Fixed Term Contract Duration - 12 Months

About the Business

Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to enable brighter financial futures for every generation.

Quilter oversees £126.3 billion in customer investments (as of August 2025). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.

Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business.

High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning - offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot has presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands.

At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve, including our colleagues.

Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it's the perfect time to join us!

About the Role

Level:4

Department: Group Technology Solutions

Location: Southampton

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract - 12 months

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead technology change initiatives within Group Technology Solutions. You will manage complex projects, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to the highest standards

The role is part of the team delivering a large regulatory programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver complex projects using best-practice methodologies (Agile, Waterfall).
• Define project plans, budgets, and resource models.
• Manage risks, issues, and dependencies to ensure successful outcomes.
• Monitor progress against KPIs and take corrective action where needed.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and influence decision-making.

Planning and Governance

• Supports the Change delivery portfolio plan within the defined business unit / function ensuring appropriate services and solutions are proposed, planned and delivered in alignment with the defined Portfolio outcomes.
• Utilises best practices to ensure Change projects are effectively defined, planned, resourced and delivered in alignment with the overall business unit / function requirements.
• Inputs and actively participates in the Community of Practice to shape improved or new ways of working in relation to Change delivery.
• Ensures project delivery is aligned to and delivered in accordance with Quilter policy and standards, and Community of Practice guidelines.
• Prioritises and manages capacity of the Project Delivery teams and sourced services to balance demand and efficiency and ensure the effective delivery of Change and Services

Service Improvement and Change Delivery

• Leads Change projects for a specific business unit / function, working in partnership with key stakeholders to ensure delivery in line with agreed milestones, priorities, standards and budget.
• Defines project organisation structures and resourcing models and plans the project and approach, with consideration for the dependencies and constraints and in line with the agreed governance process, standards and reporting.
• Manages project delivery, defining deliverables and milestones, documenting interdependencies and managing relationships with stakeholders to resolve issues and develop solutions to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Prioritises and deploys internal or sourced resources to ensure Change solutions and services are delivered effectively.
• Coach and develop team members to enhance capability.
• Manages project risks and issues ensuring that they are impact-assessed mitigated and escalated where appropriate.
• Manages and monitors the project performance, progress against milestones, and appropriateness and quality of work, and where necessary takes corrective action.
• Ensures project plans are produced, actively maintained, of the appropriate detail, and consistently aligned to the project plan
• Develop and coach resources assigned to the project, providing input into performance reviews and support to expand their capabilities and skillsets
• Manages and monitors the project budget providing appropriate guidance and decision making
• Matrix management of resources including contractors and vendor staff will vary based on project demand
• Ensures the delivery of projects through clearly defined metrics and KPIs

About You

Key Behavioural Skills

• Effectively manages change and initiates new and improved ways of working which positively impact our customers
• Communicates with clarity and impact; demonstrates excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills
• Objectively and systematically analyses problems and risks to develop appropriate solutions
• Agile - makes decisions within remit and executes in fast, simple and focused way.
• Collaborates effectively with stakeholders and colleagues to positively impact results and deliver effective customer outcomes
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, colleagues and suppliers
• Ability to successfully influence, persuade and challenge stakeholders
• Strong leadership capability, engaging, motivating, coaching and developing individuals to meet their career goals and those of the organisation
• Builds organisation capability, leading, championing and investing in own and the team's technical skills development, looking outwardly to keep up to date with technology advances and utilising knowledge to deliver new and innovative solutions to our customers
• Maintains focus and drive for results operating calmly in high pressure situations
• Demonstrates credibility, professionalism and strong personal integrity and acts as a role model for the Quilter values - Pioneering, Dependable, Stronger Together
• Ability to operate under pressure and drive results

Qualifications required

• Essential: APMQ or MSP or equivalent
• Desirable: Evidence of equivalent experience in Financial Services

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Proven project management experience in Financial Services.
• Skilled in managing virtual teams and third-party vendors.
• Strong knowledge of Agile and IT delivery lifecycles

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Inclusion & Diversity

We value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.

Values

Do the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and the support we provide our communities.
Always curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we're one step ahead of our clients' needs. We look for inspiration everywhere and encourage experimentation, recognising that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures.
Embrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes. With ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth, we succeed for the good of every generation.
Stronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone. We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, and constructively challenge and embrace new ideas. We seek empowerment and demonstrate ownership and trust, with the confidence to make impactful decisions.

Core Benefits

Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)

Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in incentive scheme, to incentivise business performance and their contribution.

Pension Scheme: A non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.

Healthcare Cash Plan: Jersey employees only.

Benefit Allowance: A cash benefit allowance is payable in lieu of some of our core benefits.

In addition to our core benefits, we offer a range of flexible benefits to UK employees that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.