Senior Project Manager Job at Barclays (London)

Senior Project Manager

Barclays

Location:
United Kingdom , London

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Not provided

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Job Description:

Join Barclays as a Senior Project Manager to lead the high-stakes, cross-desk, and cross-region retirement of the Rushmore Risk platform as part of Barclays’ Strategic Risk Systems Simplification initiative. You’ll own the full end-to-end plan—prioritizing dependencies, uniting trading, data, and technology teams, and ensuring dashboards, data quality, and remediation efforts are perfectly synchronized—for a seamless, controlled platform cutover.

Job Responsibility:

Managing projects and programs that drive strategic improvements and ensure successful implementation of change across the organization
Lead the high-stakes, cross-desk, and cross-region retirement of the Rushmore Risk platform as part of Barclays’ Strategic Risk Systems Simplification initiative
Own the full end-to-end plan—prioritizing dependencies, uniting trading, data, and technology teams, and ensuring dashboards, data quality, and remediation efforts are perfectly synchronized—for a seamless, controlled platform cutover
Scope Management: Manages a single project with specific, defined objectives, deadlines, and deliverables
Strategic Focus: Operates more tactically, focusing on day-to-day management of resources, schedules, and deliverables for their individual project
Stakeholder Management: Primarily manages stakeholders related to their specific project, ensuring communication and expectations are clear for the project’s deliverables
Risk and Issue Management: Focuses on risks and issues specific to their project and works to mitigate them within the project's scope
Resource Management: Manages resources for their individual project, ensuring that the project team has the necessary skills, tools, and time to complete the work
Financial Management: Focuses on managing the budget of their specific project, ensuring it is completed within the financial constraints
Change Management: Manages changes that directly impact their specific project, including scope changes, timelines, or resource allocation adjustments

Requirements:

Front Office Delivery & Stakeholder Management – Proven experience delivering change within a front-office environment, working closely with traders, Strats, and technology teams in a fast-paced, demanding setting
Hands-on Project Execution & Dependency Management
Structured Requirements Gathering & Delivery Tooling – Demonstrated ability to collect, structure, and prioritize requirements, and organize delivery using standard bank tooling (e.g., Jira, Confluence, delivery dashboards) and Microsoft Suite (including PowerPoint, Excel, Visio)
Using technical data and burnups to help inform and evidence timelines
Stakeholder expectation management and communication, as a distinct item

Nice to have:

Technical Project Management background
Experience in Risk Platform Migration or System Decommissioning
Experience delivering under strategic or regulatory deadlines
SQL
Python

What we offer:

Cycle or run to work support with cycle hire and parking areas and new showering and changing facilities
CoSpace drop-in co-working space
Wellness Suite with gym, exercise studios, personal training sessions and massage therapy
Advanced trading floors
Hybrid working
Structured approach to hybrid working with fixed anchor days

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 20, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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