IT Project Manager

Job Title

• IT Project Manager
• Senior

Location

• Oslo (NO)
• London (GB)
• Helsinki (FI)
• Stockholm (SE)
• Copenhagen (DK)

Work Mode

• Remote: 75%
• Hybrid mode: 3 days per week in one of the listed office location

Onsite Requirement

• 3 days per week in one of the listed office location

Experience Required

• Proven experience in Project/Programme Management within banking/financial sector
• Experience managing cross-functional initiatives involving Risk, Compliance, Operations and Technology teams.
• Experience delivering projects in a regulated environment and working with regulatory or audit requirements.

Required Skills

• IT Project Management
• Transaction monitoring

Desired Skills

• Quantexa
• Transaction Monitoring domain

Responsibilities

• We are looking for an experienced professional to take responsibility for the governance, oversight and continuous management of Transaction Monitoring models and model-related regulatory commitments.
• Own and maintain the model management roadmap, translating financial crime strategy, risk priorities, regulatory requirements and business needs into a clear and prioritised validation, remediation and governance plan.
• Drive model prioritisation activities, balancing model risk, regulatory commitments, validation findings, technical sustainability and available capacity.
• Work closely with Capability Leads, Model Owners and Subject Matter Experts to ensure model development, validation, implementation and ongoing monitoring activities are aligned with business objectives and regulatory expectations.
• Coordinate and oversee model validation activities, ensuring findings, recommendations, limitations, assumptions and model risks are appropriately documented, tracked and remediated.
• Partner with Model Risk Management, Financial Crime, Technology and Operations stakeholders to ensure validation requirements and intended outcomes are clearly understood and effectively addressed.
• Support coordination of model priorities, dependencies, remediation activities and governance outcomes across multiple Transaction Monitoring initiatives to ensure end-to-end model compliance and effectiveness.
• Define and communicate model governance priorities, validation outcomes, remediation plans and success measures, ensuring stakeholders understand key risks, decisions and required actions.
• Represent Transaction Monitoring models within governance, validation and prioritisation forums, ensuring attention is directed towards the highest-risk and highest-priority model matters.
• Maintain an end-to-end view of the model lifecycle, from model design and implementation through validation, approval, ongoing monitoring, change management, periodic review and retirement.
• Use validation results, model performance metrics, risk insights, regulatory feedback and stakeholder input to identify opportunities to improve model effectiveness, efficiency and compliance.
• Oversee the tracking and closure of model findings, audit observations, regulatory commitments and risk acceptance actions, ensuring timely remediation and robust evidence of compliance.
• Understand dependencies across Transaction Monitoring, data, technology, operations and wider Financial Crime capabilities and ensure these are appropriately reflected in model governance, validation and remediation decisions.

Qualifications

• Strong governance, prioritisation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage dependencies, risks, issues and remediation plans across multiple workstreams.
• Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills.
• Ability to translate complex business and regulatory requirements into clear delivery plans.
• It is highly recommended to have projects in the portfolio within Financial Crime, AML or Transaction Monitoring area
• Fluent English both written and spoken
• English (Proficient)