Senior IT Project Manager

Locations: Oslo, Norway
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days per week
Remote: 75%
Assignment Period: 21 September 2026 – 11 December 2026
Application Deadline: 1 October 2026

Assignment Description

Ready to lead a high-priority financial crime initiative across four countries? We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to support a major delivery involving new data integrations, scenario development, testing and activation.

The assignment focuses on the Finance Receivables stream through a dedicated Contextual Monitoring solution, bringing together business, risk, compliance and technology teams in a complex, regulated banking environment.

Responsibilities

- Lead delivery across multiple Transaction Monitoring workstreams.
- Translate business, financial crime and regulatory priorities into structured delivery roadmaps.
- Coordinate stakeholders across Risk, Compliance, Operations, Technology and related functions.
- Manage priorities by balancing model risk, regulatory commitments, validation outcomes, technical considerations and delivery capacity.
- Work closely with Capability Leads, Model Owners and SMEs to align development, validation, implementation and ongoing monitoring.
- Coordinate model validation activities and ensure findings, limitations and recommendations are properly followed up.
- Manage risks, issues, dependencies and remediation activities across the programme.
- Maintain oversight of the full model lifecycle, from implementation and approval through monitoring, change and periodic review.
- Communicate key risks, decisions, governance outcomes, priorities and required actions to stakeholders.
- Represent Transaction Monitoring initiatives in relevant governance and prioritisation forums.
- Track audit findings, regulatory commitments, risk acceptance actions and remediation through to closure.
- Use model performance, validation results and risk insights to identify opportunities for improved effectiveness and compliance.
- Maintain visibility of dependencies across Transaction Monitoring, data, technology, operations and wider Financial Crime capabilities.

Requirements

Must Have

- Proven Project or Programme Management experience within banking or financial services.
- Experience delivering cross-functional initiatives involving Risk, Compliance, Operations and Technology.
- Strong capabilities in governance, prioritisation and stakeholder management.
- Experience working in a regulated environment with regulatory or audit requirements.
- Strong ability to manage risks, dependencies, issues and remediation across multiple workstreams.
- Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills.
- Ability to turn complex business and regulatory requirements into clear delivery plans.
- Fluent English, both written and spoken.
- CV must be submitted in English.

Good to Have

- Experience in Financial Crime, AML or Transaction Monitoring.
- Knowledge of Quantexa.
- Experience with Transaction Monitoring models or solutions.

About Sperton

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