Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Job Description:

Our client, a leading financial services organisation, is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex business change and transformation initiatives. This role requires a strong blend of project delivery expertise and business analysis capability to successfully drive strategic programmes across multiple stakeholders and business functions.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of large-scale business transformation programmes from initiation through to implementation and transition into business operations.
• Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, and overall governance activities.
• Work closely with business leaders, subject matter experts, technology teams, and third-party suppliers to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder meetings, and decision-making sessions to drive progress and alignment.
• Gather, analyse, and document business requirements, user stories, process flows, and functional specifications.
• Coordinate testing activities, including user acceptance testing, defect management, and business sign-off processes.
• Provide regular reporting and updates to programme sponsors and senior leadership teams.
• Support organisational change activities including communications, training, stakeholder engagement, and adoption planning.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and operational efficiencies across business functions.
• Ensure project documentation is maintained to a high standard throughout the project lifecycle.

Experience Required

• Minimum 7 years' experience delivering large-scale business transformation, change, or technology projects.
• Proven experience managing complex programmes involving multiple stakeholders, workstreams, and external vendors.
• Strong business analysis experience including requirements gathering, process mapping, documentation, and stakeholder workshops.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project risks, dependencies, governance, and reporting structures.
• Experience working across Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and engage at all organisational levels.
• Experience coordinating testing activities and supporting successful solution deployment.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work independently whilst managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable Skills

• Experience delivering HR transformation, business process improvement, or enterprise change initiatives.
• Background working within financial services or other highly regulated industries.
• Scrum Master certification or practical Agile delivery experience.
• Experience with business process optimisation and operational transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of reporting, data analysis, and management information frameworks.
• Experience working with enterprise software implementations and third-party technology providers.
• Change management and organisational readiness experience.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent third-level qualification in Information Technology, Business, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum, or equivalent) would be advantageous.

HOW TO APPLY:

• If you are interested in this role, please apply for this role with your updated CV