Role: Project Manager Max rate: 391/Day (Inside iR35)(via Umbrella) Duration: until December 31st Location: Knutsford, hybrid, 2 days from office Job description: Responsible for the overall management control and delivery of Business Critical projects within the SWIFT Gateway Infrastructure Portfolio, including scheduled systems releases, and other key Projects (including mandatory/regulatory). What will you be doing? • Overall responsibility for the successful delivery of the project to plan, budget and agreed quality and governance standards. • Manage suppliers in line with agreed contractual obligations, milestones and quality standards. • Provide effective communications and relationship building with key senior stakeholders within technology, operations and product and provide Project status reporting that is accurate, informative and timely. • Own and drive the effective governance of the Project. • Own and drive the Project planning framework, ensuring that plans are developed and tracked to appropriate standards. • Control the Project scope, ensuring that rigorous change control is exercised. • Ensure the project meets the expected requirements and that acceptance and handover to business as usual are managed against agreed acceptance criteria and to a defined plan. • Define project budgets, obtain funding and track actual expenditure to ensure the project remains on track from a financial perspective. What we’re looking for: • Must have a track record of managing business or technical Projects in the financial services. • Strong Project mobilisation / initiation / planning experience in addition to management of established Projects. • Must be able to demonstrate excellent stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills at Senior Management/Director level, with strong and influential personal credibility. • Leadership skills with evidence of managing medium-large teams across a range of disciplines and locations. • Demonstrable record of managing Project budgets effectively, and delivering within budgetary constraints • Relevant Experience 10 to 14 years Skills that will help you in the role: • Knowledge of SWIFT and SWIFT infrastructures. • Has operated in roles facing off directly to senior Stakeholders. A track record of successfully managing stakeholder relationships is definitely preferred. • Previous experience of managing payments related projects.