FDM Group·1 month ago
1 month ago
Implementation Manager- London
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What you'll do
- Lead the end-to-end implementation and migration strategy for a Corporate Actions SaaS platform, including planning, execution, cutover, and post-go-live support.
- Manage project governance, stakeholder communications, RAID logs, status reporting, and executive updates throughout the programme lifecycle.
- Coordinate UAT activities, including test planning, defect triage, issue resolution, business readiness, and stakeholder sign-off.
- Oversee data migration activities, including data mapping, reconciliation, validation, and operational readiness planning.
- Collaborate with Product, Technology, Operations, and Business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery and adoption of the target solution.
- Lead and mentor implementation teams, ensuring delivery milestones, quality standards, and programme objectives are achieved.
What they're looking for
- Minimum of 5+ years' experience delivering SaaS implementations within Capital Markets, Wealth Management, Asset Management, or Financial Services.
- Proven experience leading Corporate Actions implementations, migrations, onboarding programmes, or platform transformations.
- Strong experience managing UAT planning, defect triage, issue resolution, testing coordination, and business readiness activities.
- Advanced stakeholder management skills with experience producing governance reporting, implementation updates, RAID management, and executive communications.
- Strong SQL skills with the ability to perform data analysis, migration validation, reconciliation, root cause analysis, and reporting.
- Experience developing and executing migration strategies, including cutover planning, data mapping, operational readiness, and team leadership across complex implementation programmes.
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About The Role
FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking an Implementation Manager to work for our client within the Capital Markets & Wealth Management sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in London.
Our client is seeking an experienced Implementation Manager to lead the delivery of a strategic SaaS transformation programme focused on Corporate Actions operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving implementation and migration activities, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing stakeholders, overseeing UAT activities, and ensuring successful adoption of the target platform. This role requires a strong blend of Capital Markets domain knowledge, programme delivery experience, and technical capability, particularly in data analysis and migration validation. SQL and data reconciliation experience are highly desirable.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the end-to-end implementation and migration strategy for a Corporate Actions SaaS platform, including planning, execution, cutover, and post-go-live support.
- Manage project governance, stakeholder communications, RAID logs, status reporting, and executive updates throughout the programme lifecycle.
- Coordinate UAT activities, including test planning, defect triage, issue resolution, business readiness, and stakeholder sign-off.
- Oversee data migration activities, including data mapping, reconciliation, validation, and operational readiness planning.
- Collaborate with Product, Technology, Operations, and Business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery and adoption of the target solution.
- Lead and mentor implementation teams, ensuring delivery milestones, quality standards, and programme objectives are achieved.
About You
- Minimum of 5+ years' experience delivering SaaS implementations within Capital Markets, Wealth Management, Asset Management, or Financial Services.• Proven experience leading
- Corporate Actions implementations, migrations, onboarding programmes, or platform transformations.
- Strong experience managing UAT planning, defect triage, issue resolution, testing coordination, and business readiness activities.
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Advanced stakeholder management skills with experience producing governance reporting, implementation updates, RAID management, and executive communications.
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Strong SQL skills with the ability to perform data analysis, migration validation, reconciliation, root cause analysis, and reporting.
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Experience developing and executing migration strategies, including cutover planning, data mapping, operational readiness, and team leadership across complex implementation programmes
About Us
FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK ‘Best Employer’.
Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity and Inclusion
FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
Why join us
- Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
- Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
- Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
- Annual leave and work-place pension
Company
FDM Group
London, United Kingdom
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