Technical Project Manager
Posted Today by Lorien
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
City of London, UK
Summary: The role of Contract Project Manager involves leading a multi-workstream programme in the financial services sector, focusing on Reward & Employment domains. The position requires a delivery-focused individual capable of managing cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders while ensuring alignment on project objectives. The role is based in Edinburgh with a hybrid working model of two days on-site per week. The position is classified as inside IR35 due to the requirement to work via an umbrella company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate five active workstreams, ensuring progress, risk management, and alignment to overall programme objectives.
- Act as the central point of contact between technology teams, HR/Reward, Employment Policy, and business units.
- Manage and influence cross-functional stakeholders, including senior leaders and domain experts.
- Work closely with ServiceNow product owners, developers, and platform teams to ensure requirements, design decisions, and change processes flow effectively across workstreams.
- Establish and maintain robust project controls: RAID logs, delivery plans, dependency tracking, status reporting.
- Facilitate workshops, clarify requirements, and ensure consistent communication across functions.
- Drive timely delivery of milestones while managing competing priorities.
- Ensure governance, documentation, and reporting are maintained to a high professional standard.
- Proven experience as a Project Manager delivering cross-functional technology or HR transformation programmes.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams in a structured and disciplined way.
- Experience working with or alongside ServiceNow teams (HRSD experience highly beneficial).
- Skilled at communicating with business and technical stakeholders, translating between both where necessary.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with shifting priorities.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Self-starter with strong leadership and relationship-building capabilities.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Edinburgh
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Project Manager
Hybrid Working - Edinburgh - 2 days a week on site.
Financial Services
Lorien's leading banking client is looking for an experienced Contract Project Manager to lead a multi-workstream programme spanning Reward & Employment domains, with a strong blend of technology, process, and business-facing delivery. You'll be responsible for driving progress across five parallel workstreams, coordinating cross-functional teams, and working closely with senior stakeholders across HR, Technology, and Operations.
This role requires a delivery-focused PM who can operate confidently in a complex environment, manage ambiguity, and keep multiple teams aligned on scope, milestones, and outcomes.
This role is based in Edinburgh.
This role will be Via Umbrella.
Working in a Hybrid Model of 2 days a week on site.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate five active workstreams, ensuring progress, risk management, and alignment to overall programme objectives.
- Act as the central point of contact between technology teams, HR/Reward, Employment Policy, and business units.
- Manage and influence cross-functional stakeholders, including senior leaders and domain experts.
- Work closely with ServiceNow product owners, developers, and platform teams to ensure requirements, design decisions, and change processes flow effectively across workstreams.
- Establish and maintain robust project controls: RAID logs, delivery plans, dependency tracking, status reporting.
- Facilitate workshops, clarify requirements, and ensure consistent communication across functions.
- Drive timely delivery of milestones while managing competing priorities.
- Ensure governance, documentation, and reporting are maintained to a high professional standard.
- Proven experience as a Project Manager delivering cross-functional technology or HR transformation programmes.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams in a structured and disciplined way.
- Experience working with or alongside ServiceNow teams (HRSD experience highly beneficial).
- Skilled at communicating with business and technical stakeholders, translating between both where necessary.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with shifting priorities.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Self-starter with strong leadership and relationship-building capabilities.
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Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
