Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Glasgow | Financial Services | Large-Scale Change Programme

Our client, a leading financial services organisation based in Glasgow, is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join their team and play a key role in shaping the delivery of complex, high-impact programmes.

You’ll be working in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment, managing projects that are critical to the business and its customers. With a strong focus on customer service and digital solutions, you’ll collaborate across in-house and third-party IT capabilities to deliver change that makes a tangible difference.

This role offers the chance to influence at senior levels, lead people through transformation, and help shape the future of investment and pensions services.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years’ experience as a Project Manager and/or Senior Project Manager in financial services, ideally with exposure to pensions, ISAs, and investment products .
• Proven track record delivering customer-facing digital solutions through in-house and third-party technology.
• Skilled in both waterfall and agile methodologies, with a pragmatic “best approach” mindset.
• Recognised leadership ability: able to influence, motivate and develop teams across IT and business functions.
• Outstanding collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and build trusted relationships.
• Strong communication skills, able to translate complex technical updates into clear action plans for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Analytical and detail-oriented, with the ability to propose solutions, assess risks, and prioritise effectively.
• Proficiency in MS applications (SharePoint, Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio); JIRA experience would be a plus.

Your Experience Includes

• Leading programme and project initiation and mobilisation.
• Developing and executing project plans, engaging stakeholders across the enterprise.
• Embedding governance that reduces risk and optimises benefits across planning, RAID, financials, readiness, and change control.
• Delivering crystal-clear reporting to leadership and stakeholders.
• Growing enterprise change capability through developing others.