Senior Project Lead - Digital Transformation
Role Overview
The Senior Project Lead is a techno-functional role supporting the bank’s digital transformation agenda.
The role defines problems, shapes solutions, supplies requirements to design and delivery teams, and supports on-the-ground execution.
The role may manage one to two project leads or directly manage three to four concurrent initiatives, with limited support from a Senior Practice Lead.
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Role overview
The Senior Project Lead is a techno-functional role supporting the bank’s digital transformation agenda.
The role defines problems, shapes solutions, supplies requirements to design and delivery teams, and supports on-the-ground execution.
The role may manage one to two project leads or directly manage three to four concurrent initiatives, with limited support from a Senior Practice Lead.
Business-led workstreams
- Diagnose the current state and design an ideal end state, building stakeholder buy-in and supporting market or customer research as needed.
- Translate the end state into process, policy, design, technology, and people requirements.
- Support sign-off from Business and Control stakeholders, including Risk, Security, Compliance, and Legal.
Business-initiated workstreams
- Define problem statements, align stakeholders, diagnose the current state, and design an agreed end state.
- Develop and prioritize requirements across process, policy, design, technology, and people.
- Manage delivery with IT, internal delivery teams, vendors, and external stakeholders; facilitate decisions and approvals.
- Stabilize projects, establish or hand over to business-as-usual roles, track impact, and secure benefit sign-offs.
Group Digital Office-led workstreams
- Lead or support research and diagnostics, design high-level end states, and develop high-level requirements.
- Identify benefit levers and cost drivers, work with business and delivery teams on business cases, and socialize cases to secure budget approvals.
- Formalize initiatives through IT, Procurement, and other delivery processes; build stakeholder confidence and support Digital leadership.
Experience and capabilities
- The description states 5+ years in top-tier management consulting or 8–10 years in digital transformation/business experience; the source text ends mid-phrase.
- Requires strong problem solving, communication, process and journey design, requirements development, and project management capabilities.
- The role is expected to function largely independently and own delivery and benefit realization for assigned workstreams.
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