Senior Project Manager

Role overview

A leading financial services organisation in Dublin is looking for a seasoned Senior Project Manager to steer major business change and transformation work. The position calls for someone who can combine strong project delivery capability with hands-on business analysis skills to move strategic initiatives forward across several teams and stakeholders.

What you will do

• Own delivery of major transformation programmes from initial setup through implementation and the handover into day-to-day business operations.
• Control scope, schedules, budgets, staffing, risks, dependencies, and governance across the project lifecycle.
• Partner with business leaders, subject matter experts, technology teams, and external suppliers to achieve successful outcomes.
• Run workshops, stakeholder discussions, and decision sessions to maintain momentum and alignment.
• Collect, analyse, and record business needs, user stories, process maps, and functional specifications.
• Plan and coordinate testing activities, including user acceptance testing, defect resolution, and final business approval.
• Prepare status reports and provide regular progress updates to sponsors and senior leaders.
• Contribute to change management activities such as communications, training, stakeholder engagement, and adoption planning.
• Spot opportunities to improve processes and increase efficiency across business areas.
• Keep project documents accurate, current, and well organised throughout delivery.

Experience and skills required

• At least 7 years of experience delivering large business transformation, change, or technology programmes.
• Proven track record of managing complex initiatives with multiple stakeholders, workstreams, and third-party vendors.
• Strong business analysis background, including requirements gathering, process mapping, documentation, and workshop facilitation.
• Ability to handle project risks, dependencies, governance, and reporting in a structured way.
• Experience working with Agile, Waterfall, or blended delivery models.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build buy-in at all levels.
• Experience coordinating testing and supporting successful deployment of solutions.
• Clear communication, strong presentation ability, and confident facilitation skills.
• Comfort working independently while juggling multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.

Desirable background

• Experience with HR transformation, business process improvement, or enterprise change programmes.
• Prior work in financial services or another heavily regulated sector.
• Scrum Master certification or practical experience delivering in Agile environments.
• Exposure to business process optimisation and operational transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of reporting, data analysis, and management information frameworks.
• Experience with enterprise software rollouts and third-party technology vendors.
• Hands-on change management and organisational readiness experience.

Education

A bachelor’s degree or similar third-level qualification in Information Technology, Business, Project Management, or a related subject is required. Professional credentials such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum, or an equivalent project management certification are considered an advantage.

How to apply

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV for consideration.