Project Manager – Internal Projects
Salary: £50,000 - £65,000 + bonus. Location: Swindon / London / Hybrid.
Overview
Edenred PayTech seeks a Project Manager to lead critical projects across Finance, Compliance, Legal, and Product.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery of new requirements across technical, legal, compliance, risk, and financial domains.
- Plan, schedule, and monitor project activities, including resource management and budgeting.
- Establish and maintain robust governance frameworks with clear controls, documentation, and reporting mechanisms.
- Proactively identify, resolve risks, issues, and blockers to keep projects on track.
- Lead cross‑functional teams and collaborate with internal departments and external partners.
- Communicate clearly and confidently with stakeholders at all levels, managing expectations and resolving conflict as needed.
- Produce timely, accurate project status updates and governance deliverables.
- Manage scope changes and change requests effectively, minimizing disruption.
- Drive continuous improvement, share best practices, and refine project methodologies.
- Mentor junior PMs and influence project standards, templates, and tools.
- Champion the evolution of Edenred’s project management methodologies.
Qualifications
- Proven success managing full‑lifecycle projects with strong project management expertise.
- Experience with Agile and hybrid methodologies.
- Exceptional communication, interpersonal, presentation, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
- Ability to distill complex issues and communicate clearly to diverse audiences.
- Comfortable engaging and influencing senior stakeholders.
- Self‑motivated and able to thrive independently in a fast‑paced, technical environment.
- Effective multitasker balancing multiple projects and competing priorities.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and influence teams toward successful delivery.
- Positive, resilient, and solutions‑focused mindset, adaptable to change.
Nice to Have
- Experience with payment products or financial services.
- Professional certifications such as PMP, Prince2, PROSCI, or MoR.
- Proficiency with JIRA and other project management tools.
- Experience mentoring and coaching project managers or team members.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
- Hybrid working environment (minimum 3 days per week in the office).
- Pension Scheme – employer 6% with minimum employee contribution 3%.
- Discretionary bonus scheme based on company and personal performance.
- Medical & international travel cover (leisure and action sports).
- Income protection; Life insurance (4x salary).
- Wellbeing Employee Assistance Program (extended access to family members).
- Monthly gym allowance.
- Holiday trading scheme; Season ticket loan; Cycle to Work scheme.
- Employee discount shopping platform; Employee referral bonus scheme.
- Digital learning platform.
- Complimentary fruit and other in‑office snacks & refreshments.
- Volunteering programme; Social events.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on age, race, colour, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, marital status, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable country or local laws.
