Senior IT Project Manager – Corporate Banking
Description
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager with 12–15 years of experience in managing and delivering large-scale technology and transformation projects within the Corporate Banking domain. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in end-to-end project management, stakeholder engagement, project governance, risk management, and delivery of complex banking technology initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage end-to-end project delivery for Corporate Banking technology and business transformation initiatives, from project initiation through implementation and closure.
- Manage projects across Corporate Banking domains, including Cash Management, Trade Finance, Payments, Corporate Lending, Treasury, and Transaction Banking.
- Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, milestones, resource plans, and budgets.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, technology teams, operations, compliance, risk management, and external vendors to ensure successful project execution.
- Drive project governance, steering committee meetings, status reporting, and executive-level presentations.
- Manage project budgets, resource allocation, delivery schedules, and vendor performance.
- Oversee requirements gathering, functional specifications, solution design, development, system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), and production implementation.
- Ensure projects comply with banking policies, regulatory standards, information security requirements, and internal governance frameworks.
- Manage project escalations and ensure timely resolution of delivery challenges.
Requirements
- 12–15 years of overall IT experience, with substantial experience in project management and delivery.
- Proven experience managing end-to-end projects within the Corporate Banking or Transaction Banking domain.
- Strong understanding of Corporate Banking products and processes, such as Cash Management, Trade Finance, Payments, Corporate Lending, and Treasury.
- Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale banking technology transformation and system implementation projects.
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery models.
- Experience managing project budgets, timelines, resources, risks, dependencies, and vendor relationships.
- Good understanding of banking regulatory, compliance, risk management, and governance requirements.
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or other recognized project management certifications would be an advantage.