Banking Transformation Project Lead

Capco; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Capco is a global business and technology consultancy focused on the financial services industry, delivering transformation across finance, risk & compliance, regulatory change, and technology. The role of Project Manager involves end-to-end leadership of complex programmes with client stakeholders and Capco leadership.

You will own planning, governance, and benefits realization, guiding multi-disciplinary, distributed teams in a fast-paced, regulated environment while ensuring delivery

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing projects in banking or financial services environments.
• Proven track record delivering complex transformation projects in regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of the end‑to‑end project lifecycle and best‑practice delivery methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multi‑disciplinary teams and manage senior stakeholders with conflicting priorities.
• Confident communicator, able to translate between business, risk, and technology perspectives.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and structure projects, securing formal authorization to proceed and defining clear scope, objectives, and delivery approach.
• Engage proactively with Project Sponsors, Steering Committees, and senior stakeholders, ensuring alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Establish and maintain robust governance, ensuring adherence to Capco’s Global Change Delivery and Business Transformation frameworks.
• Develop integrated project plans covering scope, requirements, milestones, dependencies, resources, budgets, and quality standards.
• Proactively manage delivery constraints, identifying risks, issues, and dependencies, and intervening early to prevent slippage.
• Own and resolve critical risks and issues; escalations with solution‑oriented recommendations where required.
• Plan and manage business change activities to ensure a smooth transition from current to target state.
• Ensure stakeholders are ready, willing, and able to operate effectively in the new business environment.
• Monitor benefit realization and take corrective actions to protect intended outcomes.
• Develop and manage detailed project budgets, tracking variances and taking corrective action as needed.
• Support the development of business cases, including investment rationale, benefits, and financial impact.
• Provide timely, accurate reporting on project status, risks, issues, and performance.
• Build strong, trusted relationships with clients, delivery partners, and internal teams.
• Lead and motivate multi‑disciplinary, geographically distributed teams, setting clear pace and operating rhythm.
• Promote a high‑performance culture, leading by example and removing barriers to delivery success.
• Maintain effective change control and ensure all baseline changes are formally governed.
• Take accountability for delivery quality, identifying opportunities to improve execution and reduce risk.
• Ensure teams consistently follow quality assurance processes and delivery standards.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk & issue management

Governance

Communication

Job description

Capco is a global business and technology consultancy focused on the financial services industry, delivering transformation across finance, risk & compliance, regulatory change, and technology. The role of Project Manager involves end-to-end leadership of complex programmes with client stakeholders and Capco leadership.

You will own planning, governance, and benefits realization, guiding multi-disciplinary, distributed teams in a fast-paced, regulated environment while ensuring delivery