WE ARE

At Adaptive, we are a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We value differentiation through technology. Our experienced teams design and deliver complex front-office technology solutions using our proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage.

Our clients include the world’s leading investment banks, investment managers, fintechs and capital market service providers. With a global reach with offices in Manila, London, New York, Barcelona and Montreal, we have a proven track record delivering powerful, elegant and intuitive trading technology solutions.

We are now looking for a Project Manager to join our London team on a new exciting project !

If you feel like this is you, you might be a perfect fit for this role!

YOU ARE

Credible and trusted by clients, with a strong consulting presence.
Confident to reason, debate and push back when needed, advocating for and protecting your team.
A senior delivery professional with a strong background in software delivery and software service delivery.
Highly experienced in Agile, including the end-to-end Agile delivery process, and confident challenging it where it isn’t working.
Skilled in creating and maintaining clear documentation, including setting up wikis for highly bespoke software.

AS A PM YOU WILL ENSURE THAT

Adaptive’s standard PM practices are combined with the programme-level planning, governance and release discipline used across the Accelerator teams.
Productisation and client delivery move forward together, with the roadmap turned into executable plans.
The team has a clear, prioritised plan covering product roadmap, client commitments, releases and dependencies.
Engineering, BA, QA, SRE, Product, Consulting and Client Delivery understand their responsibilities and can work without avoidable blockers.
Stakeholders receive accurate, timely information on progress, risk, scope, cost and decisions.
Releases are planned, tested, documented and communicated with clear go/no-go ownership.
Product and client feedback is converted into structured backlog items, roadmap decisions and reusable product knowledge.
Adaptive can forecast delivery capacity, revenue, margin and risk with confidence.

YOU WILL

Manage the project

Own and maintain an integrated delivery plan and prioritised backlog connecting product outcomes, client milestones, resourcing, and dependencies.
Proactively identify, track, and mitigate cross-team dependencies and RAID items across technical, operational, and commercial domains.
Provide regular status reporting, burndown tracking, and actionable options to address slippage or scope changes.
Manage the sprint and release cadence, overseeing scope cut-offs, go/no-go readiness, non-functional requirements, and support handover.
Protect product quality and release confidence by ensuring thorough testing, operational readiness, and transparent blocker triage.

Manage a team

Coordinate distributed teams and regional leads, address capacity or capability gaps, and support onboarding.
Drive continuous improvement via retrospectives, servant leadership, and resolving recurring challenges.
Empower team decision-making while expanding domain, delivery, and product expertise.
Foster a collaborative, psychologically safe environment across regions, roles, and workflows.
Drive cross-functional alignment across Engineering, QA, BA, SRE, Product, and Client Delivery while ensuring accountability.

Manage people

Hold routine 1:1s to discuss feedback, well-being, growth, and performance alignment.
Set clear goals and standards, monitor progress, and provide timely guidance.
Recognise high impact and provide objective input for performance, promotion, and compensation reviews.
Resolve performance issues or friction fairly, escalating to People Ops or leadership when necessary.

Manage resourcing

Establish risk mitigation strategies and succession plans for key roles, governance, and client relationships.

Manage client & stakeholders

Lead client delivery governance, maintaining transparent records of scope, decisions, assumptions, and contractual commitments.