Core Banking Project Manager (12m Day Rate Contractor)

Job Introduction

Handelsbanken combines a long-established relationship banking model with secure, resilient, and customer-focused technology. Our technology teams enable the Bank’s decentralised way of working, delivering systems built for stability, trust, and long-term value. We are on a multi-year technology and digital transformation journey to enhance customer experience and improve how colleagues work together. By modernising platforms, simplifying processes, and better connecting data and systems, we help relationship teams focus on customers and less on complexity. Our decentralised culture extends to technology. Teams are trusted to take ownership, make informed decisions, and deliver sustainable, high-quality solutions. We value engineering excellence, pragmatic problem-solving, and strong collaboration across technology, business, and risk. We offer technologists the opportunity to build lasting careers, deepen their expertise, and contribute to meaningful change. We look for people who care about quality, security, long-term impact, and who want to shape the future of a relationship-led bank. Check our Handelsbanken website for further information

The opportunity

Our team serves as the dedicated Delivery Strategy and Transformation hub within the Bank, focused on the successful and controlled delivery of the Modernisation and Growth roadmaps. Sitting with the Bank’s Technology function the team works to maximise the value from build/buy solutions to deliver on Handelsbanken PLC’s strategic modernisation and transformation goals to move to modern scalable technologies and to deliver better value to our business and our customers. The Core Banking Programme has been mobilised to deliver the phased introduction of the new Product Engine to sit at the heart of the target Architecture and is currently preparing for the RFP Phase. The programme’s vision is to service the Bank’s resilience agenda and to maximise the Business value delivered by the adoption of the target platform. A the core banking project manager in this role you will run the Core Banking Programme, acting as the Lead Delivery partner alongside the Product Owner and the Lead Engineer. Initial focus areas include: preparation for and the execution of the RFP, definition and planning for the Hosting solution (with Group and Local Infrastructure SMEs and Partners), definition of the Strategic Workforce Plan for the duration of the Programme; running prioritised enablers (eg Customer Permissions Solution), definition of the Product level Front Book Phasing and Migration approach balancing deliverability, business value with minimising adoption risks/costs Project Management across the full scope of the Delivery according to the Handelsbanken Project Management model including Planning, Reporting at multiple levels, RAIDs Management, 360 Stakeholder Management and Financial Forecasting and Control Organise, plan and manage the project within the agreed framework Preparation for and support for the execution of the RFP Process through to Award and then through the consequential internal Governance and commercial interactions leading to signing of the contract. Lead the Delivery, Technology, Business and 3rd Party Partner resources through the project’s lifecycle Manage day to day priorities to best support the big picture and committed in-year outcomes Ensure that the solution follows the Bank’s architecture and security directives and its Control Framework Formally hand over to the production and maintenance organisations.

What We’re Looking For

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Necessary Skills

• Record of successful Transformation delivery in Financial Services to introduce modern platforms into the Production environment through the full lifecycle
• External Software and Delivery Partner vendor management experience
• Good grasp of the Journeys associated with vanilla Financial Products (Current and Savings Accounts, Lending) across individual and corporate sectors and the Branch and Function Operations that support those journeys
• Confident using Project Management solutions such as MS Project
• Previous experience in complex and phased Product Migrations including the data analysis and data outputs that support Migration design
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Has the ability to build effective networks with stakeholders, both internally and externally
• Experience in complex Dependency management across multiple in-flight Transformation verticals
• Experience in both waterfall and agile methodologies

Desirable Skills

• Scaled Agile experience and Agile/Waterfall hybrid experience
• Industry recognised Project Management qualification

Why join Handelsbanken

We want everyone at Handelsbanken to feel supported, motivated, and able to do great work. That’s why, alongside brilliant colleagues, meaningful work and training and development opportunities, we provide a variety of benefits designed with your wellbeing in mind. In addition, there is a flexible benefits package with the key highlights detailed below.

Application next steps

Your journey with us begins once you have submitted your application. One of our Handelsbanken Talent Acquisition Partners will be reviewing your details and will later organise a phone conversation if your experience aligns with our requirements, we will extend an invitation for you to participate in an interview. This advert will be live for a minimum of two weeks. However, please note that after the two weeks, the closing date could change at any time depending on the number of responses received. The Bank is deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice into all of our activities. This is so that we are an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work that encourages everyone to apply, regardless of socio-economic background, age, disability, pregnancy and/or parental status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), veteran status, marital and civil partnership status, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.