Role Title: Transition Programme Manager
Location: London, UK
Days on site: 2-3 days a week
Role Description:
Looking for settlement / T+1 programme manager with industry / business readiness experience
Ideal Candidate Profile
✅ Investment Banking / Capital Markets background with understanding of securities settlement and post-trade operations
✅ Experience with industry-wide validation of change - involving FMIs, CCPs, CSDs and custodians
✅ Prior experience with delivery of large-scale regulatory or market-structure change programmes
✅ Programme-level test strategy ownership - Strong governance, risk and stakeholder management skills
✅ Experience leading cross-functional and geographically distributed teams
Key Responsibilities
• Define critical scenarios and align industry milestones across Business, Operations and Technology.
• Coordinate participation with FMIs, CCPs, CSDs, custodians and other market participants.
• Manage external dependencies, risks and operational readiness.
• Own the T+1 industry testing strategy, roadmap and readiness criteria.
• Represent the programme in industry forums and provide readiness recommendations to senior governance.
Experience & Capabilities
• Strong knowledge of EMEA securities markets and post-trade, particularly clearing, settlement and custody.
• Strong understanding of accelerated settlement, market cut-offs, exceptions and operational dependencies.
• Ability to translate industry requirements into an effective programme-wide testing and readiness approach.
• Excellent leadership, communication and senior stakeholder influencing skills.
• T+1 or comparable securities-market transformation experience highly desirable.
Transition Programme Manager in London employer: Capgemini Europe
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