Project Manager

Project Manager - Mortgages

Location: Halifax (2 days onsite per week)

Contract: 6 months (potential to extend)

Rate: Circa £500 per day via Umbrella Company

Are you the "glue" that keeps complex change moving? We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to join a high-profile customer-focused Mortgage lab, supporting the delivery of innovative products, regulatory change, and cross-team transformation.

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a major change function-spanning intermediaries, brokers, and multi-brand environments-where you'll help shape how new products, pilots, and regulatory initiatives are brought to life.

About the Role

You'll work across multiple workstreams, labs, and delivery teams to ensure seamless integration, collaboration, and alignment. The environment is predominantly Agile, with some elements of waterfall delivery. You'll play a key role in coordinating activity, removing blockers, and enabling pace.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and sequence integration tasks in collaboration with Product Owners, aligned to the lab backlog.
• Catalogue, track, and manage dependencies across internal teams and external partners.
• Liaise with stakeholders beyond the lab to ensure alignment and smooth delivery.
• Identify delivery blockers and resolve or escalate as needed to senior leaders.
• Act as a key interface between suppliers/third parties and business stakeholders.
• Manage complex, high-risk integrations involving multiple internal and external parties.
• Support delivery of change initiatives ranging from large-scale programmes to multiple smaller enhancements.
• Contribute to the rollout of new products (e.g., deposits), pilots, and regulatory changes.

Experience & Skills Needed

• Strong experience working in Project Management roles.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Critical thinking, problem-solving, and ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Experience working across Agile environments (with some waterfall exposure).
• Confident usingJirato manage work, track dependencies, and support delivery.
• Ability to work across multiple teams to "make things happen."
• Passion for innovation and interest in wider industry developments.
• Comfortable managing complex multi-party integrations and high-risk deliveries.
• Financial Services background highly advantageous - along with an previous Mortgage experience

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