Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager

Our leading Douglas-based Financial Services Client is continuing a high growth trajectory and are now seeking an experienced Agile Project Manager to join their expanding Team, to work for and support the Business Change & PMO Teams.

As Project Manager here you will have:

• Leading cross-functional projects from initiation through to implementation, ensuring delivery of business value on time, within budget and to agreed quality standards
• Managing a varied portfolio of change, including digital and technology initiatives, regulatory programmes, operational improvements, and new products or market opportunities
• Applying strong project governance alongside Agile delivery disciplines, including planning, sprint oversight, issue and risk management, reporting and budget control
• Partnering with stakeholders to shape requirements, prioritise delivery and ensure solutions meet customer, business and regulatory needs
• Supporting iterative delivery through effective scope management, testing coordination, release readiness and continuous improvement
• Facilitating clear, consistent communication across project teams, sponsors and stakeholders to maintain alignment and momentum
• Helping teams and business areas adapt to change by embedding new ways of working and supporting successful adoption

The ideal candidate for the role of Project Manager will have:

• A minimum of three years' project management experience, ideally within Financial Services
• Hands-on experience working in Agile and Scrum environments, ideally delivering digital, technology or business change initiatives with internal and third-party teams
• Strong project delivery skills, including planning, governance, issue and risk management, reporting, budget oversight and delivering incremental value
• Confidence leading complex projects or multiple work streams at once, with the ability to balance pace, control and delivery quality
• The ability to build trusted relationships with delivery teams, product owners, senior stakeholders, third parties and outsource providers.
  
  Clear facilitation, presentation and report-writing skills
• A collaborative, practical mindset with the confidence to guide teams through ambiguity, remove delivery blockers and support continuous improvement
• Strong knowledge of Agile and Scrum principles, with PRINCE2, Scrum certification or an equivalent project management qualification desirable
• Flexibility to travel where a project requires it, including overseas if needed