Facctum - Engineering Lead/Technical Project Manager

Description:

About the Role:

- We are seeking a Tech Project Manager to lead structured delivery for the Obligation to Control program.

- This role is ideal for someone who is PM-driven, highly organised, and able to bring rigour and clarity into a complex, ambiguous environment.

- The role requires someone who can navigate stakeholders independently, drive structured execution across cross-functional teams, and relentlessly follow up to ensure progress.

- Prior experience working with onshore (UK) teams and vendor coordination is strongly preferred particularly within the financial services, risk and compliance domain.

Key Responsibilities:

Project & Delivery Management (Primary Focus):

- Drive end-to-end project planning, execution, and delivery across engineering, product, data, compliance, and operations teams.

- Establish and maintain structured delivery plans, sprint plans, WBS, RAID logs, decision registers, and program reporting.

- Build quarterly and annual roadmaps for technology and capability development within the control obligations program.

- Bring rigour, discipline, and predictability to execution; manage risks, dependencies, scope, and timelines.

- Run governance routines: status reviews, steering updates, stakeholder cadences, and cross-team alignment forums.

- Demonstrate a persistent, action-driven approach follow up relentlessly, close loops, and ensure accountability.

Documentation & Clarity-Building:

- Produce and maintain high-quality documentation including BRDs, FRDs, process maps, workflows, project plans, and decision records.

- Translate fragmented or ambiguous input into clear, structured artefacts that drive alignment.

- Ensure all teams operate with a documentation-first and audit-ready mindset.

Stakeholder Management & Onshore Coordination:

- Independently engage senior technology, business, operations, risk, procurement, and vendor stakeholders.

- Manage complex communication lines with UK-based teams; ensure clear expectations, alignment, and transparency.

- Navigate organisational ambiguity, conflicting priorities, and fragmented processes with confidence and ownership.

Business Analysis & Process Definition:

- Lead requirements gathering and process mapping for obligation tracking, workflows, and case-management-related capabilities.

- Simplify complex or unclear requirements into structured workflows and actionable specifications.

- Support translation of regulatory/business requirements into clear deliverables for engineering teams.

Vendor & Procurement Management:

- Coordinate vendor engagement, onboarding, delivery milestones, and commercial/procurement alignment.

- Ensure vendors meet expectations with respect to timelines, documentation, quality, and operational readiness.

- Provide structured oversight and escalation where needed.

Cross-Functional Delivery in Ambiguous Environments:

- Manage setup, configuration, governance, and integration of SaaS platforms supporting obligations and case management.

- Operate effectively in environments with unclear ownership, evolving processes, or gaps in organisational structure.

- Bring order to ambiguity using documentation, structured communication, and disciplined follow-through.

- Identify blockers early and proactively drive resolution across teams.

Requirements:

Preferred Skills & Experience:

- 7-12 years of experience in Project Management, Business Analysis, or Program Delivery roles.

- Proven track record of delivering complex, multi-team projects with strong rigour and documentation discipline.

- Experience managing stakeholders across global organisations, ideally including UK onshore collaboration.

- Strong skills in documentation, communication, requirements definition, process mapping, and governance.

- Ability to work persistently and assertively pushing teams, tracking actions, and driving closure.

- Experience coordinating with procurement, PMO, and vendor teams.

- Familiarity with case-management concepts (Pega, Appian, SNOW, Salesforce FSC) is helpful but not mandatory.

- Working knowledge of cloud, data, or engineering concepts (coordination-level, not deep architecture).

- Agile delivery experience; certifications (PMP, Agile, PRINCE2, SAFe) are an advantage.