Project Manager

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the end-to-end implementation of a Corporate Credit Origination System.

The successful candidate will own delivery from mobilization through design, build, integration, data migration, testing, deployment, stabilization, and closure. The role requires strong banking technology delivery experience and a detailed understanding of corporate credit, lending workflows, credit controls, regulatory requirements, and operational readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of the Corporate Credit Origination System.
• Manage the complete project lifecycle:Mobilization
• Requirements and design
• Build and configuration
• Integration
• Data migration
• Testing
• Deployment and cutover
• Stabilization
• Handover
• Closure
• Ensure delivery within agreed scope, timeline, quality, and budget.
• Protect credit controls, regulatory compliance, operational readiness, and production stability.
• Lead multi-stream and multi-vendor delivery across Business, Credit, Risk, Operations, Technology, Data, Architecture, Compliance, and external partners.
• Manage process-transformation activities across the corporate-credit lifecycle.
• Oversee system integration, data migration, test planning, SIT, UAT, operational readiness, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Maintain project plans, milestones, dependencies, RAID logs, financial trackers, resource plans, and decision logs.
• Manage scope, change requests, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and benefits realization.
• Lead governance forums, Steering Committees, working groups, and executive reviews.
• Coordinate vendor deliverables, milestones, commercial dependencies, and delivery quality.
• Ensure effective business readiness, training, process documentation, support-model preparation, and operational handover.
• Manage production cutover and post-implementation support.
• Report delivery status, risks, financial position, testing readiness, and benefits to senior leadership.
• Ensure project closure, lessons learned, documentation, and benefits tracking.

Required Experience

• Minimum 10 years of banking or financial-services technology delivery experience.
• Minimum 5 years leading complex end-to-end technology projects or programmes.
• Proven implementation experience in:Corporate credit origination.
• Corporate lending.
• Credit workflow.
• Loan origination.
• Corporate banking platforms.
• Experience managing multi-million-budget, multi-stream, and multi-vendor change.
• Strong knowledge of:Corporate credit lifecycle.
• Approval authorities.
• Credit facilities and limits.
• Collateral and securities.
• Credit documentation.
• Conditions and covenants.
• Operational controls.
• Strong project governance, planning, RAID, dependency, change, financial, vendor, testing, readiness, and benefits-management skills.
• Excellent senior-stakeholder management, facilitation, negotiation, organization, communication, and executive-presentation skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification is preferred.