CMC Markets is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager on a 12 month FTC to lead large-scale, multi-stream business change initiatives from inception through to successful delivery. This is a high-impact role, partnering across business and technology teams to deliver strategic transformation in a dynamic, regulated fintech environment.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead complex, cross-functional projects spanning technology, operations, compliance, risk, finance and front office teams, ensuring alignment and on-time delivery.
- Own end-to-end project lifecycle management, from initiation and mobilisation through to closure and benefits realisation.
- Develop and maintain robust project plans, governance frameworks, RAID logs and high-quality reporting packs for Steering Committees and senior stakeholders.
- Continuously reassess delivery plans to reflect evolving business objectives balancing competing demands across multiple initiatives, ensuring alignment to strategic priorities
- Provide clear impact assessments and options analysis when reprioritisation is required, enabling leadership to make informed decisions through structured evaluation of risk, cost, and benefit.
- Partner with business leaders to define target operating models, driving organisational readiness, process redesign, and behavioural change as required.
- Support cross-functional resource planning, balancing demand across business and technology workstreams.
- Engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership, providing clear, concise and influential communication.
What we’re looking for
- Proven track record as a Project Manager delivering complex, multi-disciplinary projects within regulated environments within Financial Services.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build credibility at senior levels.
- Experience of working in a regulated environment
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with sound judgement and strong prioritisation skills.
- Excellent communication, negotiation and conflict resolution capabilities.
- Comfortable operating autonomously, taking ownership and driving outcomes with pace and precision.
- High attention to detail combined with the ability to maintain a strategic perspective.
- Adaptable and resilient, able to manage competing demands in a fast-moving environment.
- Solid understanding of project management methodologies and governance best practice.
- Previous experience as a Project Manager, Delivery Manager or Change Manager.
Why join CMC Markets?
Since launching in 1989, CMC Markets has become one of the world's leading online CFD and financial spread betting providers, with nearly 66.8 million trades executed annually across Europe, Asia Pacific and North America.
CMC Markets’ success is founded on its ability to deliver a wide range of trading products to customers, from single equities to indices, currencies and commodities. This means our clients don’t need to go to a forex broker, futures broker or a commodities broker to trade these different instruments, they can trade them all through one trading platform. CMC Markets has pioneered the development of online trading in markets around the world to become a world leading spread betting and CFD provider
CMC Markets is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.
CMC Markets London, England Office
London, United Kingdom
