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Lead Project Manager Financial Services

Sanderson
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 11 days
Location

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh EH105BP, Scotland

Salary

£60,000 - £72,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position is for a Lead Project Manager in Financial Services, specifically focused on Release Management, based in Edinburgh, requiring on-site attendance three days per week.
  • The role offers a salary of up to £80,000, along with a £5,000 car allowance, a discretionary bonus of up to 15%, 25 days of holiday, and a 6% pension contribution.
  • Candidates should have a strong project management background with experience in the financial services sector and a good understanding of release management processes.
  • The successful candidate will manage and deliver various projects across Operational, Business, IT, or Regulatory Change, with responsibilities including planning release schedules and defect management.
  • Applicants should have previous experience leading other project managers and be flexible to work in the Edinburgh office up to three times a week.

Lead Project Manager (Financial Services, Release Management)

Edinburgh - 3 days per week on-site

up to £80,000 +£5k car allowance / Disc. bonus up to 15% / 25 days holiday / 6% pension

Keywords: Project Manager, Programme Manager, Release management, financial services

Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager, Lead Project Manager or hands-on delivering Programme Manager? Have you delivered projects within the financial services sector? Do have a good understanding of release management and its associated skills (defect, business test, release schedules)? If so then we would like to speak with you.

Due to increased demand from our change portfolio we are looking to hire two new Lead Project Managers to join an established change capability. You will manage and deliver varied projects or programmes of work across Operational, Business, IT or Regulatory Change. Using your previous experience and knowledge of release management you will deliver projects across the full lifecycle, planning and running release schedules, defect management, business testing and deploying project in to the live environment.

To be considered for this fantastic opportunity we are looking for the following;

  • A strong and proven project management background.
  • Previous experience in the financial services sector
  • Previous experience and understanding of release management
  • Has previously led other PM's in a project or programme to deliver outcomes
  • Flexible and able to work in our fantastic offices in Edinburgh up to 3 times per week

If you are looking for a new Senior or Lead Project Manager role where you will be empowered to focus on delivery then please get in touch. We continue to grow and expand as a company, winning more and more business in our sector as a result of our fantastic and market-leading platform and services. There is no better time to join the organisation.

To be considered of an immediate telephone interview please apply with your most relevant and up to date CV now.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.