Data Integration Project Manager

**Data Integration Project Manager** (Contract)

Duration: 12 Months (Possibility for extension)

Location: London/Hybrid (2 days on site)

Rate: A highly competitive Umbrella Day Rate or Salary is available for suitable candidates

Role Profile

This is a delivery focused role designed to support the governance, risk, and dayto day delivery operations of the Markets Platform. The Project Manager will work closely with the Business Management Lead and senior stakeholders across business and technology to coordinate governance reporting, manage risk processes, and produce high quality programme materials.

You'll also provide practical support across people data, headcount tracking, and strategic workforce planning.

The role sits at platform level and plays a critical role in keeping the wider programme aligned, on track, and compliant with internal delivery standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Platform Support: Day-to-day support to the Business Management Lead and platform leads across business and technology, structured coordination across risk, governance, and delivery planning. Ensure quality control of submissions for Executive and Platform forums.
• Governance & Delivery Reporting: Own the production and timely submission of governance packs, status reports, and QBR materials, coordinate and maintain logs for actions, risks, and decision points tied to key platform initiatives. Ensure JIRA (or tooling equivalent) is maintained accurately to reflect real-time programme status.
• Risk & Audit Administration: Support the platform leadership on risk-related activities including audit responses and control tracking, support the Divisional Resilience and Security Office where applicable to ensure alignment. Ensure documentation and audit trails are consistently maintained and available on request
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a reliable partner to internal customers, ensuring clear communication and follow-through, maintain strong working relationships with Product Owners, Programme Leads, Risk, COO, and Business Management. Support the resolution of issues where delivery milestones are impacted by regulatory or operational dependencies
• Workforce Data & People Activity: Maintain headcount trackers and support preparation of people data for platform leads, help track strategic workforce planning commitments across the year and coordinate any process changes tied to productivity or operating model shifts.
• Change & Operating Model Support: Provide structured input into operating model reviews, platform transitions, or wider divisional change activities. Act as a sounding board for identifying process inefficiencies or control gaps
• Financial & Operational Reporting: Support preparation of materials related to programme costs, budget position, and platform investment asks. Help produce structured reporting for BRP, QBR and platform level planning exercises.

Skills & Experience:

• Governance & Compliance: Track record in enforcing governance frameworks, working across complex delivery plans, and ensuring documentation standards are met. You understand how to keep things compliant without making them bureaucratic.
• PMO Controls & Challenge: Strong experience managing end-to-end PMO controls (RAID, stage gates, resource planning, risk logs) with the confidence to challenge when deliverables or quality slip.
• Stakeholder Management: Comfortable working across business, technology, finance, and risk stakeholders.
• Strong user of Excel
• Strong PowerPoint capability - clear storytelling, formatting and exec readability
• Experience in JIRA / JIRA Align, and basic knowledge of Power BI
• Exposure to Microsoft Project or similar planning tools is useful
• Proven experience supporting senior leaders in complex change environments, preferably within financial services
• Working knowledge of risk frameworks, governance models, and platform delivery lifecycle
• Familiarity with financial planning, budget tracking, and audit preparation is beneficial

Candidates will need to show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

If you feel you have the skills and experience and want to hear more about this role 'apply now' to declare your interest in this opportunity with our client. Your application will be observed by our dedicated team.

We will respond to all successful applicants ASAP however, please be advised that we will always look to contact you further from this time should we need further applicants or if other opportunities arise relevant to your skillset.

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As part of our standard hiring process to manage risk, please note background screening checks will be conducted on all hires before commencing employment.