Project Manager

NatWest is a major UK retail bank, providing every day banking services to over 19 million customers. The banks expertise and services span retail, commercial and private banking.

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

We partner with NatWest to deliver their contingent recruitment processes. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

On behalf of NatWest, we are looking for a Project Manager. For an initial 3 month contract, with potential for it to extend 6-9 months. Based in either Manchester or Edinburgh, with 1 day per week required on-site.

Purpose of the role

This role sits within the Cash & Self Service Transformation team and will focus on leading key project workstreams across the design, build and delivery of strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment to business objectives, architecture and regulatory requirements.

This is a hands-on delivery role where you will take ownership of workstreams end to end, working across internal stakeholders and external partners to drive progress and deliver outcomes within a complex, fast-paced environment.

What you'll do

• Leading project workstreams across the full lifecycle from design through to implementation.
• Managing project scope, plans, milestones, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Driving delivery against tight timelines and proactively resolving blockers.
• Producing and maintaining core project artefacts including RAID logs, plans and status reports.
• Taking projects through governance forums including SteerCo and senior stakeholder updates.
• Working closely with internal teams, SMEs and external partners to ensure coordinated delivery.
• Interpreting data and insights to support solution design and customer-focused outcomes.
• Operating within a hybrid delivery environment combining Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

The Skills you'll need

• Proven experience as a Project Manager delivering end-to-end projects.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at multiple levels.
• Experience working within large, complex organisations with structured governance.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and maintain delivery momentum.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Confident communicator, able to simplify complex information for different audiences.
• Experience producing key project artefacts including RAID logs, plans and reports.

Nice to have

• Financial services experience.
• Exposure to transformation programmes within banking or similar environments.
• Experience working with external partners or across industry initiatives.

Why NatWest

There are plenty of reasons why NatWest is a great place to work in a temporary job; they are becoming a simpler Bank, which is more integrated and technology driven. You'll be helping to build a sustainable bank, committed to helping customers to succeed.

We 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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