Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Infrastructure Project Manager who has worked on banking platform migrations to join a global bank on an initial 6 month project.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of infrastructure and platform migration projects, from initiation through to transition and handover into BAU.
• Own and manage platform, data, and network migration activities, ensuring minimal disruption to live services.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, RAID logs, and dependency tracking aligned to defined timescales.
• Ensure strict adherence to change, risk, and governance frameworks, including documentation, approvals, and audit readiness.
• Coordinate and manage cross-functional technical teams, including infrastructure, network, security, applications, and third-party vendors.
• Engage confidently with senior stakeholders, providing clear reporting on progress, risks, issues, and delivery outcomes.
• Drive alignment between business objectives and technical delivery, translating complex technical concepts into business-relevant language.
• Ensure all migrations are delivered to agreed scope, quality, budget, and timelines.
• Support continuous improvement across delivery practices and contribute to wider transformation objectives within Technology.

Required Skills

• Proven experience as an Infrastructure Delivery / Project Manager within banking or financial services.
• Strong background delivering platform migration projects, including at least two of: infrastructure migrations, data migrations, network or connectivity migrations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex technical change in regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of change control, risk management, and governance processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including experience engaging at senior leadership level.
• Track record of delivering projects to defined deadlines and timescales.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams concurrently.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with OpenShift Virtualization or container-based platforms.
• Familiarity with Tier 1 banking environments.

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For more information, contact Sam Bishop at [contact hidden] or +44 (0)20 7665 5814.