Senior Program Manager - 12 Month contract - Onsite Contract in UAE
Wealth Management Transformation | Digital Banking | Digital Transformation
An opportunity for a seasoned Program Manager to lead the end-to-end transformation of a bank's Wealth Management platforms into a modern, digital-first ecosystem.
This role sits at enterprise level and is responsible for driving complex, multi-stream programs that modernize legacy wealth systems into scalable, microservices-enabled platforms aligned with digital product strategies.
The successful candidate will combine in-depth financial services expertise with strong governance leadership, effective executive stakeholder engagement, and the ability to deliver large-scale solutions within regulated environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead complex transformation programs across Wealth Management, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives and successful delivery within agreed timelines and budgets.
- Own the full program lifecycle, from mobilisation and planning through to execution and benefits realisation.
- Drive modernisation of legacy wealth platforms into integrated, digital product environments.
- Establish and maintain robust governance frameworks across multiple workstreams.
- Provide clear executive-level reporting on progress, risks, financials, and dependencies.
- Partner closely with senior business, technology, risk, and operations stakeholders to ensure alignment and decision-making velocity.
- Oversee cross-functional teams operating across product, engineering, architecture, and business domains.
- Proactively manage risk, interdependencies, and change impacts across the program landscape.
- Ensure effective financial oversight, budget control, and resource planning.
- Support the integration of microservices architecture, advanced analytics capabilities, and agile delivery models within the target-state platform.
Required Experience
- 15+ years experience delivering complex enterprise programs within banking or financial services.
- Demonstrated experience leading Wealth Management platform transformation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of wealth advisory, portfolio management, client servicing, and digital wealth ecosystems.
- Experience operating within regulated banking environments.
- Proven ability to manage senior stakeholders and large, distributed delivery teams.
- Strong commercial acumen and financial governance capability.
- Experience delivering within agile and hybrid delivery models at scale.
- Exposure to modern architecture patterns, including microservices and analytics-driven platforms.
Tools & Frameworks
- Enterprise planning tools (e.g., MS Project / Gantt frameworks)
- Jira and Agile tracking platforms
- Structured PMO governance and reporting standards
Profile
- Strategic program leader with strong execution discipline
- Executive communicator with high credibility
- Structured, governance-driven, and commercially aware
- Comfortable leading large, multi-domain transformation environments
- Calm and decisive within complex stakeholder landscapes
