Project Manager - Retail Banking Domain

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager with a strong background in retail banking and digital transformation projects. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of managing large-scale, multi-stream programs within global banks, driving end-to-end project delivery, and ensuring alignment with business, technology, and compliance objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead and deliver complex, multi-workstream projects in the retail banking domain, covering business, technology, and regulatory areas.

- Drive end-to-end project lifecycle management including planning, execution, monitoring, risk management, reporting, and governance.

- Collaborate with senior stakeholders across geographies to align project objectives and resolve escalations.

- Manage Agile transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with Agile ways of working and effective collaboration across teams.

- Oversee program resources, budgets, risks, and benefits realization to ensure delivery within scope, cost, and timelines.

- Conduct change impact assessments and implement structured change management practices to minimize disruption.

- Ensure strong project reporting, dashboards, and executive communication for decision-making.

Required Skills & Experience:

- 7+ years of project management experience with at least 34 years in retail banking digital transformation projects (not operations).

- Proven experience in managing large, global projects/programs within Tier-1 or global banks.

- Strong expertise in Agile methodologies, program governance, and stakeholder engagement.

- Demonstrated ability to manage 810 workstreams simultaneously across technology and business functions.

- Excellent planning, tracking, risk & issue management, cost/benefit management, reporting, and resourcing skills.

- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and articulation skills to influence stakeholders.

- Experience in transformation projects (technology + business change), not limited to IT delivery or operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

- PMP or Prince2 certification (preferred, not mandatory).

- Exposure to digital banking, customer experience platforms, and large-scale technology modernization.