Project Management Lead in London

Canary Wharf, United Kingdom | Posted on 16/10/2026

Location: London or Sheffield, in line with the hybrid working policy.

This role leads the bank’s coordinated,cross-functional response to evolving pay transparency legislation across theEU. The successful candidate will deliver practical, sustainable solutions thatmeet regulatory requirements, manage risk and strengthen the bank’s culture ofequity and transparency.

This is a delivery and orchestration role,requiring the ability to engage the right experts, convert advice into cleardecisions and connect actions across the programme. Success depends oncollaborative leadership, disciplined delivery and the ability to influenceacross a complex stakeholder landscape while upholding the bank’s values.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead integrated delivery of the bank’s responseacross relevant countries and entities, in partnership with the Sponsorand specialist teams.
  
• Own the project view of objectives, scope,outcomes, principles, milestones, risks, dependencies and critical path.
  
• Translate evolving requirements into coordinateddelivery plans, practical options and recommendations with subject-matterexperts.
  
• Facilitate timely, risk- and principle-baseddecisions that balance regulation, employee experience, operationalsustainability and risk appetite.
  
• Maintain momentum despite legislativeuncertainty; align conflicting assumptions and challenge plans that couldcreate risk, delay or rework.
  
• Embed equity, transparency, agility, inclusion,continuous improvement and accountability throughout delivery.
  
• Build trusted relationships with seniormanagement, country representatives, People and Technology teams, DeliveryServices and external specialists.
  
• Anticipate differing perspectives on paytransparency and equip leaders to be advocates of the evolving culturearound transparency.
  
• Provide concise, evidence-based updates onpriorities, progress, decisions, risks and changes, with clearrecommendations where approval is required.
  
• Facilitate constructive challenge and combinecountry and functional perspectives into a coherent programme direction.
  
• Bring the right people together to design, build,test and embed solutions, with explicit roles, responsibilities anddeliverables.
  
• Monitor EU Member State legislation, regulatoryguidance and implementation developments, and coordinate the projectresponse.
  
• Work with Legal and other subject-matter expertsto assess implications; the role does not provide legal advice.
  
• Coordinate country impact assessments andimplementation plans, balancing local requirements with the bank’s widerprinciples, processes, data constraints and technology capabilities.
  
• Maintain a clear record of country decisions,their relationship to the project approach and any justified localvariation.
  
• Escalate unresolved interpretation, riskacceptance or policy decisions to the accountable owner or forum.
  
• Track industrial relations engagement and reflectconsultation or negotiation outcomes, commitments and dependencies inproject decisions and implementation plans.
  
• Maintain the project governance framework,including forums, membership, terms of reference, decision rights,approval pathways and escalation routes.
  
• Maintain a delivery cadence covering workstreammeetings, cross-functional forums, steering updates, decision checkpointsand country implementation reviews.
  
• Maintain an integrated view of regulatory,financial, reputational, operational, data, technology, employee relationsand delivery risks, including mitigations and escalations.
  
• With the Project Manager, ensure agendas, papers,status reports and action, decision, risk, issue and dependency logs areaccurate, concise and current.
  
• Document decisions, assumptions, trade-offs,advice and approvals; track actions to completion and hold ownersaccountable.
  
• Keep governance and implementation evidencecomplete, accessible and ready for assurance or audit.
  
• Coordinate the project solution with the bank’swider technology, data and operational landscape.
  
• Oversee agile development of the existing minimumviable product and subsequent enhancements against agreed outcomes, designprinciples, controls and implementation plans.
  
• Work with Technology, Data, Payroll, PeopleServices and operations to establish sustainable business-as-usualownership and support.
  
• Ensure implementation plans cover readiness,communications, training, support and early-life activity where required.
  
• Anticipate late-stage risks early enough toprevent avoidable rollout disruption.
  

Key Experience

• Experience leading complex, cross-functionalchange or regulatory implementation programmes across multiple countriesor stakeholder groups.
  
• Experience leading cultural and behaviouralchange as well as process or technology change.
  
• Strong project governance, planning, reportingand risk, issue and dependency management skills.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication,facilitation and influencing skills, including constructive challenge andescalation.
  
• Ability to connect related activities, clarifyaccountability, identify gaps and align teams around shared outcomes.
  
• Strong attention to detail in maintainingdecisions, actions and audit-ready records.
  
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders andsubject-matter experts while delivering at pace within appropriatecontrols.
  
• Working knowledge of pay transparency, employmentlegislation, reward, employee relations or a related regulatory topic.
  
• Experience working with Legal, Reward, IndustrialRelations, Payroll, People Services, Data or Technology teams.
  
• Experience delivering technology-enabled change,testing, operational readiness or country rollouts.
  
• Experience in a large, regulated or internationalorganisation.
  
• A recognised project, programme, change ordelivery qualification.
  
• PRINCE2 Practitioner or PRINCE2 Foundation
  
• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or APM Project Fundamentals Qualification(PFQ)
  
• PMP (Project Management Professional) or PgMP , where applicable
  
• Lean Six Sigma qualification,where process improvement experience is relevant
  
• Qualification in HR, Employment Law, Reward,or People Change would be advantageous
  

What You’ll Bring

You will be a connector and integrator whosees the whole system, works confidently with specialists and knows when toquestion, involve others or elevate.

You will combine disciplined delivery withsound judgement, pragmatism and curiosity, keeping teams aligned and treatingcoordination as a core risk control.

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