Infrastructure Project Manager

Location: London

Position Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Hybrid (3 days per week in the office)

We are partnering with a leading capital markets organisation seeking an Infrastructure Project Manager to manage network and platform modernisation programmes across a complex technology estate.

This role combines traditional project management with elements of product ownership. You will be responsible for driving infrastructure change initiatives from inception through delivery, while working closely with engineering teams, business stakeholders, service owners, and third-party vendors to ensure successful outcomes.

The successful candidate will oversee strategic infrastructure projects, manage delivery roadmaps and priorities, coordinate dependencies across multiple teams, and ensure solutions deliver measurable operational and business value.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead end-to-end delivery of infrastructure transformation projects, including network, platform, cloud, and technology modernisation initiatives.
2. Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, issues, and dependencies.
3. Develop and maintain project plans, delivery roadmaps, and governance reporting.
4. Coordinate internal teams and external suppliers to ensure successful programme execution.
5. Support Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies where appropriate.
6. Define requirements, priorities, and acceptance criteria in partnership with technical and business stakeholders.
7. Monitor project progress and drive issue resolution to maintain delivery timelines.
8. Ensure operational readiness, successful implementation, and stakeholder adoption of delivered solutions.
9. Prepare and present updates to senior management and governance forums.

Required Experience

1. Proven experience delivering Infrastructure Project Management assignments within enterprise environments, ideally complemented by exposure to Product Ownership, Business Analysis, requirements gathering, prioritisation, roadmap management, and stakeholder engagement.
2. Strong track record managing network, platform, cloud, data centre, workplace technology, or infrastructure transformation projects.
3. Experience managing project budgets, RAID logs, governance, and vendor relationships.
4. Strong stakeholder management skills across technology and business functions.
5. Experience working within Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments.
6. Ability to translate business requirements into actionable delivery plans.
7. Experience within financial services, capital markets, banking, trading, or other regulated environments is highly desirable.
8. PRINCE2, PMP, MSP, APM, AgilePM, or Scrum certification.
9. Exposure to Product Owner responsibilities, including roadmap planning, backlog prioritisation, and stakeholder engagement.
10. Excellent communication skills.