Programme Delivery & GTM Lead

Virtusa; Dubai; On-site; AED 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa Corporation seeks an accomplished leader to drive large-scale transformation programmes, predominantly in digital banking, customer journeys, and platform modernisation. You will own end-to-end delivery, budgets, timelines, and governance across multiple squads and vendors.

The role requires extensive experience in go-to-market launches, stakeholder engagement, and adoption metrics, with a track record of delivering business value in complex financial services environments.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of experience leading large-scale transformation programmes, ideally in banking or financial services.
• Proven track record of multi-year, multi-squad delivery with vendors and stakeholders.
• Experience owning end-to-end delivery across scope, time, budget, quality and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Experience delivering digital banking products, journeys, platforms, or major change initiatives with adoption and value realisation.
• Experience in programme governance, reporting through SteerCos, executive forums, and board committees.
• Experience managing external vendors and delivery partners with commercial performance and governance.

Skills

Programme leadership

Cross-functional delivery

Agile delivery at scale

Go-to-market strategy

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Tech/Engineering/Finance

MBA or equivalent

Tools

PMP/PRINCE2/SAFe/MSP

Job description

Job Requirements

• 10–15 years of experience leading large-scale transformation programmes, digital banking initiatives, product launches, or strategic change portfolios, ideally within banking or financial services.
• Proven track record of leading complex, multi-year programmes involving multiple squads, vendors, delivery partners, and cross-functional stakeholders from inception through successful launch and adoption.
• Demonstrated experience owning end-to-end delivery across scope, timeline, budget, quality, operational readiness, and business outcomes within large transformation environments.
• Strong experience delivering and launching digital products, customer journeys, propositions, platforms, or major change initiatives, with accountability for adoption and value realisation.
• Extensive experience in programme financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, cost control, business case management, benefits tracking, and executive-level financial reporting.
• Deep expertise in programme governance, delivery assurance, launch governance, and structured reporting through SteerCos, executive forums, board committees, and RAID/RAAIDD management frameworks.
• Proven experience developing and executing go-to-market strategies for major product, proposition, platform, or transformation launches, including operational readiness, stakeholder engagement, and launch performance monitoring.
• Experience managing external vendors and delivery partners, including commercial performance, contract governance, delivery accountability, and value realisation.
• Strong background in Agile delivery at scale, coordinating across multiple squads, business functions, and delivery teams while driving execution discipline and delivery predictability.
• Experience within Business Banking, Digital Banking, Payments, Lending, Customer Onboarding, Customer Servicing, or large-scale platform modernisation programmes would be highly advantageous.
• Bachelor & Degree in Business, Technology, Engineering, Finance, or a related discipline required.
• MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification preferred.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, SAFe, MSP, or equivalent programme and delivery management qualifications preferred.
• Formal training or experience in Product Management, Go-to-Market Strategy, Change Management, or Digital Transformation delivery would be advantageous.

Work Experience

7-10Years