Project Manager

Project Manager – AI / GenAI Location: London preferred; Leeds / Edinburgh / Aberdeen also considered Work Model: Hybrid – approximately 50% onsite (around 3 days per week) Contract: Approx. 9 months Role Overview We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead a key workstream within a major AI transformation programme in a complex and regulated environment. The role requires strong end-to-end project delivery experience, working with senior business stakeholders and product/technology teams to successfully deliver complex AI-enabled transformation initiatives. Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex AI/digital transformation projects and workstreams.
• Develop and manage project plans, milestones, deliverables and dependencies.
• Manage project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, ensuring timely escalation and resolution.
• Coordinate delivery across business, product, technology and change teams.
• Manage competing priorities and make appropriate delivery trade-offs.
• Provide clear project governance, reporting and progress updates to senior stakeholders.
• Engage and influence senior and executive stakeholders.
• Manage project budgets, forecasting, resources and value delivery.
• Drive delivery within complex, ambiguous and highly interdependent environments.
• Support successful implementation and associated business change.
• Ensure projects are delivered in line with established project methodologies and governance standards. Essential Experience
• 5–7+ years of Project Management / Delivery experience.
• Strong experience delivering complex technology/digital transformation programmes.
• Experience working on AI, GenAI or AI-enabled transformation programmes is highly preferred.
• Strong senior/executive stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Proven experience managing risks, issues, dependencies, priorities and escalations.
• Strong project governance, reporting and delivery-planning experience.
• Experience managing project budgets, forecasting, resources and commercial considerations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capability.
• Experience delivering within Financial Services, regulatory or another complex regulated environment.
• Ability to lead delivery across multiple business and technology teams. Desirable
• Agentic AI implementation experience, including associated business change.
• Experience managing technical delivery/change into HR functions.
• ERP transformation experience, including Workday or another major ERP platform.
• Agile/product-based technology delivery experience.