Project Manager (SC Cleared / Banking Payments) in London

Project Manager (SC Cleared / Banking Payments)

Check all associated application documentation thoroughly before clicking on the apply button at the bottom of this description.

6 Month Contract

London (Hybrid)

£(Apply online only)/day (Inside IR35)

Project Manager needed with active SC Security Clearance and Banking Payments project experience. 6 Month Contract based in London (Hybrid).

Paying up to £(Apply online only)/day (Inside IR35). Start ideally in Jan/Feb 2026.

Hybrid Working – 3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2 days/week working on-site in the London office.

A chance to work with a leading global IT and Digital transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government projects.

Key experience + tasks will include:

Must hold active SC Security Clearance that has been in use on a project within the past 12 months.

Project Manager with strong Banking and Payments project delivery experience.

Project Context: merging divisions across Wholesale, Digital and Retail payments.

Proven experience of delivering complex projects to agreed time, cost and quality parameters, including managing multiple dependencies.

Key Tasks include: defining pragmatic PM delivery methodology, completing 2026 project planning + maintaining \’in-flight\’ project delivery priorities, project control, reporting, managing risks / dependencies, and incorporating lessons learned.

Managing RAID items, monitoring project progress against plan, proactively tracking key deliverables, and taking timely corrective action where necessary.

Solid track record of successful project delivery throughout the entire project lifecycle, including project planning, and RAID management.

Implementing agreed project quality assurance, change control, and configuration management processes.

Excellent stakeholder management, including the ability to persuade, influence and collaborate with key stakeholders up to senior management level, and build constructive working relationships. xiskglj

Strong time management skills, including the ability to set priorities, and deliver to tight deadlines.

Programme Management qualification preferred (-eg- Prince2, APMP, PMP, MSP)