Senior IT Project Manager – Banking & Digital Transformation

Job Summary Lead and deliver large-scale IT projects in Banking/Financial Services, managing multi-vendor teams and budgets up to USD 20M+. Drive end-to-end project delivery, financial management, risk mitigation, and stakeholder engagement to ensure successful outcomes.

Responsibilities

Manage large-scale enterprise IT projects/programmes with budgets of USD 10 to 20M+ and multiple technology workstreams to achieve project goals. Lead end-to-end project delivery including requirements gathering, planning, budgeting, resource allocation, development, SIT, UAT, deployment, and production rollout.

Oversee 50+ technical resources and multi-vendor teams by conducting demand-supply planning, capacity management, and resource forecasting to optimize team performance.

Implement PMO governance by maintaining RAID logs, managing risks, issues, dependencies, mitigation plans, project controls, audit, and compliance activities.

Manage project financials through budget forecasting, burn rate monitoring, cost optimization, variance analysis, invoicing, and financial reporting to ensure fiscal discipline. Conduct vendor and commercial management including drafting and managing SOWs, SLAs, contracts, vendor negotiations, and procurement processes.

Apply strong knowledge of Banking IT security, risk management, regulatory compliance, and internal/external technology audits to maintain project integrity.

Utilize Agile and Waterfall methodologies with tools such as Jira/Kanban for sprint governance, project planning, and delivery tracking to ensure timely project execution.

Present project status, financials, risks, and delivery performance to Senior Management, Steering Committees, CIO/CTO-level stakeholders, and QBR forums to support informed decision-making.

Use MS Project, Jira, SharePoint/Confluence, and enterprise project/financial management tools like Clarity or equivalents to facilitate project tracking and reporting. Required competencies and certifications Bachelor’s Degre