Project Manager

**Project Manager** (Contract)

Duration: Up until 31/12/26 (Possibility for extension)

Location: Bristol Harbourside/Hybrid (3 days per week on site)

Rate: A highly competitive Salary or Umbrella Day Rate is available for suitable candidates

Role Summary

As a Project Manager, you will work closely with the project Business Lead to oversee the phased delivery of critical initiatives. Your focus will be on executing key milestones, engaging effectively with stakeholders, and aligning all activities with the overarching programme objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Management: Maintain and manage the project plan, including dependencies, milestones, and deliverables using JIRA and Excel.
• Facilitation: Facilitate weekly progress meetings, tracking actions and escalating risks, issues, and decisions as needed.
• Risk Analysis: Support the Business Lead in identifying, analysing, and resolving project risks, issues, and blockers.
• Reporting: Produce high-quality project status reports and management information for stakeholders and governance forums.
• RAID Logs: Maintain project RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies) and assist in risk mitigation activities.
• Process Redesign: Support business process redesign activities, including process discovery, documentation, and the creation of current-state and future-state process maps.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate and manage engagement across business and technology teams to ensure seamless collaboration.
• Tool Development: Support the creation of process tooling such as Reporting & MI tools, Power BI dashboards, and Microsoft Co-pilot tools.
• Optimisation Opportunities: Identify opportunities for future state process redesign, simplification, automation, and control optimisation.

Skills & Experience:

• Proficiency in project management tools, particularly Jira and ServiceNow.
• Proven experience as a Project Manager in the banking sector or a similar industry.
• Strong knowledge of AI technologies and their application in banking.
• Excellent communicator, skilled at engaging stakeholders at all levels and fostering collaborative relationships.
• Capable of producing clear and concise documentation and reports that articulate project status and risks.
• Familiar with process redesign methodologies and tools, with a keen eye for identifying opportunities for improvement.

Candidates will need to show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

If you feel you have the skills and experience and want to hear more about this role 'apply now' to declare your interest in this opportunity with our client. Your application will be observed by our dedicated team.

We will respond to all successful applicants ASAP however, please be advised that we will always look to contact you further from this time should we need further applicants or if other opportunities arise relevant to your skillset.

Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.

As part of our standard hiring process to manage risk, please note background screening checks will be conducted on all hires before commencing employment.

We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.