Project Manager - Retail Banking

Rate: £500-550/day (Inside IR35) – possible flex depending on experience

Duration: 3–6 months initially (strong likelihood of extension up to 2 years)

Start: ASAP

Location: Edinburgh / Manchester / London / Bristol / (hybrid, no fixed office days; travel to London required for key workshops)

We are supporting a major Financial Services Client on a migration and transition programme who require contract Project Managers to support multiple delivery work streams. These are hands-on delivery roles operating in a high-pressure, under-resourced environment where speed, pragmatism, and stakeholder confidence are critical.

We are specifically looking for Project Managers with experience across the following domains:

• Retail Banking
• Business Banking
• Marketing
• Comms
• HR
• Payments
• Finance
• Treasury
• Economic Crime

Key Responsibilities:

• Embed yourself directly into the delivery team and day-to-day execution
• Translate complex regulatory, operational, or technical requirements into clear delivery plans
• Own plans, RAID, dependencies, milestones, and reporting for your workstream
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders across technology, operations, legal, compliance, and business teams
• Support readiness activities, working closely with central programme teams
• Drive delivery in an ambiguous and fast-moving environment
• Roll up your sleeves and take on non-traditional PM tasks where required to unblock delivery Workstream Focus
• 3-5 years experience working as a Project Manager in Banking or Financial Services is essential
• Broad Retail or Business Banking experience
• Regulatory readiness and compliance alignment
• Process, policy, and control migration impacts