex, cross-functional banking environments

This role requires relocation to Belfast and 3 days per week in the office.
Only UK-based applicants willing to relocate will be considered.