Vice President, Operations Project Manager

The Operations Change function supports strategic transformation across all Operations Projects and processes. This role sits within a high-impact portfolio delivering complex, multi-stream programmes aligned to the EMEA regional strategy. Programmes may include regulatory change, operational transformation, and technology integration across multiple entities, with a strong emphasis on trade lifecycle and payments initiatives within investment banking, to lead and govern the delivery of large-scale, cross-functional projects within the Operations portfolio.

The Programme Manager will ensure alignment with strategic objectives, manage interdependencies across projects, and deliver measurable outcomes within agreed timelines and budgets. This includes:

• Defining programme/project scope, structure, and governance.
• Leading programme/project planning, execution, and benefits realisation.
• Managing senior stakeholders and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Ensuring compliance with the project delivery framework and regulatory standards.
• Supporting the Portfolio Manager in strategic planning, reporting, and resource alignment.
• Driving delivery of initiatives related to the full trade lifecycle and payments infrastructure in investment banking.
• Own end-to-end programme/project delivery from initiation through closure, ensuring alignment with portfolio strategy.
• Establish and maintain robust programme/project governance, including steering committees, working groups, and executive reporting.
• Manage interdependencies across projects, ensuring risks, issues, and changes are proactively addressed.
• Lead programme/project planning, including resource forecasting, budget control, and milestone tracking.
• Provide strategic insight and recommendations to senior stakeholders, ensuring transparency and accountability.
• Collaborate with the Portfolio Manager to shape the annual delivery roadmap and prioritise initiatives.
• Ensure all programme/project artefacts meet quality standards and are audit ready.
• Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and post-implementation reviews.
• Oversee delivery of programme/project involving trade lifecycle events (e.g., trade capture, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation) and payments processing (e.g., SWIFT, SEPA, CHAPS, cross-border payments).
• Deliver operational change across trade and client management, supporting data, collateral and cash management, reference data, trade and transaction reporting, and network management.
• Drive efficiencies in the processes/ tools where idnetified.
• Manage trade migration and transition activities, ensuring minimal disruption and robust control environments.

• Extensive experience delivering complex, multi-stream programmes/projects in financial services.
• Proven track record of managing regulatory, operational, and technology-driven change.
• Deep understanding of the trade lifecycle in investment banking, including trade capture, booking, matching, settlement, and post-trade reporting.
• Experience delivering payments-related change programmes, including domestic and cross-border payment systems, payment messaging standards, and operational risk controls.
• Strong product and operational process knowledge with a focus on delivering sustainable processes and controls.
• Demonstrated experience in investment budget management, including forecasting, cost control, and change management.
• Proven ability to align project allocations with departmental business plans and secure stakeholder commitment.
• Experience in resource planning and delivery assurance, ensuring timely and realistic programme execution.

• Experience in front-to-back change initiatives.
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (e.g., SOX, GDPR, operational resilience).
• Experience working across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions.

• Programme/project governance and delivery
• Programme/project and resource management
• Financial control and investment planning
• Change risk and dependency management
• Executive stakeholder engagement
• Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies
• Trade lifecycle and payments operations
• RAID management and governance reporting
• Document and artefact management
• Programme closure and benefits realisation
• Familiarity with project delivery tools and reporting platforms

• Preferred:
  Prince2, MSP, PMI, or equivalent certifications

• Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Resilient, proactive, and results-driven
• Able to manage ambiguity and competing priorities
• Strong leadership and team development capabilities
• High attention to detail and structured approach to delivery

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