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Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Delivery Manager - Retail Banking
At GFT, we are pioneers in digital transformation, developing sustainable solutions across new technologies – from cloud engineering and artificial intelligence to blockchain/DLT. We offer advice to the financial and insurance sectors, working side by side with our clients in an agile way to solve their most challenging problems. We are seeking a Retail Banking Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of complex banking transformation programs across retail, SME, and core banking domains.
Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver multi-workstream transformation programs across retail and core banking.
- Own programme governance, financials, RAID, dependencies, and outcomes.
- Work closely with clients (CIO, COO, Transformation Leads) to co-create delivery approaches and execution plans.
- Drive hands-on delivery, stepping into detail where required to remove blockers and assure outcomes.
- Partner with Sales and Pre-Sales to shape opportunities, define scope, commercial models, and delivery plans.
- Mobilise and lead cross-functional delivery teams across onshore and nearshore locations.
- Ensure regulatory, risk, and quality standards expected within Tier 1 banking environments.
Requirements
- Strong background delivering change and transformation programs within retail or commercial banking.
- Proven experience with core banking, digital transformation, regulatory, or platform modernisation programs.
- Demonstrated delivery of complex, multi-vendor, multi-location programs.
- Hands-on programme leadership rather than purely governance-focused roles.
- Programme and portfolio delivery leadership.
- Strong stakeholder management at senior banking executive level.
- Financial management, estimation, and commercial awareness.
- Excellent governance, risk, and dependency management.
- Comfortable operating in Agile, hybrid, and traditional delivery models.
We Offer
- Flexible hybrid working environment.
- Mapped career path with growth opportunities.
- Access to amazing Learning and Development programs.
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Opportunity to be part of the conversation of the future of digital.
About the Company
GFT is a global company founded in 1987, employing over 12,000 people in 17 countries. We provide career opportunities in all areas of software engineering and innovation. Our commitment to technology and collaboration with clients underpins our success. We maintain a family atmosphere in an inclusive work environment.
Join us to shape the future of digital business together!