Senior Project Manager - Banking Technology Projects

About the role

An experienced Senior Project Manager is sought to lead end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-vendor technology projects within the banking environment, from initiation through production go-live, stabilization and handover to support.

Key responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, monitoring and closure of large or high-risk technology projects
• Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, resource plans, budgets and delivery baselines
• Manage dependencies across bank IT teams, third-party vendors and internal delivery teams
• Coordinate SIT, UAT, performance, security and regression testing and drive defect resolution
• Lead production cutovers, go/no-go decisions, hypercare and transition to support
• Run Steering Committee and Project Board meetings, reporting, dashboards and governance documentation
• Maintain RAID logs and manage risks, issues, dependencies and change requests
• Ensure compliance with banking regulations, security policies and governance requirements
• Manage budgets, forecasts, financial tracking, scope and commercial impacts
• Act as key delivery contact for business stakeholders, IT leadership and vendors
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across QA, development, BA, infrastructure and other technology functions
• Mentor Project Managers and PMO coordinators and contribute to PMO standards

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or a related field
• 8+ years of IT delivery experience, including 4+ years managing projects end-to-end
• Proven experience delivering at least two large or complex technology projects through production go-live
• PMP, CSM, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent certification
• Strong experience managing multi-vendor technology projects and third-party contracts
• Preferred: banking, financial services or regulated industry experience; core banking, digital channels, integration or infrastructure projects; client-facing IT services or consulting background; Finacle, Oracle or similar enterprise platforms

Required skills

• SIT, UAT, regression, performance and security testing
• Waterfall and Agile/hybrid delivery methodologies
• Stakeholder management, communication, governance and leadership

To apply, candidates should send their resume by email to the recruiter's careers address.