Technical Project Manager- Bank- City of London

Summary: The Technical Project Manager will play a crucial role in delivering technical projects within a high-performing team at a bank in the City of London. This hybrid position requires expertise in software development or IT infrastructure, along with strong project management and communication skills to ensure projects meet objectives and enhance customer satisfaction. The role involves managing the project lifecycle, addressing risks, and collaborating with various teams to ensure compliance and quality. The position is a 12-month fixed-term contract with a competitive salary range.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintaining high performance levels for service-related processes and implementing improvement activities.
• Taking ownership of critical risks and issues, coordinating resolution with stakeholders.
• Developing a deep understanding of projects to gain insights into service delivery scope.
• Managing metrics reporting and analysis of business demand against capacity constraints.
• Managing the development and delivery of IT products utilizing Scrum and Kanban methodologies.
• Focusing on constant improvement of quality and team performance each sprint.
• Collaborating with Architecture, Engineering, and security teams to ensure compliance with policies.
• Providing communication and escalation to IT and business area management on critical issues.
• Fostering and maintaining good working relationships with business area representatives.

Key Skills:

• Experience in capturing and challenging briefs for effective solution delivery.
• Experience in leading, energising, and mentoring project members.
• Experience in IT project delivery across all phases from analysis to handover.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and maintain composure under pressure.
• High level of organisation and skills in managing team capacity.
• Comfortable multitasking and prioritising tasks.
• Hard-working with an outgoing and positive nature.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Technical skillsets in IT Infrastructure and Development.
• Familiarity with Microsoft technologies and programming languages such as T-SQL, VB.net, C#, PowerShell, ASP.

Salary (Rate): 70000

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: fixed-term

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT