Strategic Data Quality Programme Lead - Banking

Delta Capita; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Delta Capita is seeking an experienced Senior Programme Manager to lead a strategic Data Quality & Transformation Programme for a Tier 1 Investment Bank in Canary Wharf, London.

You will establish governance, align senior stakeholders, and deliver a clear remediation roadmap to improve client reference data quality across Front Office domains.

This high-profile role requires deep data, transformation and banking experience, with strong stakeholder management and delivery discipline.

Qualifications

• Extensive programme or project management experience within financial services.
• Strong Front Office experience, ideally across Fixed Income, Credit, Rates or FX.
• Proven track record delivering data quality, data governance, reference data or data transformation programmes.
• Experience establishing programme governance and managing delivery across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
• Demonstrated success driving business process change within complex organisations.
• Ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders at Director and Managing Director level.
• Strong understanding of the relationship between business processes, data and technology.
• Experience working with data platforms or supporting AI/data readiness initiatives would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assess and document the current state of client reference data quality issues.
• Drive adoption of data management best practices across Front Office business areas.
• Establish programme governance, including RAID management, reporting, steering committees and stakeholder forums.
• Define programme scope, structure and delivery approach.
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders across Front Office, Operations and Technology functions.
• Drive prioritisation and sequencing of remediation workstreams.
• Identify opportunities for business process improvement and lead associated change initiatives.
• Coordinate and manage analyst resources across the programme.
• Support wider data readiness activities, including AI-related initiatives.
• Provide regular programme updates and reporting to senior leadership.

Skills

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Data transformation

Front Office experience

Investment banking

Data governance

Job description

Delta Capita is seeking an experienced Senior Programme Manager to lead a strategic Data Quality & Transformation Programme for a Tier 1 Investment Bank in Canary Wharf, London.

You will establish governance, align senior stakeholders, and deliver a clear remediation roadmap to improve client reference data quality across Front Office domains.

This high-profile role requires deep data, transformation and banking experience, with strong stakeholder management and delivery discipline.