Join us as a Project Manager
- In this key role, you’ll be responsible for the end to end delivery of projects within time, cost and quality
- You’ll gain valuable exposure as you build and maintain positive working relationships with stakeholders across multiple franchises, domains and functions and at different levels of hierarchy
- It’s a fantastic chance to put your existing project management skills to the test and advance your career
- We're offering this role at vice president level
As a Project Manager, you’ll be responsible for identifying, tracking, managing and mitigating any project risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies. You’ll be leading the analysis of problem and opportunity statements and preparing estimates for approval, leading the creation of a financial business case.
You’ll also be:
- Managing and reporting on project costs and making sure the project is completed within allotted budgets
- Leading and defining a project initiation document or equivalent Agile artefact, making sure that the solution clearly supports and is aligned to the company’s strategic goals
- Preparing and taking ownership for all project plans and controls and resource plans, as well as progress reporting on plans, controls and resource requirements
- Making sure that all project deliverables satisfy the requirements and that they adhere to the agreed governance framework
- Tracking, reporting and realising project benefits and taking the necessary action required if benefits are affected by changes using a consistent approach
To succeed in this role, you’ll need knowledge of change frameworks, including project, programme and portfolio management. You’ll also need to hold an appropriate project management qualification such as Prince 2 or Agile. The role coordinates business, operations, and technology teams to implement regulatory and strategic payment initiatives while ensuring delivery within agreed scope, timelines, budget, and quality standards.
In addition, you’ll need:
- Experience of at least 12 years in successful planning, execution, and delivery of SEPA and ISO 20022 payment transformation projects
- strong payment domain knowledge, project management expertise, stakeholder management skills, and experience delivering payment modernization initiatives in a banking environment
Hours
45Job Posting Closing Date:
22/07/2026Skills Required
- Minimum 12 years experience planning, executing, and delivering SEPA and ISO 20022 payment transformation projects
- Strong payment domain knowledge and experience delivering payment modernization initiatives in a banking environment
- Project management qualification such as Prince 2 or Agile
- Knowledge of change frameworks, including project, programme and portfolio management
- Experience managing project costs, preparing financial business cases, and delivering within budget
- Proven stakeholder management skills across multiple franchises, domains, and functions
NatWest Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible ValueAccount structure with pension and benefit funding allows tailoring of health, protection, lifestyle, and savings options, with unused amounts typically paid as cash. This flexibility supports personalisation of coverage, particularly in Great Britain where the framework is most detailed.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded pension contributions are provided on top of salary in Great Britain, alongside automatic retirement enrollment and share/save programs. This creates structured long‑term wealth support as part of total reward.
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Parental & Family Support — UK policies outline extended maternity, adoption and equal partner leave on full pay with a phased return, plus paid neonatal care leave. These provisions are positioned as market‑leading and complement broader flexibility resources.
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What We Do
We’re a business that understands when our customers and people succeed, our communities succeed, and our economy thrives. As part of our purpose, we’re looking at how we can drive change for our communities in enterprise, learning and climate. As one of the leading supporters of UK business, we’re prioritising enterprise as a force of change. We’re focusing on the people and communities who have traditionally faced the highest barriers to entry and figuring out ways to remove these. Learning is also key to our continued growth as a company in an ever changing and increasingly digital world. By setting a dynamic and leading learning culture, our people prosper, and our customers are given the tools to continue to improve their financial capability and confidence. One of the biggest challenges we all face in our future is climate change. That’s why we’ve put it right at the core of our purpose. We want to champion climate solutions with financing and entrepreneurial support, fully embed climate into our culture and decision making, and be climate positive by 2025. We’re committed to using our purpose to break down barriers, drive change and ultimately create a great place to work.
