Project Manager- Payments
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Our client, a major UK retail bank, provides every day banking services to over 17 million retail customers. The banks expertise and services span across Business Services, Corporate banking, Wealth Management, Group Functions, Retail and Investment Banking.
On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a Project Manager for a 12- Month contract. The position offers flexibility to be based in Manchester, Edinburgh, London. Mainly remote, with 2 days as needed required in the office per month.
Purpose of the role
This is a delivery-focused Project Manager role, responsible for leading a SEPA Credit Transfer project end-to-end. The successful candidate will take ownership of scope, planning, governance and delivery, working closely with business and technology stakeholders across the programme lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Define and own the project scope, delivery approach and plan.
- Manage the project end-to-end from initiation through to delivery.
- Lead governance, RAID, reporting and updates to senior stakeholders.
- Chair project meetings and boards, ensuring effective decision-making.
- Manage priorities, dependencies and overall project organisation.
- Work closely with technology teams while maintaining a business-focused delivery mindset.
The Skills you'll need
- Strong end-to-end Project Management experience within change delivery.
- Experience delivering projects in Agile environments.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strong governance, organisation and delivery discipline.
- Recent banking payments project experience is critical.
- Ideally experience delivering SEPA payments change (SEPA Credit Transfers preferred).
- Experience using standard delivery tools such as Jira and Confluence.
Next steps
This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.
If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.
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