A leading financial institution is looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead a major digital transformation programme focused on payments, lending products, and operational efficiency.

This contract role will be key in delivering change across customer-facing and internal platforms, with a strong focus on loan and collateral services, Apple Pay integration, and Guardrec systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of digital projects across payments, lending, and compliance platforms

• Work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders, third-party vendors, and international teams

• Create and manage project plans, budgets, risks, and timelines

• Run steering committees and provide clear, consistent stakeholder reporting

• Ensure alignment with business cases, change control, and governance processes

• Oversee third-party delivery and vendor contracts

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proven project management experience in banking or financial services

• Experience delivering change across payment systems and loan/collateral products

• Familiarity with Apple Pay and Guardrec implementation or integration

• Hands-on project delivery across both business and IT functions

• Strong documentation, planning, and stakeholder engagement skills

• Comfortable working in fast-paced, regulated environments

• Certification in Prince2, PMP, Agile or similar is preferred