Senior IT Project Manager (Banking)

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of IT projects, ensuring completion within approved scope, timelines, and budget.

• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocation.

• Lead and coordinate business stakeholders, technical teams, and external vendors.

• Monitor project progress, risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.

• Provide regular project status reports and escalate critical concerns to stakeholders.

• Ensure compliance with banking policies, project governance, and SDLC standards.

• Manage project changes and ensure effective communication across all project teams.

• Drive timely resolution of project blockers and delivery challenges.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in IT project management, with a solid background in the banking or financial services industry.

• Proven experience managing complex banking technology projects from initiation to completion.

• Strong understanding of IT systems, infrastructure, software development, and SDLC.

• Experience in project budgeting, financial management, risk management, and resource planning.

• Knowledge of project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or Hybrid.

• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and lead cross-functional teams effectively.

Nice to Have

• PMP, PRINCE2, or other relevant project management certification.

• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence.

• Experience in test management and vendor management.