Project Management Project Manager - Financial Services Professional GB

At IBM CIC, we provide technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK.

A career in IBM CIC means you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading professionals across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. You will get the chance to deliver effective solutions, driving meaningful business change for our clients, using some of the latest technology platforms.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success here. You’ll be encouraged and supported to constantly reinvent yourself, focusing on skills in demand in an ever changing market. You’ll be working with diverse teams, coming up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, who may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations.

Our culture of evolution centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

We offer:

• Many training opportunities from classroom to e-learning, mentoring and coaching programs and the chance to gain industry recognized certifications
• Regular and frequent promotion opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
• Internal recognition programs for peer-to-peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager with a background in financial services to join our team. In this role, you will lead cross-functional project teams, fostering effective collaboration, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring high-quality software delivery.

As a Project Manager, you will be accountable for delivering projects within defined scope, cost, and timelines, while meeting business requirements and contractual obligations. Your expertise in financial services will be key to understanding industry-specific challenges, regulatory considerations, and stakeholder expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage projects and maintain comprehensive project plans.
• Identify and track the critical path of programmes to ensure timely delivery.
• Gather and document requirements, coordinate design activities, plan delivery, and motivate teams to meet objectives within set time frames.
• Oversee Product Lifecycle governance, ensuring all relevant teams are engaged and risks are identified, documented, and addressed.
• Monitor project costs and resources, tracking actuals against budget.
• Balance delivery trade-offs across time, cost, and quality constraints.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies; perform analysis on value at risk and develop mitigation strategies.

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Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Proven experience in project management and methodologies.
• Strong organizational, time and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstratable evidence of strong…