Project Manager

Project Manager

Location: Northampton or London

Duration: 6 months

Overall Purpose of the Role

We're looking for an experienced and dynamic Project Manager to join our team, playing a crucial role in delivering complex, multi-platform projects that have a direct impact across our business.

In this role, you'll be more than just a task manager; you'll be a visionary and a leader. We need someone who can not only oversee a project but truly define the path forward, ensuring every plan is logical, well-structured, and aligned with our strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing Project Plans: You will be the mastermind behind the project, critically evaluating plans to ensure they are robust and make sense.

• Defining the Pathway: You'll be responsible for charting the course, determining the steps, and establishing the sequence of what needs to happen to achieve project success.

• Reporting: You will provide clear, concise, and regular reports on project status, progress, and risks to senior stakeholders.

• Implementing Your Own Plans: This isn't just about executing someone else's vision. We're looking for someone who can create and implement their own comprehensive project plans.

Skills & Experience

• Hands-On Project Experience: A proven track record of creating and implementing your own project plans from the ground up.

• Financial & Payments Expertise: Ideally, you will have a strong background in a finance or payments project environment.

• Multi-Platform Implementation: Significant experience with multi-platform implementations that span multiple business areas. You may have served as a finance change lead on a complex, multi-faceted program.

• Experience in New Ventures: Any experience in setting up brand new business activities or working on re-platforming projects will be a major advantage.

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank, diversified by business, by customer type, and by geography. Its businesses include consumer banking and payments operations worldwide, as well as a top-tier global corporate and investment bank, all supported by its service company which provides technology, operations, and functional services across the Group.

Our Values

Everything Barclays does is shaped by five values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship. These values underpin how Barclays builds trust with clients, delivers results, and measures success – not just by what is achieved, but by how it is achieved.

Diversity

Barclays is committed to building an inclusive culture where colleagues of all backgrounds feel confident bringing their whole selves to work. Diversity of thought, talent, and experience drives the bank’s ability to deliver excellence.

Hybrid Working

This role is based 

Your Benefits

As a contractor with Randstad Sourceright, you’ll enjoy:

• Enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks)

• Paid holiday entitlement

• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for personal and professional support

• Discounts at leading retailers, restaurants, an