Project Manager £800.00 per day (Umbrella) London (Hybrid – 3 days per week in office / 2 days WFH) 12 Month Contract HSBC are currently searching for a Project Manager to support their team in London. This role is responsible for leading the delivery of a major skills-based transformation, centred on the deployment of SAP SuccessFactors Talent Intelligence Hub and Career & Talent Development capabilities. Role Responsibilities: Delivery Leadership 1. Lead the full lifecycle delivery of Talent Intelligence Hub and Career Development modules (plan → design → build → test → deploy → transition to BAU) 2. Define and manage detailed project plans, milestones, and deliverables across multiple workstreams. 3. Ensure alignment between business requirements, people requirements and underlying technology / data ecosystem (including skills architecture) 4. Drive delivery to agreed timelines, scope, and budget, proactively managing trade-offs where required. 5. Ensure delivery is anchored in business outcomes and adoption 6. Own the integrated delivery plan across all business workstreams, including: Change & Adoption, Process & Experience, Technology & Data 7. Identify and actively manage cross-functional dependencies and risks. 8. Ensure alignment with other HR and enterprise technology initiatives. 9. Partner closely with the Change & Deployment Lead to ensure: Change plans are integrated into the overall delivery plan, adoption is designed into delivery and activities are sequenced correctly with deployment adoption Stakeholder & Governance Management 1. Establish and manage effective governance forums (e.g., steering committees, design authorities) 2. Provide clear, high quality reporting on progress, risks, issues, and decisions required. 3. Engage and influence senior stakeholders across HR, Technology, and Business leadership. Business Case & Benefits Realisation 1. Support the development and refinement of the project business case, ensuring clear linkage between investment, capabilities delivered, and expected business outcomes. 2. Define and maintain a structured benefits realisation framework 3. Work with HR, Finance, and business stakeholders to baseline current state and define target outcomes 4. Track and report progress against defined benefits and value metrics throughout the project lifecycle 5. Identify risks to benefit realisation early and drive mitigating actions. Vendor & Technology Delivery Oversight 1. Provide business-side oversight of technology delivery in partnership with IT, SAP vendor and implementation partners 2. Monitor delivery quality, timelines, and alignment to business needs. Risk, Issue & Financial Management 1. Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, and deliverables. 2. Track progress against plan and manage deviations 3. Proactively track, and actively manage, cross-workstream dependencies, risks and issues. Implement mitigation plans, actions and escalate where required 4. Maintain and drive a robust RAID framework across the project. 5. Support budget tracking, forecasting, and resource planning. Track project financials, including budget, forecasts, and vendor costs. Qualifications & Experience: Essential 1. Proven experience as a Project or Project Manager in complex, cross-functional transformations 2. Strong experience working on HR / Talent / People projects 3. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams and senior stakeholders 4. Strong governance, planning, and risk management capability 5. Demonstrates ability to deliver measurable business outcomes and benefits 6. Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills 7. Experience partnering, and working closely with, cross-functional teams (e.g., Technology, Data, HR/People, Governance, Comms), system integrators and technology vendors Highly Desirable 1. Experience with SAP SuccessFactors (particularly Talent Intelligence Hub and Career & Talent Development modules) 2. Experience in skills-based transformation or talent marketplace implementations 3. Strong understanding of skills-based organisations / talent marketplace / workforce transformation 4. Experience delivering global HR transformation projects 5. Experience driving post go-live adoption and value realisation for large-scale transformations. 6. Experience leading cultural and behavioural change, not just system or process change. 7. Track record of delivering at pace with measurable outcomes 8. Relevant professional qualifications (e.g., Project Management) are desirable. *If you are interested in this position, please do not hesitate to apply! Please note in the event of high volumes off applications, we are only able to respond to successful applications in the first instance.*