Project Manager, Operations Manager, Risk Manager​/Analyst

Fixed Term Contract Duration - 12 Months About the Business

Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to enable brighter financial futures for every generation. Quilter oversees £126.3 billion in customer investments (as of August 2025). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi‑asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments:
Affluent and High Net Worth. Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi‑asset investment solutions business. High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning – offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot has presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands.

At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve, including our colleagues. Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric.

So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us!

Level: 4

Department:
Group Technology Solutions

Location:

Southampton

Contract type:
Fixed Term Contract – 12 months

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead technology change initiatives within Group Technology Solutions. You will manage complex projects, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to the highest standards. The role is part of the team delivering a large regulatory programme.

• Deliver complex projects using best‑practice methodologies (Agile, Waterfall).
• Define project plans, budgets, and resource models.
• Manage risks, issues, and dependencies to ensure successful outcomes.
• Monitor progress against KPIs and take corrective action where needed.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and influence decision‑making.

• Supports the Change delivery portfolio plan within the defined business unit / function ensuring appropriate services and solutions are proposed, planned and delivered in alignment with the defined Portfolio outcomes.
• Utilises best practices to ensure Change projects are effectively defined, planned, resourced and delivered in alignment with the overall business unit / function requirements.
• Inputs and actively participates in the Community of Practice to shape improved or new ways of working in relation to Change delivery.
• Ensures project delivery is aligned to and delivered in accordance with Quilter policy and standards, and Community of Practice guidelines.
• Prioritises and manages capacity of the Project Delivery teams and sourced services to balance demand and efficiency and ensure the effective delivery of Change and Services.

• Leads Change projects for a specific business unit / function, working in partnership with key stakeholders to ensure delivery in line with agreed milestones, priorities, standards and budget.
• Defines project organisation structures and resourcing models and plans the project and approach, with consideration for the dependencies and constraints and in line with the agreed governance process, standards and reporting.
• Manages project delivery, defining deliverables and milestones, documenting interdependencies and managing relationships with stakeholders to resolve issues and develop solutions to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Prioritises and deploys internal or sourced resources to ensure Change solutions and services are delivered effectively.
• Coach and develop team members to enhance capability.
• Manages project risks and issues ensuring that they are impact‑assessed mitigated and escalated where appropriate.
• Manages and monitors the…