Project Manager (Fintech)

TL;DR

Project Manager (Fintech): Responsible for timely and effective delivery of business-related projects and change, with an accent on financial regulation and operational process and systems. Focus on delivering complex business-led change across multiple sites and functions, coordinating resources, and managing risks in a financially regulated environment, including mentoring junior project managers.

Location: Hybrid working, minimum of 60% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office. Must be based in Manchester, UK.

Company

hirify.global is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, a FTSE 250 company, providing award-winning solutions for investors with over 1,500 employees.

What you will do

• Manage the delivery of multiple projects and changes, often with a strong emphasis on financial regulation or operational process and systems.
• Deliver complex business-led change across multiple sites and functions, mixing internal Agile development with 3rd party supplier development.
• Establish and maintain effective and trusted relationships with internal Business and IT project stakeholders and external 3rd party suppliers.
• Co-ordinate and drive collaboration of project and change resources.
• Produce and agree project and change scope and optimised delivery plans, and lead/manage teams to these plans.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies, plus assess consumer outcome risks.
• Produce and monitor resource forecasts and budgets.
• Mentor junior project managers and new team members.

Requirements

• Ability to quickly understand technical and business topics.
• Use of sound judgement to determine when it is necessary to escalate.
• Experience of delivering in a financially regulated environment is essential.
• Pragmatic approach to delivery of projects and change.
• PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner certification or equivalent (e.g., PMP) is required.
• Experience of multiple project delivery methodologies (e.g., Agile, SDLC, SAFe).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to build and manage effective relationships, with good business/commercial knowledge.
• Analytical skills, problem-solving abilities, planning and organisational skills, and high attention to detail.

Nice to have

• Experience of Jira and Confluence.
• Financial services industry knowledge (e.g., pensions, investments and stockbroking).

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive starting salary and holiday entitlement of 26 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service, plus a holiday buy and sell scheme.
• Choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 7%.
• Discretionary bonus scheme and annual free share awards scheme.
• Health Cash Plan, private healthcare scheme, and dental plan.
• Free gym membership and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave.
• Ongoing technical training, professional qualification support, and talent development programmes.
• Friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork and a calendar of social events.
• Hybrid working model: minimum 60% of working time per month in the office.