Technical Project Manager (Banking Experience)

Summary: The Technical Project Manager will be responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of technical releases and managing migration activities from existing technologies to new solutions. This role requires coordination of cross-functional teams to ensure timely and budget-compliant outcomes while managing risks and dependencies. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in delivering complex technology initiatives and experience in regulated environments. Strong leadership and technical skills are essential for success in this position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of technical releases and oversee migration activities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver secure and resilient outcomes.
• Manage scope, schedule, and drive delivery to agreed outcomes.
• Support migrations from existing platforms to new technologies.
• Plan and execute migrations, ensuring operational readiness.
• Manage risks, issues, and dependencies throughout the project lifecycle.
• Work within both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Ensure strong governance and controls in delivery processes.
• Act as a positive and proactive team player within a large programme.

Key Skills:

• Proven track record of delivering complex deliverables on schedule.
• Hands-on experience as a Technical Project Manager.
• Experience with multiple technology platforms (cloud, on-prem, SaaS).
• Strong leadership skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Technical understanding of infrastructure technologies and integration workflows.
• Experience in regulated or large enterprise environments.
• Risk, issue, and dependency management expertise.
• Experience working with global teams is desirable.
• Experience supporting technology migrations is desirable.

Salary (Rate): £600 per day

City: Sheffield

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

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 (eg, 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 (eg, 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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