Atyeti - Project Manager

Role Purpose : We are seeking an experienced and delivery-focused Project Manager to lead and coordinate multiple workstreams within the FCEP Strategic Data Programme. The role will be responsible for driving the successful delivery of a portfolio of Financial Crime, data management, and strategic data initiatives, ensuring alignment to business objectives, regulatory requirements, and organisational priorities. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of delivering complex programmes and projects in large enterprise environments, working across business, technology, data, and third-party supplier teams. They will be accountable for planning, governance, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and delivery execution to ensure programme outcomes are achieved successfully. Key Responsibilities : - Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple projects and workstreams within the Strategic Data Programme. - Develop and maintain detailed project plans, budgets, forecasts, RAID logs, governance artefacts, and status reporting. - Manage project scope, schedules, resources, dependencies, and critical milestones to ensure successful delivery. - Coordinate and collaborate with business, technology, architecture, data, and vendor teams to drive programme objectives. - Identify, manage, and escalate risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies in a timely manner. - Establish effective governance frameworks and prepare materials for steering committees and programme leadership forums. - Drive stakeholder engagement across senior business and technology leadership, ensuring clear communication and alignment. - Monitor project performance against agreed KPIs, timelines, budgets, and business outcomes. - Support change management and adoption activities where required to enable successful implementation. - Promote best practice project management disciplines and ensure compliance with organisational delivery standards. Skills & Experience : - Approximately 10+ years of project and programme management experience, delivering complex business and technology initiatives within large organisations. - Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams and cross-functional delivery teams. - Strong background in project planning, governance, financial management, risk management, and delivery controls. - Experience delivering enterprise data, data governance, data transformation, regulatory, or strategic change programmes is highly desirable. - Proven ability to build strong relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership. - Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills. - Experience working with third-party vendors, managed service providers, and external delivery partners. - Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment, balancing strategic priorities with hands-on delivery management. - Experience within Financial Services, Life Insurance, Asset Management, Banking, or Corporate Functions environments would be advantageous. - Strong knowledge of project delivery methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery approaches. Qualifications : - Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience. - PMP (Project Management Professional) and/or PRINCE2 Practitioner certification desirable. - Additional Agile, Scrum, or Change Management certifications would be beneficial.