ETIC, Project Manager - Senior Manager

Responsibilities & Accountabilities 

1. Strategic Delivery Leadership 

• Direct the delivery of large-scale, multi-disciplinary technology and transformation programs across core banking, digital channels, payments, and regulatory domains. 

• Shape and manage project portfolios, ensuring alignment with business strategy, regulatory requirements, and enterprise risk appetite. 

• Oversee program planning, solution integration, and deployment strategies, balancing innovation with operational resilience. 

2. Governance & Executive Reporting 

• Establish and lead program-level governance frameworks, ensuring transparency across project status, risks, dependencies, and financials. 

• Present portfolio health, KPIs, and value realization to executive steering committees and senior leadership. 

• Leverage data-driven insights (e.g., Power BI, Jira, Azure DevOps) to monitor progress and inform decision-making. 

• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate delivery risks, escalating issues as needed to protect business value and reputation. 

3. Stakeholder Engagement & Change Management 

• Build trusted relationships with C-suite, business leaders, regulators, and external partners. 

• Drive organizational change, ensuring stakeholder alignment, effective communication, and adoption of new solutions. 

• Champion enterprise capability-building and continuous improvement initiatives. 

5. Team Leadership & Talent Development 

• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing project teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and innovation. 

• Support talent management, succession planning, and knowledge sharing across the PMO and delivery organization. 

6. Value Creation & Thought Leadership 

• Identify and drive opportunities for digital enablement, process optimization, and product innovation within financial services. 

• Contribute to business development, proposal creation, and market-facing thought leadership. 

Required Professional Experience 

• 12+ years of experience managing large-scale technology, transformation, or systems implementation projects, with at least 5 years in the financial services sector. 

• Proven track record delivering complex programs (e.g., core banking upgrades, digital transformation, regulatory change) in consulting, system integration, or enterprise IT environments. 

• Experience managing multi-vendor, multi-country, or cross-functional delivery teams. 

• Demonstrated ability to influence at the executive level and manage organizational change.