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About the Role

This fixed-term contract role will lead and oversee technology projects, ensuring timely, in-scope, and within-budget delivery. The position manages the full project lifecycle, requiring strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

Define and agree project objectives and deliverables.
Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, including timelines and milestones.
Identify resource requirements and engage teams and vendors to fulfil project deliverables, identifying and escalating gaps.
Coordinate and lead cross-functional project teams, ensuring clear communication and collaboration between internal stakeholders.
Monitor project progress, proactively identifying and addressing risks, issues, dependencies and deviations from the project plan.
Ensure revisions to project objectives, deliverables and plans are reviewed and approved.
Manage project budgets, track expenditure and report on financial performance.
Engage and manage stakeholders, including external vendors, at all levels, providing regular updates and facilitating decision-making.
Ensure projects adhere to the Foundation’s policies, quality standards and regulatory requirements.
Work closely with the Foundation’s Project Management Office (PMO), adopting its methodologies and ways of working.
Organise and chair project meetings, workshops and steering group sessions.
Prepare and present project status reports to leadership and stakeholders at all levels.
Design, coordinate and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including developing test scripts, recording results and providing clear, actionable insights to inform go/no-go decisions.
Ensure unit and integration testing is carried out thoroughly, with timely resolution of defects and stakeholder sign-off.
Oversee change management activities, including communications, training and post-implementation support documentation.
Champion continuous improvement and lessons learned throughout the project lifecycle.

Requirements

Proven experience managing technology initiatives and implementing technology solutions, including complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
Experience managing system implementation projects, preferably in a similar industry or environment.
Experience managing technology vendor relationships.
Experience managing technology change and supporting or leading organisational change initiatives, with a strong understanding of change management frameworks and best practices.
Strong understanding of project management methodologies and frameworks, such as PRINCE2, Agile and those established by PMI.
Experience working closely with internal governance and oversight groups, such as a PMO.
Experience designing, managing or overseeing UAT cycles, including documenting test cases and reporting outcomes.

Skills

Exceptional project management skills, with the ability to coordinate complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
Excellent organisational, time management and prioritisation skills, with a keen eye for detail and a commitment to quality outcomes.
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information to technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong team ethic; able to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Strong influencing and relationship-building skills across functions and organisational levels, including stakeholder engagement, negotiation and conflict resolution.
Ability to adapt quickly to shifting priorities and evolving business needs.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a creative and proactive approach to making progress through complexity and uncertainty.

Location

London (Hybrid)

Work Type

Five-month full-time fixed-term contract
Hybrid

Experience Level

Immediate start required

Education Level

A professional project management certification would be desirable.

Benefits

rewarding work that serves the public interest
engagement with diverse international experts
inclusive and collaborative teams
intellectually challenging projects
flexible working arrangements
numerous areas of specialisation
opportunities for professional growth and development

About the Company

At the IFRS Foundation, we believe better information leads to better decisions. We set financial reporting standards that enable companies to meet the evolving information needs of the global capital markets. United by our purpose to foster trust, growth and long-term financial stability in the global economy, we engage in challenging, meaningful work every day—across all our areas of expertise.
Diversity and inclusion are seen as key strengths of our organisation. These qualities are essential for us to engage with and meet the needs of our varied global stakeholders, and they are part of what makes the IFRS Foundation a great place to work.