Mainframe Project Manager

Salary: £43,000 - 74,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong experience as a Project Manager delivering mainframe-related projects.
• Good understanding of mainframe technology and engineering environments.
• Experience delivering infrastructure migrations, upgrades, modernisation, or service implementation projects.
• Proven ability to manage difficult or resistant stakeholders and build credibility with technical teams.
• Pragmatic, delivery-focused approach with the ability to explain clearly what actions you would take in a given situation.
• Comfortable operating within a large, complex, and highly governed organisation.
• Strong project controls experience, including planning, RAID management, dependencies, governance, and reporting.
• Able to work effectively with established engineering teams without taking an overly prescriptive or process-heavy approach.
• Previous experience delivering within a Tier 1 bank would be highly desirable.
• Wider financial services experience is beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of mainframe infrastructure and technology projects.
• Develop and maintain practical delivery plans, milestones, and dependencies.
• Coordinate activity across engineering teams, service owners, suppliers, and wider technology stakeholders.
• Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, budgets, and governance.
• Work closely with technical teams to remove blockers and maintain delivery momentum.
• Provide clear and concise updates to senior stakeholders.
• Build strong working relationships across a complex matrix organisation.
• Adapt the project approach to suit the environment rather than applying process unnecessarily.
• Support the delivery of work being brought forward from the wider technology roadmap.

Technologies

• Support
• Matrix
• Project Manager

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We are supporting a Tier 1 global bank with a portfolio of mainframe infrastructure and technology change. Our mainframe engineering teams are primarily based in South Yorkshire, and the role is based in Sheffield with a hybrid working pattern of 3 days per week onsite. Birmingham may also be considered for an exceptional candidate, subject to client approval. This is an initial contract role with strong potential for continuity throughout 2027. The day rate is £600–£650 inside IR35, and we expect a one-stage Zoom interview process.

last updated 29 week of 2026