Delivery Lead - Banking Transformation

Handelsbanken; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in London is seeking a Delivery Lead for Banking Transformation. The role involves optimizing service delivery, managing product roadmaps, and ensuring effective collaboration across teams. Ideal candidates will have experience in significant change programmes and strong communication skills. Join us in shaping the future of banking.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Income protection

Life assurance

Market-leading pension contribution of 15%

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering significant change programmes using agile methods.
• Hands-on experience in modernisation programmes involving legacy migration.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to support effective delivery of value.
• Manage product roadmap delivery including finances and resources.
• Ensure adherence to governance and controls.

Skills

C-Suite level communication skills

Proactive mindset

Stakeholder management

Job description

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• Work alongside the Head of Digital Product and Technical Lead to achieve the goals above and optimise the delivery of secure, scalable, effective services
• Ensure the vision is translated into tasks the delivery teams can achieve that add iterative value
• Organise delivery of the product roadmap including managing finances and resource profiles
• Workstream planning and alignment, as well as risk, issue and dependency management
• Manage adherence to change governance and controls, including identification and management of risks and dependencies
• Collaborate with all relevant stakeholders across the Bank to support effective delivery of value and reduction of IT risk
• Maintain a strategic view of the roadmap within the transition state / modernisation and transformation strategy
• Responsible for adherence to the Bank's controls and governance
• Promote transparency and collaboration within the relevant delivery teams, across other modernisation delivery teams, and across the Bank
  
  

Job Introduction

Main Responsibilities

• Work alongside the Head of Digital Product and Technical Lead to achieve the goals above and optimise the delivery of secure, scalable, effective services
• Ensure the vision is translated into tasks the delivery teams can achieve that add iterative value
• Organise delivery of the product roadmap including managing finances and resource profiles
• Workstream planning and alignment, as well as risk, issue and dependency management
• Manage adherence to change governance and controls, including identification and management of risks and dependencies
• Collaborate with all relevant stakeholders across the Bank to support effective delivery of value and reduction of IT risk
• Maintain a strategic view of the roadmap within the transition state / modernisation and transformation strategy
• Responsible for adherence to the Bank's controls and governance
• Promote transparency and collaboration within the relevant delivery teams, across other modernisation delivery teams, and across the Bank
  
  

Ideal Candidate

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• C-Suite level communication skills, articulating benefits and issues to non-technical executive audiences
• Able to engage with technical owners on technical matters, and product owners on product matters
• A track record of successfully delivering significant change programme or portfolios using both traditional (waterfall) and agile delivery methods
• “Real world” hands-on experience
• Modernisation programmes that involve migration from legacy platforms, particularly in areas such as Payments or other Core Banking processes
• Providing leadership and management for teams involved in the delivery of change
• Designing and implementing programme level control environments
• A proactive mindset and approach, able and willing to engage in change initiatives to resolve and mitigate issues
• Ability to build positive and effective “influencing” relationships with stakeholders at all levels
  
  

Company Information

Handelsbanken is a relationship bank with a decentralised way of working, a strong local presence thanks to a nationwide network of branches, and a long-term approach to customer relations. Each Handelsbanken branch operates as a local business enabling it to make decisions at a local level and provide a bespoke service. The focus is always on the need of the individual customer and not on the sale of specific products.

We are embarking on an exciting Business Transformation journey. This transformation will significantly enhance our technology system systems, processes and services, bringing evolution to our ways of working. Join us in this transformative journey, where your dedication, adaptability and commitment will play a crucial role in shaping the future of banking for our valued customers.

The Bank is deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice into all of our activities. This is so that we are an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work that encourages everyone to apply, regardless of socio-economic background, age, disability, pregnancy and/or parental status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), veteran status, marital and civil partnership status, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.

Check our Handelsbanken website for further information

At Handelsbanken, we deeply value our unique culture and values including trust in and respect for each individual. We take pride in nurturing a work environment where people flourish, and where they are empowered to take decisions in their areas of expertise. We take a long term perspective in everything we do and want each employee who joins us to build a long terms successful career with the Bank.

What is in it for you?

• We have a wide range of learning and development available, empowering and enabling our colleagues to take ownership of their own development.
• Competitive Salary and an extensive range of benefits is provided, including private medical insurance, income protection and life assurance
• A market-leading pension contribution of 15% paid by the bank, which can be invested in a wide range of funds (including ESG and Shariah funds)
  
  

Application next steps

Your journey with us begins once you have submitted your application. One of our Handelsbanken recruiters will be reviewing your details and will later organise a phone conversation if you match the role requirements. If there is a mutual fit, we will extend an invitation for you to participate in an interview.

There will be a 2-stage interview process with a mix of virtual and face-to-face competency based sessions.

How can we support you to be your best self? Our Talent Acquisition team will be happy to provide support e.g. if you need additional time to prepare for an interview or you have any requirements for any part of the interview/hiring process – just let us know by email [e-mail] .

This advert will be live for a minimum of two weeks. However, please note that after the two weeks, the closing date could change at any time depending on the number of responses received.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Banking

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