Technology Programme Manager / Senior Project Manager

Senior Project / Programme ManagerBanking Sector - Technology / ITContract - Inside IR35 via Umbrella PAYEFully Onsite | Central London (near Moorgate tube) Deerfoot Recruitment is supporting a leading international bank in the search for an experienced Technology Senior Project/Programme Manager to join their London-based Digital Engineering Service Portfolio team. This is a contract role, working fully onsite in a central City of London location.The Programme Manager/Senior Project Manager will join a digital engineering portfolio change function, reporting to the Portfolio Lead, and is responsible for managing medium to large technology projects across their full lifecycle to ensure quality, timely delivery, and cost control. Key duties include maintaining RAID logs, business justification documents, and status reports, engaging and coordinating with technology and other key stakeholders, and providing concise, accurate reporting from golden source tools, including the General Ledger and PPM tools.Extensive and recent experience within financial institutions and strong communication, organisational, and stakeholder management skills are essential, alongside the ability to manage project resources in line with company processes and to escalate only when strictly necessary.Your Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle management of IT/technology projects/programmes from initiation to closure, ensuring compliance with delivery policies, complete and accurate documentation, on-time deliverables, and quality standards.
• Manage RAID logs, business justification documentation, status reporting, and all required artefacts using central PMO and golden source tools.
• Coordinate workstreams, aligning cross-project synergies and stakeholder interests; run steering committees and working groups to drive accountability and track actions.
• Engage technology teams and other stakeholders impacted by the portfolio; ensure project outcomes and dependencies are transparent and aligned to owners.
• Partner across 1st and 2nd Line of Defence to ensure compliance with firm policies and external regulations, delivering proactive risk and issue management.
• Oversee project budgets, control costs, and conduct resource forecasting and planning, reporting regularly on budget and delivery status.
• Develop detailed project plans, track deliverables, and facilitate status updates and sign-off at each delivery stage.
• Drive process improvements, consensus-building, and project governance to optimise efficiency and clear communication among all participants.

Key Requirements:

• Substantial experience leading end-to-end IT and business change projects/programmes in financial services / banking
• Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams, complex budgets, and deliverables within tight deadlines
• Demonstrable expertise in project governance, reporting, and documentation using recognised frameworks
• Confident working with PMO, technology leads, senior stakeholders, and third parties to deliver quality outcomes
• Strong commercial and vendor management skills
• Practical knowledge of regulatory standards (e.g. SOX, operational risk, third-party risk management)
• Comfortable operating in high-pressure, fast-moving banking environments
• Ideally a project management accreditation (Prince2, PMI, or similar)

This contract is Inside IR35 via an Umbrella Company on PAYE. The day rate is to be confirmed on Monday, 29th September.Deerfoot has worked with this banking organisation for close to 15 years and has been the recipient of their UK Supplier of the Year Award. Upon application with your CV, we will be in touch with full information on our client, the full job description and details on the application and selection process.

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