Program Manager - Financial Services Technology

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Technology Program Manager to join our Financial Services Consulting client. The successful candidate will lead complex business and technology transformation programmes for tier-one banking and financial services clients, delivering strategic change across Retail Banking or Capital Markets environments.

This role requires a strong consulting background, exceptional stakeholder management capabilities, and a proven track record of delivering large-scale technology programmes from inception through to implementation. You will work directly with senior client stakeholders, technology leadership teams, and delivery partners to drive successful transformation outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex technology and business transformation programmes within Retail Banking or Capital Markets environments.
• Manage programme governance, delivery planning, financial tracking, risk management, and executive reporting.
• Develop trusted advisor relationships with client executives, including CIOs, CTOs, Heads of Technology, and Business Sponsors.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across business, technology, architecture, operations, and third-party vendors.
• Drive programme mobilisation, operating model design, target-state definition, and delivery execution.
• Ensure programmes are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned to strategic business objectives.
• Facilitate steering committees, executive governance forums, and programme review meetings.
• Identify and mitigate programme risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery challenges.
• Support business development activities including proposal creation, client presentations, and solution shaping.
• Mentor project managers and delivery leads within programme structures.

Required Experience

• 10+ years of programme or project delivery experience within Financial Services.
• Previous experience working within a leading management consulting, technology consulting, or professional services organisation.
• Demonstrable experience delivering large-scale technology transformation programmes for banking clients.
• Strong domain expertise in either:
• Retail Banking (Digital Banking, Payments, Lending, Mortgages, Customer Platforms, Core Banking Transformation), or
• Capital Markets (Front Office, Trading Platforms, Risk, Regulatory Change, Post-Trade, Market Infrastructure).
• Experience managing programmes valued at £5m+ with multiple workstreams and senior stakeholder groups.
• Management Consulting background
• Flexible to travel within Europe