Technical Project Manager - Network & Telecoms Infrastructure

• The role is part of the group which encompasses Infrastructure and Service Management across EMEA Bank, International Securities, and the 15+ countries in which these entities operate. The position is responsible for leading the Threat and Vulnerability Management function, including oversight of an outsourced offshore third-party service.
• This function integrates secure practices into the development life cycle and aligns with service transition processes to ensure compliance with internal controls and regulatory standards. It plays a critical role in governance, audit readiness, and the continuous improvement of the organisation’s security posture, while also serving as the central coordination point for all vulnerability-related activities across DES.
• The successful candidate must demonstrate proven experience in leading teams and fostering a culture of technical excellence. They will be expected to establish best practices for risk identification and remediation planning, while also influencing stakeholders and delivering competitive advantage for global organisations by protecting against external threats and potential security vulnerabilities.

You will lead complex global infrastructure and connectivity transformation projects for a large banking client, managing budgets of circa $5m+, cross-functional teams and delivery partners. You will take end-to-end ownership of planning, delivery, governance, finances, resources and change management, working with senior stakeholders to ensure alignment with business strategy and the client’s Change Frameworks. The role includes progress reporting, team leadership and effective handover into Business-as-Usual operations to support benefits realisation., * Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders within IT, Global Businesses, Finance

• Work closely with their respective Portfolio Manager, the Connectivity Transformation and change team and their senior stakeholders to ensure alignment of their project/programme with the wider change portfolio and group strategy, values, and behavior.
• Provide board level overview of progress, lead and direct multidisciplinary teams across all global businesses, global functions, and regions.
• Lead end to end execution and responsibility for all aspects of the project/programme, including definition, planning, execution & implementation, governance & control, financial, resource and change management.
• Provide financial analysis, including being able to contextualise financial data into business activities and conclusions.
• Ensure the adherence to financial processes and procedures at project/programme level, as set and communicated by Customer Group, regulators, and CTO PM Practice.
• Identification and escalation of any budgetary related risks, issues, and opportunities to portfolio/function as appropriate.
• Have responsibility for effective handover of the project/programme into Business-as-Usual operations to support effective benefits realisation.
• Have responsibility for deploying Customer’s Change Frameworks and respective methodologies within their Programme/Project and instilling good programme/project disciplines within their project and wider team.

• Understanding of/ability to engage with technical teams on Contact Centre, Cloud technologies, Networking Infrastructure, Firewalls, Routing, Solution Architecture and Design etc.
• Experience of delivering change programmes within a Technology organisation, with in telecom Infrastructure
• Experience of working on Session Border Controller, Genesys deployments
• Proven knowledge on automation products in managing contact center projects with platform experience.
• Understanding of clarity, Jira, Confluence and MS Project.
• Business analysis skills to assess and provide recommendations which will aid in negotiation of connectivity infrastructure projects.
• Excellent understanding and proven experience of Project Management methodologies including Waterfall and Agile in a Technology environment.
• Ability to direct and influence people in a Matrix orientated environment and establish working partnerships at a junior and senior organizational level.
• Change agent with proven ability of implementing large scale organisational, procedural, technology and people related change programmes.
• SME within Networking environment and build relationship with external suppliers.
• Proven experience of positive, challenging interactions with Senior Executives across the business.
• Outstanding relationship management, collaboration and influencing skills at senior Exco level within a Technology environment.
• Proven experience in dealing global teams and managing stakeholders.
• Experience in handling budgets above $10m USD annually including forecasts, accruals etc.
• Experienced in managing Headcount ratio, Workforce management for project/programmes.

Certifications (Mandatory one of these):

• Project management professional (PMP)
• Prince2 practitioner

This is a hybrid role - you can work remotely in the UK and attend the Sheffield office 3 days per week.

This is a 12+ month temporary contract to start ASAP

Day rate: Competitive Market rate

Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires experienced Infra Network Technical Project Managers to be based at their client’s office in Sheffield, UK.