Senior Banking Transformation Project Manager

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

Job summary

Maybank is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead strategic banking transformation programs. You will define scope and requirements with business and IT, drive governance across senior stakeholders, and manage risks and vendor performance.

Responsibilities include coordinating cross-functional teams, overseeing data and application migrations, and ensuring regulatory and security compliance. The role emphasizes executive reporting and a strong delivery mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline required; a Master's adds advantage.
• Senior-level project management background with leadership in large banking or payment transformation programs preferred.
• Experience delivering programs involving major card schemes (Visa, Mastercard, AmEx, UnionPay, JCB or domestic networks).
• Strong understanding of card issuing, acquiring, switching, authorization, settlement and reconciliation.
• Experience governance of programs via Steering Committees, Change Control Boards and exec communications.
• Solid knowledge of PM methodologies, incl. Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid delivery models.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and reporting skills for senior management.
• Proficiency in MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Jira for planning, tracking and exec presentations.
• Self-motivated team player able to handle multiple priorities with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope, objectives and business requirements with Business, IT and vendors.
• Lead stakeholder engagement across senior management and external partners; ensure governance and alignment.
• Identify, assess and manage risks, issues and dependencies with mitigation plans.
• Monitor execution against plans; resolve issues and manage changes to meet delivery goals.
• Govern vendor delivery and performance against contracts, milestones and SLAs.
• Ensure successful integration of Regional Cards Platform with internal/external systems.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including PO, BA, architects, developers and operations.
• Develop end-to-end migration strategies for data and applications with rollback planning.
• Provide executive reporting and escalate key risks and decisions as needed.
• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory and operational readiness requirements.
• Drive change management: communications, training and handover to operations.
• Lead go-live governance and obtain approvals for a controlled rollout.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Vendor management

Project governance

Migration planning

Cross-functional leadership

Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Master's degree (advantage)

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Jira

Job description

Maybank is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead strategic banking transformation programs. You will define scope and requirements with business and IT, drive governance across senior stakeholders, and manage risks and vendor performance.

Responsibilities include coordinating cross-functional teams, overseeing data and application migrations, and ensuring regulatory and security compliance. The role emphasizes executive reporting and a strong delivery mindset.