Project / Programme Manager - Financial Services

Capco
Edinburgh
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Capital Markets, Trading & QuantSkills: ["Communication","Stakeholder management","Risk management","Consultative mindset","Change adoption"]

Lead platform-led transformation and migration programmes for wealth, asset, and investment platform clients across front office, operations, and technology. Drive end-to-end regulatory or strategic change across multiple workstreams, own governance, tracking, and reporting, and manage risk proactively. Use approved AI tools, automation, and AI-enabled workflows to improve delivery and decision-making, while supporting change adoption, training, and business readiness.

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Capco
Capco
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Project / Programme Manager - Financial Services

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Job Summary

Lead platform-led transformation and migration programmes for wealth, asset, and investment platform clients across front office, operations, and technology. Drive end-to-end regulatory or strategic change across multiple workstreams, own governance, tracking, and reporting, and manage risk proactively. Use approved AI tools, automation, and AI-enabled workflows to improve delivery and decision-making, while supporting change adoption, training, and business readiness.
Location: Edinburgh
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Capital Markets, Trading & Quant
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead platform change and migration projects across front office, operations, and technology functions.
  • •Deliver end-to-end regulatory or strategic change across multiple workstreams and stakeholders using AI-enabled ways of working where appropriate.
  • •Own project governance, tracking, and reporting, using approved AI tools and automation to support reporting, monitoring, and project controls while maintaining review and oversight.
  • •Collaborate with internal teams and client stakeholders to align priorities and ensure successful outcomes.
  • •Guide and support client teams through change adoption, training, and business readiness, including responsible adoption of AI-enabled ways of working where aligned to standards.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceLife InsuranceCritical IllnessPensionDentalAnnual LeaveTraining

Key Requirements

  • •Proven experience as a Project Manager in wealth & asset management, capital markets, or banking & payments.
  • •Exposure to investment platforms or products, particularly Aladdin, Avaloq, Cinqor, FNZ, or Charles River.
  • •Strong understanding of business architecture in investment firms across front office, operations, and middle office.
  • •Ability to work effectively in fast-paced environments with matrixed stakeholder structures.
  • •Curiosity and willingness to adopt approved AI tools and AI-enabled workflows, with sound judgement for validation, auditability, escalation, and governance.
Experience:Financial servicesWealth managementAsset managementCapital marketsBankingPayments
Skills:CommunicationStakeholder managementRisk managementConsultative mindsetChange adoption
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AIAutomationAI-enabled workflowsAladdinAvaloqCinqorFNZCharles RiverAgileWaterfallUser acceptance testing

Company Brief

Capco
Global management and technology consultancy specializing in financial services. Capco advises banks, insurers, and capital markets firms on digital transformation, risk and compliance, technology implementation, and operational improvement, combining industry expertise with advisory and engineering capabilities.
Industry: Management Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1998
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