Project Manager - System Migration

Job Description:

Our client, a financial services firm in Newcastle, is recruiting for an experienced Project Manager to lead a key systems migration project on an initial 6-month fixed-term basis.

As Project Manager, you would work within a small project team and be responsible for delivering a business-critical migration programme.

You will take ownership of the end-to-end project lifecycle, working collaboratively with IT, operational teams, senior stakeholders, and third-party suppliers to deliver a successful migration within agreed timescales, budget, and quality expectations.

Start date is ASAP.

• Proven experience delivering systems migration projects.


• Strong project management background across planning, governance, risk, budget, and stakeholder management.


• Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing third-party suppliers.


• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.


• Experience working within structured project delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Prince2, etc.).


• Financial services, pensions, wealth management, or regulated industry experience highly desirable but not essential.

• Lead the delivery of a business-critical systems migration project from initiation through to implementation.


• Manage project plans, timelines, budgets, risks, issues, and dependencies.


• Coordinate internal teams, stakeholders, and third-party suppliers to ensure successful delivery.


• Provide regular project reporting and governance updates to senior stakeholders.


• Drive stakeholder engagement, business readiness, and change adoption activities.


• Ensure delivery aligns with agreed scope, quality standards, and project governance frameworks.

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 16517

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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