We are looking for a Transformational Project Manager with extensive experience of the UKI Finance Sector and a proven track record in building trust at a senior level. This role will need to help articulate the process and service transitions challenges expected for such a broad transformational programmer and help with the cultural shift that this will need within the customer operations team.
Location: London/UK/ required an onsite
Preferred Qualifications
1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Relevant Certifications (Advantageous):
1. Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP Data Center / Enterprise) or CCIE (written/active).
2. Project & Programme Management: PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile/Scrum.
3. ITIL v3/v4 Foundation or Practitioner (Change, Release, and Incident Management).
- Programme Leadership & Delivery Governance: Own the end-to-end operational roadmap, change governance, risk mitigation, and executive milestone reporting for global Data Center modernization initiatives.
- Complex Network Transformations: Lead multi-phase infrastructure lifecycle programs across high-density data centers in the UK, US, and APAC-including modular spine supervisor upgrades, controller firmware normalizations, and multi-hop software release migrations.
- Testing & Quality Assurance: Drive comprehensive pre-implementation validation, pre-upgrade health assessments, and end-to-end testing cycles to guarantee non-disruptive execution in 24/7 financial production environments.
- Cross-Functional Team Direction: Direct and align multidisciplinary engineering teams, consulting architects, technical support specialists, and partner engineering squads.
- Client & Executive Partnership: Serve as the trusted delivery partner to the client's Technology Infrastructure Services, Operations, and Architecture leadership, translating complex technical dependencies into clear operational milestones.
What You Bring
- Proven Delivery Track Record: 8+ years of technical service delivery, network delivery management, or complex infrastructure program leadership within global enterprise or financial services environments.
- Data Center & SDN Expertise: Strong working knowledge of Data Center networking architectures, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), and Cisco ACI (Nexus 9000 switches, APIC controllers, Spine/Leaf topology, Multi-Pod/Multi-Site).
- Testing & Migration Acumen: Demonstrated experience orchestrating structured testing cycles, migration implementation plans (MIPs), defect remediation, and rollback strategies for critical core infrastructure.
- Outage Prevention & Risk Governance: Deep familiarity with strict enterprise change management processes, maintenance window execution, and high-availability operational standards.
- Stakeholder Influence: Exceptional communication skills with a proven ability to lead technical deep dives with architects while delivering crisp, strategic updates to C-level and director-level stakeholders
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