Project Manager (ICT PMO) ( Fund Services

Project Manager (ICT PMO) (Prescient Fund Services)

• CV highlighting project delivery experience within fund services, asset management, or financial services ICT, with measurable outcomes.
• One-page project summary describing a complex or high-stakes project you led — including scope, methodology applied, key challenges encountered, and quantifiable results achieved.

• Project Delivery & Lifecycle Management
  - Own and drive full project lifecycle from initiation and planning through execution, go-live, and closure across technical, operational and regulatory programmes.
• Technical Project Coordination & SDLC Oversight
  - Manage software procurement, vendor implementations, system integrations, and in-house development projects; coordinate Business Analysts, Developers/Engineers, and System Architects through structured SDLC delivery.
• Stakeholder Management & Governance
  - Manage relationships across business operations, ICT/PMO leadership, and external vendors; facilitate steering committees, workshops, and regular project meetings.
• Scope & RAID Management
  - Manage scope change rigorously, and own RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) logs with proactive mitigation and escalation.
• Vendor & Third-Party Management
  - Coordinate external software vendors, system integrators, and service providers; hold third parties accountable to contractual deliverables, SLAs, and quality standards.
• BAU Enhancement & Incident Oversight
  - Manage structured intake and prioritisation of BAU enhancement requests and significant incidents escalated from operations teams.
• Regulatory & Compliance Programme Execution
  - Lead delivery of regulatory change projects, working closely with Compliance, Legal, and ICT teams to ensure obligations are met within prescribed timelines.
• PMO Reporting & Governance
  - Produce accurate and timely project status reports, executive dashboards, and portfolio-level MI for the Head of PMO, CTO and CIO.
• Risk, Issue & Dependency Management
  - Identify and actively manage project and cross-project risks, flagging interdependencies across the ICT portfolio in a structured and timely manner.
• Continuous Improvement & Lessons Learned
  - Embed structured lessons-learned processes at project closure; contribute to the ongoing development of PMO standards, templates and delivery practices.
• Assisting with Regulatory reporting, including completion of monthly and quarterly Central Bank returns.

• 8+ years' experience as a Project Manager within ICT supporting fund services, asset management, wealth management, or broader financial services operations in a technical capacity.
• Demonstrable track record of delivering technology-driven, operational and regulatory projects through full lifecycle - initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and closure.
• Practical, working understanding of fund services processes including fund accounting, transfer agency, settlements, custody, corporate actions, NAV calculation and fee billing.
• Experience managing SDLC projects - software procurement and selection, vendor implementations, system integrations, application development and post-implementation support transitions.
• Sufficient technical literacy to coordinate engineering teams, engage credibly with System Architects, review integration specifications, and proactively identify and manage technical risk; familiarity with APIs, middleware and ETL pipelines is advantageous.
• Solid experience managing projects, resource planning across multidisciplinary teams and structured RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) management.
• Proven ability to produce high-quality project governance artefacts: project and delivery plans, RAID logs, status reports, change requests, steering committee packs and lessons-learned documentation.
• Experience working within regulated financial services environments; hands-on exposure to regulatory change programmes is an advantage.
• Proven track record engaging and managing stakeholders at all levels, including operational and technical teams as well as external vendors.
• Experience working alongside Business Analysts, Developers/Engineers, and System Architects within a…