Senior Project manager/UK Devolution & Local Authority Expertise

Role: Senior Project Manager BFSI

Location: Remote - UK

Work Mode: 6 Months FTC Employment

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Role Overview

Client is seeking a highly specialised Senior Project Manager to lead a complex programme aligned to the 2026 English Devolution and Local Authority Reorganisation agenda.

This role requires a rare combination of UK public sector policy understanding, regulatory programme delivery, insurance operations, and Legacy IT transformation leadership, requiring a Project Manager who can navigate regulatory ambiguity, organisational restructuring, and highly complex Mainframe-driven environments with the ability to translate policy and regulatory intent into structured delivery across complex system landscapes.

Must-Have Skills (Critical for Success)

1. UK Devolution & Local Authority Expertise (Non-Negotiable)

• Strong understanding of UK local government structures, including combined authorities, devolved powers, and council reorganisations
• Experience working on programmes aligned to English Devolution agenda or local authority restructuring
• Ability to interpret policy-driven changes and translate them into executable delivery plans
• Familiarity with data impacts arising from structural or jurisdictional changes

2. Regulatory & Public Sector Programme Leadership

• Proven experience delivering public sector and/or regulated programmes
• Strong capability to interpret policy, regulation, and governance requirements into delivery plans
• Experience working with regulatory assurance and compliance frameworks

3. Advanced Stakeholder Management in Complex Environments

• Proven ability to manage diverse stakeholder groups, including:
  • Public sector bodies
  • Regulatory stakeholders
  • Internal business and IT teams
  • Proven experience engaging senior stakeholders (C-suite/public sector leadership) & Cross-functional business and IT teams
    • Strong capability to align conflicting priorities and high-sensitivity stakeholder environments across organisational and governance boundaries

4. Complex IT Delivery (Mainframe-Led Environment)

• Experience delivering programmes involving Legacy/Mainframe systems
• Ability to manage technical dependencies and constraints within longstanding IT estates
• Understanding of how business change must align with Legacy system limitations
• Ability to balance policy-driven change with technical system constraints

5. Programme Delivery Under Ambiguity

• Experience setting up or working within PMO, governance, and delivery assurance frameworks
• Strong control over:
  • RAID management
  • Risk, issue, and dependency tracking
  • Programme reporting and governance
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stream programmes
• Experience coordinating delivery across:
  • Multiple applications
  • Business units
  • External partners
• Ability to shape delivery plans, governance, and execution model

6. Strong Project Management Fundamentals

• End-to-end delivery ownership (planning, execution, governance, reporting)
• Strong organisational discipline to manage multi-stream, cross-functional delivery
• Experience with risk, dependency, and issue management (RAID)

7. Delivery Methodology

• Experience working across Waterfall/PRINCE2 governance models and Agile frameworks
• Ability to apply the appropriate/hybrid delivery model depending on programme contex

Experience delivering:
Large-scale migrations or platform transitions
Programmes impacting millions of users or customers