Infrastructure Programme Manager
Essential Consulting
Sheffield, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Temporary to permanent Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Compensation
£ 169KJob location
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Databases
Middleware
Software Deployment
Job description
We are currently looking to onboard an experienced Infrastructure Programme Manager on a contract basis for a leading global bank within their Securities Services Technology function.
This is a high-impact role within a fast-paced production and infrastructure environment, delivering a portfolio of concurrent projects across global teams. You will play a key role in driving delivery across both strategic change initiatives and critical production-led work. The Role
- Deliver a portfolio of infrastructure and production-related projects end-to-end
- Manage multiple concurrent workstreams across global teams
- Drive full project lifecycle from initiation through to production deployment
- Coordinate across infrastructure, development, cyber and production support teams
- Navigate internal governance processes (e.g. IT Service Acceptance) to enable delivery into production
- Ensure effective planning, tracking, reporting, and risk management
- Engage with stakeholders across technical and business functions
- Operate in a fast-paced, high-demand environment with competing priorities
Requirements
- Strong experience delivering infrastructure or IT change within banking or large enterprise environments
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Good understanding of infrastructure environments (servers, databases, networks, middleware, storage)
- Experience working within complex governance frameworks
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to translate technical requirements into delivery plans
- Comfortable working with cross-functional teams including developers and infrastructure teams
- Highly organised and able to work under pressure
Desirable Experience
- Tier-1 banking experience
- Experience working in production / live environments
- Exposure to release, deployment and infrastructure lifecycle processes
Please note this is a Sheffield-based role so you must be able to work in Sheffield on a hybrid basis.