Senior Project Manager, Professional Services

About the role
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager, Professional Services to join us in Bengaluru. This role sits within our Professional Services team and will lead the delivery of client and internal projects across EquiLend’s global business. You will take ownership of project planning, governance, stakeholder communication, risk management and delivery execution across complex cross-functional work.

You will partner with technology, operations, product, business and client-facing teams to ensure projects are well planned, clearly tracked and delivered in line with agreed timelines. This role is suited to someone who can manage ambiguity, bring structure to complex delivery activity and communicate confidently with internal and client stakeholders. 

What you’ll do 

• Lead the planning, coordination and delivery of client and internal projects, ensuring milestones, actions and deliverables are tracked through to completion.  
• Own project governance across assigned projects, including status meetings, stakeholder updates, decision tracking and project review forums.  
• Build and maintain project plans, trackers, dashboards, status reports and governance materials that give stakeholders clear visibility of progress, risks, issues and dependencies.  
• Manage project timelines, deliverables, risks and issues proactively, escalating concerns early and driving practical resolution.  
• Partner with technology, operations, product, business and client-facing teams to align delivery activity, clarify ownership and remove blockers.  
• Manage stakeholder expectations across internal teams and external clients through clear, structured and timely communication.  
• Lead project status meetings, governance calls and client updates where required, ensuring actions and decisions are clearly captured and followed through.  
• Coordinate release planning and execution activity, ensuring readiness, communication and implementation steps are clearly understood.  
• Prepare reports and presentations for internal leadership, client stakeholders and project governance forums.  
• Support adherence to PMO delivery frameworks, project standards and governance requirements throughout the project lifecycle.  
• Identify delivery risks, dependencies and process gaps across projects, recommending improvements to strengthen consistency and control.  
• Help increase local delivery capability in India by supporting India-based and global project activity.  

What we’re looking for 

• 7+ years’ experience in project management, software delivery, PMO delivery or a comparable role, ideally within fintech, financial services technology, capital markets or a commercial technology environment.  
• Proven experience managing projects independently, including planning, governance, stakeholder communication, risk management and delivery tracking.  
• Strong knowledge of project planning, milestone management, governance, risk management, issue management and dependency management.  
• Experience working across cross-functional teams including technology, operations, product, business and client-facing groups.  
• Confidence managing external client stakeholders, including providing project updates, managing expectations and addressing delivery concerns.  
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, with the ability to produce clear project trackers, reports, dashboards and presentation materials.  
• Working knowledge of project reporting, dashboarding or data visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau or similar platforms would be beneficial.  
• Experience supporting or coordinating release planning, implementation readiness or production delivery activity.  
• Ability to identify delivery risks and dependencies early, assess impact and drive practical mitigation plans.  
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain project status, risks and decisions to technical, non-technical, client and leadership audiences.  
• Strong organisational judgement, with the ability to manage multiple projects, priorities and stakeholder groups in parallel.  
• Familiarity with investment banking, securities lending, capital markets or financial technology is preferred.  

Why EquiLend? 

• Be recognised for your contribution through a discretionary annual cash bonus, linked to individual and company performance.  
• Work flexibly with up to 100 remote working days per calendar year.  
• Take time to recharge with generous annual leave, plus public holidays.  
• Access comprehensive health insurance for you and your dependents from your first day.  
• Receive personal accident insurance from the start of your employment.  
• Connect with colleagues at an annual company-sponsored team retreat, hosted at a new location each year.  
• If relocating from more than 40 miles away, receive hotel accommodation and travel ticket reimbursement.