Senior Programme Manager – Retail Banking Transformation

DB Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

DB Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Programme Manager to lead a major Retail Banking transformation. The role requires programme-level leadership across business and technology, aligning objectives with delivery partners and senior stakeholders.

The position involves governance, risk management and coordination across multiple workstreams, as part of a complex banking platform implementation. This is a 6-month contract, hybrid in Dublin with a high daily rate.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as Senior Programme Manager / Programme Director in Retail Banking or Financial Services.
• Experience across both business and technology environments.
• Experience with banking platform implementations, migration and systems integration.
• Strong programme governance and senior stakeholder management.
• Experience managing multiple workstreams, delivery partners and complex dependencies.
• Proven ability to operate with executive and C-suite stakeholders.
• Structured, delivery-focused approach bringing pace to complex programmes.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior programme leadership across a complex Retail Banking transformation.
• Establish and maintain alignment between programme objectives, workstreams, delivery partners and executive stakeholders.
• Lead programme governance with reporting, decision-making and escalation processes.
• Coordinate delivery across multiple business and technology workstreams.
• Drive the implementation of a new banking platform, including migration and integration activity.
• Oversee dependencies, risks, issues and interdependencies across the programme.
• Work closely with technology, operations, business change and external delivery partners to maintain delivery momentum.
• Provide clear and transparent reporting to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Identify delivery risks and blockers early and drive mitigation and resolution.
• Ensure programme milestones, deliverables and outcomes remain aligned with agreed objectives.
• Bring structure and pace to a complex and evolving transformation environment.
• Support effective business change and organisational readiness throughout the transformation.
• Manage relationships with senior stakeholders, delivery partners and programme leadership.
• Ensure effective communication across programme workstreams and wider business stakeholders.

Job description

DB Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Programme Manager to lead a major Retail Banking transformation. The role requires programme-level leadership across business and technology, aligning objectives with delivery partners and senior stakeholders.

The position involves governance, risk management and coordination across multiple workstreams, as part of a complex banking platform implementation. This is a 6-month contract, hybrid in Dublin with a high daily rate.