Job title:
Project Manager - Technical Delivery & ReleaseJob Description:
What will you deliver?
Release Planning & Governance
Lead the planning, readiness and execution of production releases, ensuring deployments follow agreed quality and governance controls.
Define release scope, timelines and readiness criteria, coordinating all technical and stakeholder groups involved.
Manage go/no‑go processes, support controlled deployment activity and ensure clear communications throughout release cycles.
Identify, manage and escalate release risks, issues and dependencies in a structured manner.
Actively participate in Portfolio Boards, including scribing actions, decisions and risk items, ensuring accurate and timely governance reporting.
Delivery Coordination
Manage the end‑to‑end coordination of technical change initiatives, from initiation through delivery, release and post‑implementation review.
Serve as the primary point of contact for client delivery discussions, translating business needs into clear technical priorities and plans.
Work closely with internal technical operations and technology partners to align activities, resolve dependencies and address delivery risks.
Maintain delivery plans, schedules, milestones and status reporting for all ongoing technical initiatives.
Resource Planning & PMO Support
Take ownership of the supply and demand model, ensuring data is accurately maintained, up‑to‑date and actionable.
Chair the weekly capacity planning meeting, ensuring the tool is updated, actions are progressed, and resource prioritisation discussions are effectively facilitated.
Ensure the monthly operations committee data is accurate, investigate anomalies and provide meaningful analysis of supply and demand trends.
Highlight resourcing shortfalls, pinch points or excess capacity to support prioritisation and informed decision‑making.
What are we looking for?
Demonstrable proven experience in an IT / Software delivery Project Management role within a multi-team environment, ideally within the Financial Services or Mortgage sector.
Strong client-facing delivery experience, with the ability to convert business requirements into structured delivery plans, with excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience with project management and change methodologies and tools, e.g., PRINCE2, Agile, PMP.
Experience with MS Azure would be advantageous.
Experience of release management and coordinating production deployments.
Excellent planning, organisational and resource management skills across multiple workstreams, within Agile, hybrid or fast-paced delivery environments.
Experience working with distributed or remote technical teams.
Experience with cloud platforms and modern technology stacks.
Strong knowledge of regulations, compliance, and senior governance reporting requirements.
What can we offer you?
In this role, you will be given fantastic training and development for your career in financial services. You will also be given the following:
A starting salary of up to £50,000 dependent on experience.
Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave…and plenty more
Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
You’ll be joining a large network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.
About Capita Regulated Services
At Regulated Services, we’re transforming the world of life and pensions, and mortgage services. We’re delivering responsible and sustainable services, helping our clients to respond to changing market factors and adapt to the needs of their customers both now and in the future. Our teams work with clients across the UK and Worldwide, offering a range of services from end-to-end administration, digital technology and business support to lending, account and arrears management. Join us and discover better as you shape the future of regulated services.
What’s Next?
If this role is of interest to you, please click below to register, apply and track your progress! A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch.
Equal Opportunities
We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you’d like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email reasonableadjustments@capita.com or call 07784 237318 and we’ll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.
As part of our commitment to building an inclusive and diverse workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from people who are from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds.
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Location:
Home-Based - GBR,
United KingdomTime Type:
Full timeContract Type:
Permanent