Role Purpose :

We are seeking an experienced and delivery-focused Project Manager to lead and coordinate multiple workstreams within the FCEP Strategic Data Programme.

The role will be responsible for driving the successful delivery of a portfolio of Financial Crime, data management, and strategic data initiatives, ensuring alignment to business objectives, regulatory requirements, and organisational priorities.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of delivering complex programmes and projects in large enterprise environments, working across business, technology, data, and third-party supplier teams.

They will be accountable for planning, governance, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and delivery execution to ensure programme outcomes are achieved successfully.

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple projects and workstreams within the Strategic Data Programme.

- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, budgets, forecasts, RAID logs, governance artefacts, and status reporting.

- Manage project scope, schedules, resources, dependencies, and critical milestones to ensure successful delivery.

- Coordinate and collaborate with business, technology, architecture, data, and vendor teams to drive programme objectives.

- Identify, manage, and escalate risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies in a timely manner.

- Establish effective governance frameworks and prepare materials for steering committees and programme leadership forums.

- Drive stakeholder engagement across senior business and technology leadership, ensuring clear communication and alignment.

- Monitor project performance against agreed KPIs, timelines, budgets, and business outcomes.

- Support change management and adoption activities where required to enable successful implementation.

- Promote best practice project management disciplines and ensure compliance with organisational delivery standards.

Skills & Experience :

- Approximately 10+ years of project and programme management experience, delivering complex business and technology initiatives within large organisations.

- Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams and cross-functional delivery teams.

- Strong background in project planning, governance, financial management, risk management, and delivery controls.

- Experience delivering enterprise data, data governance, data transformation, regulatory, or strategic change programmes is highly desirable.

- Proven ability to build strong relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership.

- Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

- Experience working with third-party vendors, managed service providers, and external delivery partners.

- Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, balancing strategic priorities with hands-on delivery management.

- Experience within Financial Services, Life Insurance, Asset Management, Banking, or Corporate Functions environments would be advantageous.

- Strong knowledge of project delivery methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery approaches.

Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.

- PMP (Project Management Professional) and/or PRINCE2 Practitioner certification desirable.

- Additional Agile, Scrum, or Change Management certifications would be beneficial.