Technology Projects Manager | Financial Services

Technology Project Manager | Technology Transformation & Governance

Location: Remote, 1 day a week travel to London or Nottingham

6 month initial contract | £700 per day inside IR35

We are seeking an experienced Technology Project Manager to join the Technology Strategy Execution function of a leading global financial services organisation.

The business is undertaking a significant global technology standardisation and transformation programme, focused on simplifying its technology landscape, reducing complexity and improving consistency across the organisation.

This is a governance-focused project management role, supporting multiple technology initiatives across the business. Working closely with Product Owners, technology delivery teams and senior stakeholders, you will provide the structure, coordination, planning and oversight required to ensure projects progress successfully.

This is not a hands-on technical delivery role. Technical execution is owned by Product Owners and engineering teams. Your responsibility will be to drive project momentum, maintain governance, manage dependencies and ensure stakeholders remain aligned and accountable.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide project management, governance and delivery assurance across multiple technology transformation and standardisation initiatives.

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, delivery schedules and RAID logs.

• Work closely with Product Owners and technical delivery teams to coordinate activities, monitor progress and ensure delivery commitments are met.

• Establish and maintain effective project governance, reporting frameworks and escalation processes.

• Proactively identify delivery risks, challenge assumptions, resolve blockers and coordinate corrective actions.

• Manage relationships across technology, engineering, procurement, finance, business units and external suppliers.

• Prepare clear project status reports, steering committee materials and executive updates, providing visibility of progress, risks and key decisions.

• Support business cases, budget tracking, resource planning and commercial coordination where required.

• Ensure project outcomes align with wider technology strategy, operational requirements and business objectives.

• Support the transition and adoption of technology changes into business-as-usual operations.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Strong experience as a Technology Project Manager or Programme Manager, delivering or overseeing complex technology transformation initiatives within large organisations.

• Excellent project governance, integrated planning, RAID management, dependency tracking and delivery assurance capabilities.

• Proven ability to coordinate delivery through Product Owners, technical teams and multiple stakeholders without direct responsibility for technical execution.

• Experience working across multiple projects, workstreams, business units and external suppliers.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to influence and constructively challenge senior stakeholders.

• Experience producing executive-level reporting, governance packs and clear project delivery updates.

• Good understanding of technology project delivery methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall or hybrid approaches.

• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, MS Project or equivalent project management tools.

• Ability to quickly understand complex organisational environments, establish priorities and maintain delivery momentum.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience supporting global technology transformation, enterprise standardisation or technology simplification programmes.

• Previous experience within financial services or other large, complex corporate environments.

• Exposure to programme governance, portfolio management or enterprise PMO functions.

• PRINCE2, APM, PMP or equivalent project management qualification.

• Experience supporting commercial governance, supplier management and project financials.