We are seeking an experienced Programme Director with a strong background in transformation-focused programme delivery across the Asia-Pacific region. Ideally, the candidate will have experience as an ex-consultant or a seasoned Programme Director, with a track record of successfully delivering large-scale, complex programmes in the financial services industry.
Role Overview:
As the Programme Director, you will be accountable for the overall integrity and coherence of a new, high-impact programme. Your role will be to develop and maintain a programme environment that supports multiple workstreams under a centralised Programme Office. This includes ensuring that project managers and workstream leads meet delivery expectations, quality standards, and align with overall programme goals. You will be the primary point of contact between the consulting firm and the client, offering guidance to both internal teams and senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Programme Integrity & Consistency: Oversee the overall structure and consistency of the programme, ensuring alignment with both internal and client standards, and maintaining coherence across all workstreams.
- Leadership & Guidance: Act as the most senior programme resource, providing strategic guidance to internal workstream leads and supporting the Partner group in programme oversight.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with senior client stakeholders to plan and design the programme, monitor progress, resolve issues proactively, and initiate corrective actions as needed.
- Governance & Quality Assurance: Establish and manage programme governance, ensuring adherence to quality assurance standards and programme consistency with infrastructure planning and corporate, technical, and specialist standards.
- Resource & Budget Management: Manage programme resources, monitor expenditure, and ensure costs align with delivered benefits as the programme progresses.
- Delivery Management: Oversee the timely and quality delivery of new solutions and services, ensuring all deliverables meet the programme plan and governance arrangements.
- Resource Allocation: Ensure efficient allocation and management of shared resources across all projects within the programme.
- Team & Vendor Coordination: Directly manage project managers and workstream leads, and oversee contributions from third-party vendors.
- High-Level Communication: Lead senior-level communications, providing regular updates on programme progress to stakeholders (including C-suite and C-1 levels).
- Risk & Dependency Management: Oversee risk management, ensuring all programme dependencies and project interfaces are coordinated to support successful programme outcomes.
- Programme Reporting: Provide regular progress reports to the Programme Sponsor, highlighting key achievements, challenges, and mitigation plans.
- Comprehensive Programme Planning: Direct and oversee detailed programme and project planning, supporting a structured and well-aligned delivery schedule.
- Adaptive Leadership: Confidently engage with diverse stakeholders and adjust management and leadership approaches to suit varying situations.
Requirements
Requirements:
- Experience: 15-20 years of experience managing large-scale technology delivery programmes across the Asia financial services market, including multi-country implementations.
- Transformation Expertise: Strong preference for candidates with experience managing complex investment management transformations, encompassing front, middle, and back-office processes.
- Outsourcing Knowledge: Familiarity with investment management outsourcing and platform replacement (e.g., legacy system migrations).
- Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to manage relationships with C-suite executives and key vendor partners.
- Project Management Skills: Expert-level project planning and management capabilities.
- Team Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading large delivery teams (30+ members).
This is a dynamic and challenging role ideal for a results-oriented leader with strong programme management acumen and the ability to adapt to the fast-paced demands of a transformative programme. If you are a visionary with a passion for leading impactful projects across complex, multi-country environments, we invite you to apply.
