Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

• Delivery & Execution

  • Own end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent initiatives across the project lifecycle: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.

  • Ensure delivery commitments are met within approved scope, timelines, and budgets.

  • Drive delivery predictability through clear plans, dependency management, and proactive risk mitigation.

  • Ensure quality of deliverables and adherence to enterprise delivery standards and governance.

  Stakeholder & Business Management

  • Act as primary delivery interface for senior business stakeholders and sponsors.

  • Translate business objectives into executable delivery plans and measurable outcomes.

  • Provide regular, concise, and transparent status updates covering progress, risks, issues, and mitigations.

  • Manage expectations and resolve delivery conflicts pragmatically and professionally.

  Agile & Team Leadership

  • Facilitate Agile or hybrid delivery models (Scrum / SAFe / Kanban as applicable).

  • Enable high-performing, cross-functional teams including engineering, architecture, QA, security, and operations.

  • Remove delivery impediments and enable teams to focus on execution.

  • Coach teams on Agile discipline, delivery hygiene, and continuous improvement.

  Financial & Vendor Management

  • Own delivery budgets including forecasting, burn tracking, and cost optimization.

  • Manage third-party vendors and system integrators, including onboarding, performance management, and commercial adherence.

  • Ensure vendor deliverables align with contractual commitments and internal expectations.

  Risk, Governance & Compliance

  • Identify, track, and mitigate delivery risks, dependencies, and assumptions.

  • Ensure compliance with internal governance, security, regulatory, and audit requirements.

  • Maintain complete and current project documentation across all delivery stages.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Required Experience & Skills

  • 8–15+ years of overall IT experience, with 5+ years in delivery / project / program management.

  • Proven experience delivering large-scale enterprise initiatives, preferably within Banking or Financial Services.

  • Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and hybrid execution models.

  • Demonstrated experience managing scope, time, cost, risks, and stakeholders.

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage credibly at senior management level.

  • Strong problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making capabilities.

  • Experience handling multiple projects or workstreams in parallel.

  
  
  

  Preferred / Nice-to-Have

  • Experience delivering AI, data, digital, or automation programs.

  • Exposure to cloud platforms, APIs, and modern enterprise architectures.

  • Certifications such as PMP, SAFe, Scrum Master, or equivalent.

  • Experience working in regulated environments (risk, compliance, audit).

  
  

  Behavioural Expectations

  • Strong ownership mindset with bias for action.

  • Calm and structured under pressure, especially in senior stakeholder forums.

  • Fact-based, outcome-oriented communication style.

  • Collaborative leadership across business, IT, and vendor teams.