Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract Staffing
Project Manager
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About the Company
We are partnering with a leading global payments and financial technology organisation seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead strategic business initiatives, enterprise transformation programmes, and integration projects across a complex international environment.
About the Role
This is a high-profile role requiring a commercially minded delivery leader who can operate at executive level, drive cross-functional alignment, and successfully deliver large-scale business change programmes.
Responsibilities
- Lead delivery of a complex payments customer migration programme.
- Drive product gap analysis and coordinate closure activities required for successful migration.
- Work closely with Product and Technology teams to ensure migration requirements are delivered on time.
- Manage end-to-end migration planning, scope, timelines, dependencies, and risks.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across multiple business areas to support migration readiness.
- Track programme progress and provide regular reporting to senior stakeholders.
- Establish and maintain governance forums, steering committees, and delivery updates.
- Manage stakeholder communications across business, technology, and leadership teams.
- Ensure quality assurance, operational readiness, and successful customer transition.
- Identify and mitigate delivery risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Support executive-level decision-making through clear reporting and escalation management.
- Drive accountability and alignment across business, product, and technology functions.
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Qualifications
- Proven experience delivering large-scale strategic programmes within Financial Services, Payments, FinTech, Banking, Treasury or Corporate Payments environments.
- Strong background leading enterprise-wide transformation and business change initiatives.
- Demonstrable experience managing complex integration programmes, including post-merger or post-acquisition activities.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing senior executives and leadership teams.
- Strong commercial awareness and ability to align programme delivery with business objectives.
- Experience managing cross-functional teams in both Agile and Waterfall delivery environments.
- Excellent communication, governance, reporting, and risk management skills.
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Required Skills
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent project management certification.
- Experience within highly regulated financial environments.
- Exposure to international or global programme delivery.
Pay range and compensation package
- Contract Type: Outside IR35
- Location: London
- Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week
- Duration: Initial contract with extension potential
Equal Opportunity Statement
This opportunity is ideal for a senior programme or project leader with a strong track record of delivering strategic transformation and integration initiatives within complex financial services organisations.
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