Project Manager

Salary: £36,024 - £44,263
FTE: 1 (35 hours/week)
Term: Fixed Term (Until 31.03.25)
Closing Date: 16/04/2024

We are the University of Strathclyde. Our vision is innovative and groundbreaking, placing us amongst the world’s leading international technological universities. We are vibrant, dynamic and passionate about solving the challenges facing society and industry through our cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research, education and knowledge-exchange with both local and global partners.

Glasgow is a vibrant city where the FinTech sector is growing at an unprecedented rate. Many large financial firms have established their product development centres in Glasgow: JP Morgan, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Virgin Money, Tesco Bank and many more. With a highly skilled population and a growing tech start up scene, University of Strathclyde has prioritised the FinTech Cluster (one of six strategic clusters at the University of Strathclyde) as part of our plans to develop the next phase of the University’s Technology & Innovation Zone located within the Glasgow City Innovation District.

Through significant new investment from the UK Government’s Innovation Accelerator programme, a bid led by FinTech Scotland, in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde and the University of Glasgow, has received funding to establish a Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL). FRIL, a first for the UK, builds on the FinTech Scotland Fintech Research & Innovation Roadmap, highlighting the opportunity for more research and innovation in financial regulation. This initiative aligns itself with the UK Government Science and Technology Framework published in March 2023 to put the UK at the forefront of global science and technology. This will be a unique environment bringing together FinTech entrepreneurs, large UK and global financial services firms and technology enterprises, regulators, universities and third sector bodies to drive financial innovation in addressing financial regulation opportunities and challenges.

FRIL seeks to appoint an enthusiastic individual to join the team in the role of Project Manager. The Project Manager will be responsible for supporting and coordinating the work packages to ensure successful delivery of the project outcomes. Working collaboratively with FRIL’s governance, leadership and delivery teams, and more widely with key external stakeholders and partners, the Project Manager will play a pivotal role in driving the project forward. This will include aligning activities with the project's overarching aims, engaging with stakeholders, and ensuring timely progress. The tasks of the Project Manager will include the management of the strategic relationships as required and appropriate reporting during the duration of the project. The Project Manager will be expected to manage multiple deliverables at any one time across different work packages within the FRIL project. Indicative tasks include the creation and management of project plans and associated actions, budget profile and management, preparation of reports and governance board packs, and associated data gathering and analysis.

We are happy to discuss flexible working patterns. If you wish to discuss any aspect of the role, please contact Mark Cummins, Professor of Financial Technology (mark.cummins@strath.ac.uk).

Founded in 1948, the University of Strathclyde Business School is a pioneering, internationally renowned academic organisation that shapes and develops the business minds of tomorrow.

Strathclyde Business School is one of four faculties forming the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and its subject departments and specialist units collaborate to provide a varied programme of specialist and cross-disciplinary courses. We have established international centres in Greece, UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Singapore and Malaysia, where we offer degrees such as the Strathclyde MBA.

Strathclyde Business School has held triple accreditation from the three main business school accreditation bodies – AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB – since 2004 and we were the first business school in Scotland to achieve triple accreditation. We were also the first business school in Scotland to be awarded the Small Business Charter Award, which recognises our world-leading support for scaling Scottish firms through innovation, internationalisation and leadership.

Our departments and programmes also hold internationally recognised industry accreditations such as CIMA, ICAS, CMI and CIPD.

Formal interviews for this post will be held on 25/04/2024.

Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Mark Cummins, Professor of Financial Technology (mark.cummins@strath.ac.uk).