Hybrid Programme Manager – Financial Services

at Qodea

• Job title: Programme Manager – Financial Services
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Google Cloud Platform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Programme Manager at Qodea leading cloud, data, and AI consulting projects for Financial Services clients. Managing project teams, governance, and stakeholder engagement to drive success.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of projects across cloud migration, data platforms, AI/ML initiatives, and infrastructure modernisation.
• Ensure alignment with client strategy, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Track Programme health, risks, issues, dependencies, and deliverables across workstreams.
• Establish and run Programme governance structures, reporting processes, and steering committees.
• Provide executive-level updates to CIO leadership, ensuring transparency and alignment.
• Ensure Programme KPIs, SLAs, and regulatory obligations are met.
• Build trusted relationships with CIO senior leadership teams across divisions.
• Work in partnership with the Commercial Lead and Technical Lead to engage CIOs across the business.
• Act as the key liaison between client leadership, delivery teams, and vendor partners.
• Drive alignment between technical and business functions to achieve shared outcomes.
• Partner with the Commercial Lead to identify new revenue opportunities, expand existing engagements, and contribute to account planning.
• Work with the Technical Lead to ensure proposed solutions are technically robust, scalable, and aligned to client needs.
• Shape proposals, support bids, and present to senior stakeholders to secure new business.
• Provide leadership across multi-disciplinary teams (consultants, engineers, architects, data scientists).
• Mentor project managers, ensuring consistent methodologies and standards are applied.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and delivery excellence.

Requirements

• What You’ll Need to Succeed:
• Financial Services Expertise:
• 10+ years’ experience in enterprise technology in financial services
• Strong understanding of banking regulations and compliance requirements (e.g. Basel III, MiFID II, GDPR, PRA/FCA, Dodd-Frank).
• Proven delivery within highly regulated environments.
• Programme Management Experience:
• 10+ years’ experience in programme/project management within large, complex organizations.
• Hands-on experience with governance frameworks, steering committees, and executive stakeholder engagement.
• Track record of managing multi-million-pound portfolios and distributed delivery teams.
• Cloud, Infrastructure & Enterprise Technology:
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and hybrid enterprise architectures.
• Experience in infrastructure modernization, large-scale migrations, and data center transformations.
• Awareness of enterprise technologies commonly used in banks (core banking, middleware, data platforms, enterprise applications).
• Agile & Delivery Methodologies:
• Proven experience applying Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, hybrid agile-waterfall models) to large-scale transformation programmes.
• Ability to adapt governance to different delivery styles and integrate vendor/partner agile practices with bank governance frameworks.
• Soft Skills:
• Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to present to and negotiate with CIO leadership teams and CIOs across the business.
• Excellent problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Operates effectively in fast-moving, matrixed, and globally distributed environments.

Benefits

• Financial:
• Competitive base salary.
• Matching pension scheme (up to 5%) from day one.
• Discretionary company bonus scheme.
• 4 x annual salary Death in Service coverage from day one.
• Employee referral scheme.
• Health and Wellbeing:
• Private medical insurance from day one.
• Help@Hand app: access to remote GPs, second opinions, mental health support, and physiotherapy.
• EAP service
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Time Off and Flexibility:
• 36 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays).
• An extra paid day off for your birthday.
• Ten paid learning days per year.
• Flexible working hours.
• Market-leading parental leave.
• Sabbatical leave (after five years).
• Work from anywhere (up to 3 weeks per year).
• Development and Recognition:
• Industry-recognised training and certifications.
• Bonusly employee recognition and rewards platform.
• Clear opportunities for career development.
• Length of Service Awards
• Extra Perks:
• Regular company events.
• Tech Scheme.
• Diversity and Inclusion StatementAt Qodea, we champion diversity and inclusion. We believe that a career in IT should be open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability or neurotype. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to our team, and we strive to create a fair and accessible hiring process for all. If you feel we can improve in any way, please reach out to our careers team via email at [email protected] or connect with us on LinkedIn via our Qodea Company Page.