Project Manager - Platforms & Operations at Investec, London, 6 Months, £Market Rate (Outside IR35)

Contract Project Manager - Platforms & Operations

Wealth Proposition | 6 month contract | Outside IR35 | Market rate | Hybrid

Investec is progressing a significant growth agenda within its UK Private Client franchise to deliver our ambition to scale a high-touch, advice-led proposition that combines private banking, wealth capabilities, digital access and the wider One Investec ecosystem. As part of this, the business is developing a broader UK Wealth proposition that will require robust, client-centred operational foundations across onboarding, servicing, fulfilment, controls and governance.

We’re seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the integrated delivery approach across platforms and operations. The focus is on leveraging existing platform capabilities and aligning them with the operational processes, controls and client journeys required to launch a new wealth proposition.

The role will suit a financial services contractor who understands both operational delivery and technology-enabled business change. Acting as the bridge between platform teams and business stakeholders, you will ensure operational requirements are translated into platform outcomes, dependencies are managed effectively, and readiness activities remain aligned to programme milestones. Working within a small central build squad, you will play a critical role in turning proposition design into a launch-ready operating model.

What you will be doing

• Own and maintain an integrated delivery plan covering platform readiness, operational readiness, governance milestones and launch-critical activity.
• Act as the key coordinator between business, operations and platform stakeholders, ensuring business requirements are understood and supported through existing technology capabilities.
• Translate operational and proposition requirements into clear delivery outcomes for platform partners and third-party providers where required.
• Track milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions and decisions across workstreams, ensuring blockers are visible and actively managed.
• Coordinate platform, proposition and operations activity to ensure client journeys, controls and service models are deliverable within the existing technology landscape.
• Produce governance reporting for senior stakeholders, including status updates, RAID summaries, decision logs and escalation materials.
• Lead operational and platform readiness planning, ensuring all launch prerequisites, controls, processes and support models are in place before go-live.
• Support launch planning by coordinating readiness checkpoints, acceptance criteria, cutover considerations and post-launch support arrangements.

What we are looking for

• Proven Project Management experience delivering complex business and operational change programmes within banking, wealth management, private banking or broader financial services.
• Strong understanding of how business operations are enabled through technology platforms, even where no major technology build or implementation is taking place.
• Ability to bridge the gap between platform teams and business stakeholders, translating operational requirements into practical platform-enabled solutions.
• Experience working with core banking, wealth management, CRM, client servicing or operational workflow platforms.
• Strong RAID, dependency, milestone and governance management capability.
• Demonstrable experience leading operational readiness, business readiness and launch planning activities.
• Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders across operations, proposition, technology, governance and programme leadership functions.
• Pragmatic, delivery-focused contractor who combines strong organisation skills with sufficient technical understanding to challenge, coordinate and drive outcomes across business and platform teams.