**INSIDE IR35 & 2-3 DAYS ONSITE IN LONDON**
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The Project Manager with experience in IBM Service virtualization (SV) is responsible for end-to-end delivery governance of the Service Virtualisation program, scaling the current pilot to 5-6 virtualised services by year-end. The role ensures clear scope, structured delivery, risk control, stakeholder alignment, and quality gates, enabling external vendors and internal teams to deliver virtual services predictably and compliantly.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver virtualised services across Payments (e.g. CHAPS, SWIFT, SEPA) and Cards (e.g. FISERV, Broadcom) domains.
* Establish and run delivery governance, RAID management, and quality gates.
* Coordinate cross-functional teams (SV engineers, QA, Network/Security, DevOps, SMEs).
* Ensure SIT validation, operational readiness, and handover.
Essential skills/knowledge/experience:
Delivery & Governance
* Own the end-to-end delivery plan, milestones, and dependencies.
* Manage delivery against defined phases:
o Use case finalisation
o Environment readiness
o Virtual service build
o SIT validation
o Operational handover
* Run weekly governance and steering forums, including progress, risks, and decisions.
* Maintain and actively manage RAID log, escalation paths, and mitigation plans.
* Ensure alignment to Change Excellence Programme governance and CAB expectations.
Scope & Use Case Management
* Drive finalisation and prioritisation of 10-20 candidate use cases.
* Ensure use-case specifications meet completeness and quality standards:
o Business flows
o Endpoints and schemas
o Error scenarios
o SLAs and dependencies
o Triggers and data requirements
* Control scope creep and manage change requests.
Stakeholder & Vendor Management
* Act as primary interface between:
o Internal teams (Product/Test Lead, SV Engineers, Security, DevOps)
o External vendors
* Ensure vendors comply with:
o Data protection and masking rules
o Documentation standards
o Delivery timelines and acceptance criteria
* Coordinate training and handover activities for QA and Test Leads.
Quality & Compliance
* Enforce quality gates:
o Use-case specification completeness
o Environment readiness approvals
o SIT validation passed
o Operational runbook published
* Ensure no production personal data is used.
* Ensure least-privilege access, environment isolation, and auditability