Overview
In this role you will lead a high-profile Core Banking Modernisation programme for a leading retail bank, guiding strategy, delivery, and governance. You will collaborate with executive and technology leadership to shape a cloud-enabled, next-generation banking platform that supports growth, innovation and an optimal customer experience. You will drive cross-functional partnerships, ensure regulatory and risk alignment, and deliver tangible business outcomes through simplification and platform transformation. This contract-to-permanent opportunity offers significant scope to influence technology strategy and organisational culture while managing a multi-year programme at board level.
Pay / Benefits
- hybrid working
- contract-to-permanent opportunity
- leadership exposure to senior executives
- competitive day rate plus permanent option
- high-profile programme with executive sponsorship
- long-term career progression
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of the Core Banking Modernisation programme
- Define and execute the transformation roadmap aligned to business/technology strategy
- Drive migration from legacy platforms to cloud-enabled architectures
- Build partnerships across Technology, Operations, Product, Risk and Executive leadership
- Establish programme governance, controls and reporting at Board/Executive level
- Manage large multidisciplinary teams, vendors and systems integration partners
- Embed regulatory, operational resilience and risk requirements throughout delivery
- Deliver outcomes through automation, simplification and platform transformation
- Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration and delivery excellence
Key requirements
- Proven experience leading large-scale Core Banking or Banking Platform transformation programmes
- Extensive background in Retail Banking, Commercial Banking or Financial Services
- Track record delivering complex technology transformations with budgets exceeding 50m+
- Strong understanding of modern banking architecture, cloud technologies, APIs and platform modernisation
- Experience operating at Executive, CIO, CTO and Board stakeholder level
- Exceptional programme leadership, governance and commercial management capability
- Experience leading large teams through significant organisational and technology change
- stakeholder management
- leadership
- communication
- cloud technologies
- APIs
- platform modernisation
Programme Director - Core Banking Transformation in London employer: Lorien Resourcing
Join a dynamic and innovative technology business in Glasgow or Edinburgh, where you'll not only lead the delivery of complex data-driven solutions but also play a pivotal role in mentoring and developing your colleagues. With a hybrid working model and a strong focus on career progression, this is an excellent opportunity to shape best practices in a supportive environment that values technical expertise and leadership. Enjoy the unique advantage of working within the financial services sector, tackling enterprise-scale projects that make a real impact.
