Own delivery of assigned projects: scope control, schedule, budget, quality, and risk.
Lead integration work with multiple external vendors (core banking, market data, payment gateways, cloud providers).
Represent client interests when negotiating with vendors (pricing, SLAs, funding programs such as AWS).
Manage subcontractors: selection, onboarding, performance monitoring, and invoices.
Run regular client governance (status, escalations, acceptance criteria, UAT).
Produce and maintain project artefacts: plans, RAID logs, integration specs, cutover plans.
Ensure compliance with client security and regulatory requirements relevant to banking/securities.
Coach and coordinate cross-functional engineering teams and BAs.

5+ years project management in IT; at least 2 projects delivered for banks or securities firms.
Proven experience managing multi-vendor integrations (APIs, batch feeds, middleware).
Strong vendor negotiation experience (cloud providers, data vendors, third-party SI).
Excellent stakeholder management
able to interact confidently with bank CTOs/PMOs.
Experience managing subcontractors and remote teams.
Structured communicator: clear project documentation and status reporting.
Professional English (reading/speaking) for vendor/partner discussions.
Familiar with Agile and Waterfall; able to pick the right approach for the client.

Project Manager

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