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Senior Project Manager - Fintech - London
Senior Project Manager - Fintech - London-March 2024
London
Mar 30, 2026
About Senior Project Manager - Fintech - London

  At Adaptive, we are a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We value differentiation through technology. Our experienced teams design and deliver complex front-office technology solutions using our proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage.

  Our clients include the world’s leading investment banks, investment managers, fintechs and capital market service providers. With a global reach with offices in London, New York, Barcelona, Montreal and Manila. We have a proven track record delivering powerful, elegant and intuitive trading technology solutions.

  We are now looking for a Project Manager to join our London Team on a new exciting project! 

  Our Project Managers at Adaptive are leaders who set an example for Adaptive’s culture and values. Most importantly, our Project Managers give the teams the autonomy they require in their role to be motivated and grow professionally.

  If you feel like this is you, you might be a perfect fit for this role! 

  YOU ARE:

  A strategic thinker with great communication skills  A great relationship builder with your team and clients A problem-solver and team player Experienced within the financial industry  YOU WILL:

  OWN THE DELIVERY PLAN FOR A CLIENT-FACING PROJECT:

  Use your personal experience with Agile delivery to take advantage of its strengths and mitigate its potential risks Tailor the process to the team and the project circumstances Work with our clients to manage the scope of the delivery and build a delivery plan Give visibility on estimated delivery timeline and track actual progress compared to plan Actively monitor and mitigate project risk Report project status to client and Adaptive stakeholders, and communicate transparently Actively manage the client’s expectations, make assumptions explicit and create a document trail for important decisions taken throughout the engagement. MANAGE A TEAM OF HIGHLY-SKILLED ENGINEERS:

  Empower highly-skilled team members to deliver their best and involve them in decision-making, in the spirit of servant leadership Identify and drive the resolution of problems affecting team cohesion as well as individual performance and well-being Understand various software concepts to discuss problems and orchestrate strategy with various talents in the team (including but not limited to: real-time programming, high availability, TDD, BDD, UX design, DevOps concerns…) Work with distributed teams (London/Barcelona) Own the staffing plan for the engagement, including forecast and discussions with leadership about needs and adjustments to make Take part in the probation process for new members of staff, and support career development (if joining as a permanent member of staff) MANAGE THE PROJECT BACKLOG:

  Help stakeholders in making their vision for the product materialise Convey that vision to the team for alignment purposes, and so they can make holistic design decisions that will support the delivery Create & maintain a backlog of deliverable stories for the team Be the stakeholders’ proxy in the team, able to make quick, firm decisions when it comes to scope, requirements and prioritisation/triage Involve team members when their perspective can bring value, including times when it can support scope and priority decisions Follow up during the implementation and testing phases to ensure delivery satisfies the requirements WHY US: 

  To be immersed in high-standard engineering culture. Our fantastic team takes pride in crafting complex technical solutions but also loves sharing their knowledge and helping you grow professionally (we have extraordinary minds at Adaptive  ) You can learn from anyone here, which is  the beauty of it To take part in the growth and development of a great company Our teams feel free to speak up, make suggestions and raise concerns. Collaborative team environment: we all work together, respect each other, and pitch in Great consideration for work/life balance (highly-flexible, hybrid working model, well-being benefits…). Balance between professional and personal life is massively important to us. We work hard to provide a positive, collaborative and inclusive culture and to positively impact our staff and local communities through different well-being, diversity and inclusion programmes. WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF US 

  You can check our Glassdoor page  

  BENEFITS  (What we offer in return // what you’ll get )

  We create benefits with YOU in mind.

  25 days holiday Family medical and dental Pension plan Season ticket loan Gym subsidy Life insurance Long-term disability insurance Employee Assistance Plan THE PROCESS

  Long interview processes are stressful and boring and that is not us 

  We want to make sure that everything runs smoothly.

  So here you will have three stage interviews:

  1- Chat with one of our great recruiters.

  2- Zoom chat with one of our PM where they will ask you detailed questions about your experience

  3- Face to Face interview (either in our office or remotely via Zoom).

  But don’t worry; everything will be explained to you step by step by your recruiter. 

  A little tip for you during those stages: 

  Collaboration is massively important to us, so don't hesitate to share your thoughts, ask questions, ask for help if needed, etc  

  DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: 

  Diversity and inclusion are key to a great workplace, and Adaptive is better when it’s more representative of the world around us. We want everyone to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work without any fear of judgment or negativity. 

  All we ask is that our colleagues are respectful, collaborative, passionate about what they do, and have the skills needed to be successful in their roles.

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