Senior Project Manager

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
Hybrid
59K-83K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Enterprise Web • Fintech • Software • Financial Services
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The Role
Lead strategic transformation initiatives end-to-end, partnering with senior stakeholders to define scope, build business cases, manage cross-functional teams, mitigate risks, report progress, analyse delivery metrics, and drive continuous improvement in delivery practices across the Wealth business.
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About This Role
As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead Morningstar Wealth's most important strategic initiatives, partnering with senior stakeholders across the business to deliver meaningful change and measurable business outcomes.
This role sits within the Wealth Project Management team, which serves as a bridge between strategy and execution. We partner with leaders across the business to deliver initiatives that improve how we operate, enhance the client experience, and support sustainable business growth.
Success in this role requires more than strong project management skills. You will be a trusted partner to stakeholders, a leader of cross-functional teams, and a catalyst for change, bringing structure to ambiguity, aligning diverse perspectives, and translating strategic objectives into successful outcomes.
Examples of initiatives may include platform and technology transformations, operating model improvements, regulatory and risk programmes, vendor implementations, business process optimisation, and strategic growth initiatives.
What You'll Do
  • Lead strategic projects and transformation initiatives from initial scoping and business case development through implementation and close.
  • Partner with senior stakeholders to define project objectives, scope, requirements, success measures, and delivery roadmaps.
  • Build strong relationships across business functions, technology teams, and external partners to drive alignment and successful outcomes.
  • Coordinate and motivate cross-functional teams across multiple regions, fostering collaboration, accountability, and a shared sense of purpose.
  • Identify, manage, and communicate project risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions, ensuring challenges are addressed proactively.
  • Provide clear and insightful project updates to stakeholders and senior leaders, focusing on progress, outcomes, value delivery, and key decisions.
  • Analyse project and delivery metrics to identify trends, support decision-making, and improve project performance.
  • Navigate complex and changing environments, helping teams prioritise effectively while maintaining momentum.
  • Promote continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance delivery practices, processes, ways of working, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Contribute to the development of the Project Management team by sharing best practices, coaching team members, and helping strengthen project management capabilities across the organisation.

Who You Are
  • An Experienced Project Leader: You have significant experience leading complex initiatives, typically gained through 5+ years of project management experience, ideally within financial services, wealth management, fintech, or another highly regulated environment.
  • A Strategic Thinker: You understand how projects connect to broader business objectives and can translate strategy into actionable plans that deliver meaningful results.
  • A Trusted Partner: Your communication skills, credibility, and collaborative approach enable you to build strong relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership.
  • A Confident Leader: You are comfortable leading cross-functional teams, facilitating difficult conversations, aligning competing priorities, and driving progress in complex environments.
  • An Exceptional Problem Solver: You enjoy tackling ambiguity, breaking down complex challenges, and identifying practical, effective solutions that balance risk, effort, and value.
  • An Agent of Change: You thrive in fast-paced environments and can help individuals and teams successfully navigate change while maintaining engagement and momentum.
  • A Continuous Improver: You actively seek opportunities to improve processes, strengthen team performance, and elevate delivery standards across the organisation.
  • Technically Versatile: You are experienced with a range of project management methodologies, including Agile, Lean, and traditional approaches, and understand when and how to apply each effectively. Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Asana, or similar platforms is highly desirable.

If you're passionate about delivering meaningful change, building strong partnerships, and helping teams achieve ambitious goals, we'd love to hear from you.
Base Salary Compensation Range
GBP 59,400.00-82,866.66
Bonus Target:
12.5% Annual
We expect the compensation and target bonus for this role to fall within the stated range. The specific compensation offered will depend on the candidate's qualifications, experience, and other job-related factors.
Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.
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Skills Required

  • 5+ years of project management experience
  • Proven experience leading complex strategic initiatives and transformations
  • Experience in financial services, wealth management, fintech, or regulated environments
  • Experience with Agile, Lean, and traditional project management methodologies
  • Experience with Jira, Confluence, Asana or similar collaboration/project tools
  • Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence senior leadership
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional, multi-region teams
  • Experience developing business cases, defining scope, requirements, success measures and delivery roadmaps
  • Experience identifying and managing project risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions
  • Experience coaching team members, sharing best practices, and promoting continuous improvement

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Morningstar Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth A recurring paid sabbatical and flexible time off in North America provide substantial time away and are presented as a signature differentiator. The program’s active use alongside paid volunteer days underscores broad time-off options.
  • Parental & Family Support A global standard for paid parental leave plus paid caregiving leave and adoption assistance signals robust family support. These policies are positioned as company-wide standards with location-specific administration.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility A shared ownership program enables converting part of a bonus into RSUs with a company match, adding long‑term value beyond salary. Performance-based RSU awards can further enhance equity outcomes for high achievers.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
11,500 Employees
Year Founded: 1984

What We Do

At Morningstar, we believe in building great products in-house in a highly collaborative, agile environment where we focus on technical excellence, the user experience, and continuous improvement. Our technologists represent a range of skills and experience levels, but they all view their work as a craft and push technology’s boundaries.

Why Work With Us

Imagining big things is in our blood -- it's transformed us from a company with just a few employees in 1984 to a leading independent investment research company with a worldwide presence today. As of April 2020, we acquired Sustainalytics to drive long-term meaningful outcomes for investors in the ESG space. Join us on this exciting journey!

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