Join us as a Programme Manager

• This is an opportunity to put your technical skills to the test in an exciting new career challenge as you lead a strategic portfolio of technology programmes
• You'll have overall accountability for programme plans, controls, resource plans and progress reporting, keeping a constant focus and challenge on delivering customer value
• Joining a fast paced and forward thinking environment, you'll benefit from valuable stakeholder exposure, and will gain great recognition for you and your work
• We're offering this role at director level

What you'll do

In your new role, you'll be accountable for our technology programme and project lifecycles to deliver sustainable business and customer outcomes, while ensuring all governance, risk, finances and resources are managed effectively across a range of delivery methodologies. You'll prepare a financial business case for the technology programme with a clear line of sight to customer value being delivered in accordance with the technology investment portfolio and funding requirements.

You'll drive the focus on delivering customer value by following the defined programme as directed by senior managers, including the preferred technology methodology in partnership with various stakeholders, while making sure they follow the appropriate objectives, structure and scope.

You'll also:

• Work with various teams and the relevant centres of excellence, to ensure the appropriate resources, with the right skills and capabilities to deliver customer value, are assigned to deliver the programme
• Build, manage and maintain a positive working relationship with senior stakeholders across multiple franchises and functions, influencing decision making in line with business objectives
• Understand the impacts other programmes or domain backlogs may have and manage the dependencies

The skills you'll need

You'll need knowledge and experience of programme and portfolio management theories, models and practices, such as mandatory, regulatory and scaled Agile and DevOps environments. The role drives execution of regulatory, strategic, and operational payment programmes, ensuring compliance, stakeholder alignment, timely delivery, and realization of business benefits.

You'll also need:

• An appropriate programme management qualification
• Experience of at least 12 years in planning, managing, and delivering SEPA and ISO 20022 payment transformation initiatives across business and technology functions
• Strong experience in SEPA Payments, ISO 20022 migration, Payment Operations, Technology Delivery, and Programme Governance, along with the ability to coordinate multiple teams across Business, Operations, Technology, Architecture, Testing, and Production Support
• To be a very capable communicator with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly, with good collaboration and stakeholder management skills

Hours
45

Job Posting Closing Date:
22/07/2026