Project Manager

About the role

As a Project Manager at St. James's Place, you will play a key role in crafting the future of our business by coordinating the development of systems and driving business change. This is an outstanding chance to join an ambitious team committed to delivering world-class results.

What you'll be doing

• Manage business projects from initiation to implementation, ensuring they meet user requirements with flawless execution.
• Prepare and present progress reports, issues, and budgets to the steering committee.
• Assess workloads and expenses for project activities and tasks.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with key collaborators.
• Liaise with third parties to align deliverables and track achievements.
• Support the coordination of user acceptance testing and development of test strategies and plans.
• Provide on-the-job training, support, and mentorship to less experienced colleagues.

About you

You will be an experienced Project Manager with a proven track record of successfully delivering technology and business change projects across a range of sizes and complexities. You will have experience managing end-to-end project lifecycles, from requirements gathering and planning through to implementation, testing, and post-delivery support.

With strong stakeholder management skills, you will build effective relationships across business and technical teams, working closely with engineers, architects, vendors, and senior leaders to ensure successful project outcomes. You will be adept at managing project plans, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, and governance, while maintaining clear communication with all stakeholders.

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrated background as a Project Manager .
• Expertise in managing full project life cycles.
• Strong relationship-building and collaborator management skills.
• Ability to evaluate and control project workloads and budgets.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation or willingness to learn.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in the financial services industry.
• Certification in project management methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP).
• Awareness of the different project delivery approaches (eg Agile/Waterfall)