Technical Project Manager (Banking Experience)

Job Profile - Technical Project Manager

A strong and self-motivated Technical Project Manager will lead end-to-end delivery of technical releases and oversee migration activities from the current ("as-is") technologies to new ("to-be") solutions. You'll coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver secure, resilient outcomes on time, within scope and budget, while managing risk and dependencies.

Essential Skills

• Proven track record of delivering complex deliverables on schedule working with a variety of stakeholders
• Manage scope and schedule; drive delivery to agreed outcomes
• Hands-on experience as a Technical Project Manager delivering complex technology initiatives
• Demonstrable track record supporting migrations from existing platforms to new technologies (planning through cutover and stabilisation)
• Experience working across multiple technology platforms (e.g., cloud, on-prem, SaaS, data platforms, integration/middleware)
• Delivery experience in regulated or large enterprise environments with strong governance and controls
• Plan and execute migrations (e.g., legacy to cloud, data centre exit, platform upgrades, application modernisation)
• Ensure operational readiness: monitoring, support model, runbooks, SLAs, and handover to BAU
• Experience working on Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Strong leadership skills, confident, assertive, and able to work under pressure
• Strong technical understanding of infrastructure technologies and integration workflows
• Risk, issue and dependency management
• Positive and proactive team player working as part of a large programme

Desirable skills

• Experience of working with global teams
• Experience of supporting technology migrations

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