Senior Project Manager

Solas IT Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 129,000 - 185,000; Part time

Job summary

Solas IT Recruitment is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a major Asset Servicing Transformation in Dublin. This role manages complex workstreams across Operations, Technology and external delivery partners, from planning through testing, migration and implementation.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage vendors, and report to senior governance bodies while ensuring on-time delivery within scope and budget. Hybrid onsite presence is required.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years in project or programme management within financial services or capital markets.
• Experience delivering large-scale platform modernisation or packaged software implementations.
• Strong understanding of Asset Servicing lifecycle and related processing.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of transformation workstreams within scope, budget, quality and timelines.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans with milestones and dependencies.
• Coordinate delivery across legacy platforms and market infrastructure including interfaces with SWIFT/DTCC/Clearstream.
• Manage third-party vendors and delivery partners with SOWs and quality delivery.
• Chair governance meetings and provide clear reporting for senior forums.
• Maintain RAID logs and drive mitigation actions for risks and issues.
• Oversee change control, governance, and audit readiness.
• Coordinate System Integration Testing, UAT, parallel runs and rehearsals with Tech/QA/Ops.
• Support data migration reconciliations, cutover planning and business readiness.
• Track resources, budgets and capacity requirements.
• Align releases with business requirements across corporate actions, income processing and settlements.
• Support target operating model readiness and handover to BAU.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Agile & Waterfall

Risk management

Executive reporting

PM certifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Computer Science or related

Master’s degree or MBA advantageous

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Planview

Job description

Senior Project Manager – Asset Servicing Transformation

Location: Dublin

Working arrangement: Hybrid – three days per week onsite

Contract: 12-month daily rate contract

About the Role

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex workstreams within a major global Asset Servicing transformation programme.

The programme will modernise core operational and processing platforms, increase straight-through processing, reduce operational risk and improve integration with global financial markets.

Working across Operations, Technology, Architecture and external delivery partners, you will take ownership of business and technology deliverables from planning through testing, migration and implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of transformation workstreams, ensuring delivery against agreed scope, budget, quality and timelines.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, managing milestones, critical paths and dependencies across multiple teams and systems.
• Coordinate delivery across legacy platforms, market infrastructure and upstream/downstream applications, including interfaces with SWIFT, DTCC, Euroclear and Clearstream.
• Manage third-party vendors and implementation partners, monitoring deliverables, resource commitments, statements of work and delivery quality.
• Chair working groups and project status meetings, preparing clear reporting and materials for senior governance forums and steering committees.
• Maintain RAID logs, drive mitigation actions and escalated risks, issues and dependencies promptly.
• Oversee change control, project governance, stage-gate reviews and audit requirements.
• Coordinate System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, parallel runs and operational rehearsals with Technology, QA and Operations teams.
• Support data migration reconciliations, cutover planning and business and operational readiness.
• Track resource allocations, contractor and vendor expenditure, budget forecasts and capacity requirements.
• Align technical releases with business requirements across corporate actions, income processing, settlements and proxy voting.
• Support target operating model readiness and ensure effective handover into business-as-usual operations.

Experience and Skills

• At least 10 years’ project or programme management experience within financial services or capital markets.
• At least five years’ experience within Asset Servicing, Custody, Corporate Actions, Income Processing or Clearing and Settlement.
• Proven delivery of large-scale platform modernisation, migration or packaged software implementation projects.
• Strong understanding of the Asset Servicing lifecycle, including mandatory and voluntary corporate actions, income and tax processing, proxy voting and cross-border settlements.
• Experience managing complex, multi-workstream projects involving business teams, technology teams and external vendors.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate complex delivery issues clearly and negotiate solutions under pressure.
• Experience producing executive dashboards, management information packs and programme-level RAG reporting.
• Strong financial, resource, dependency and risk management skills.
• Experience working with Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches.
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project and/or Planview, alongside project reporting tools.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, changing scope and senior stakeholder escalations within a regulated environment.
• Experience with TCS BaNCS, NCS or comparable custody and corporate actions platforms.
• Familiarity with SWIFT messaging standards, including ISO 15022 and ISO 20022, and T+1 settlement cycles.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2 Practitioner or SAFe Agilist certification.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• A relevant master’s degree or MBA would be advantageous