Delivery Director
* Full-time
Company Description
SBS is a global financial technology company that's helping banks and the financial services industry to reimagine how to operate in an increasingly digital world. SBS is a trusted partner of more than 1,500 financial institutions and large-scale lenders in 80 countries worldwide, including Santander, Societ� Generale, KCB Bank, Kensington Mortgages, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota FS. Its cloud platform offers clients a composable architecture to digitize operations, ranging from banking, lending, compliance, to payments, and consumer and asset finance. With 3,400 employees in 50 offices, SBS is recognized as a Top 10 European Fintech company by IDC and as a leader in Omdia's Universe: Digital Banking Platforms.
Job Description
Are you a dynamic leader with a proven track record in delivery leadership and a passion for driving success in the retail banking sector? Join SBS as a Delivery Director, where you'll spearhead a portfolio of high-impact projects, collaborating with Tier 1 banks, building societies, and internal stakeholders to deliver cutting-edge solutions.
As Delivery Director , you will be at the forefront of innovation, leading multiple retail banking system projects, including system implementations, upgrades, migrations, and cloud-native solutions. You'll oversee various programmes, providing strategic leadership while maintaining operational oversight to ensure successful delivery.
What will the role involve?
Programme Leadership: Overseeing the delivery of a comprehensive portfolio of retail banking projects and ensuring successful execution of system implementations, upgrades, migrations, security, hosting, and cloud-native projects.
Strategic Planning: Collaborating with the Client Account Director to develop new business opportunities and a long-term account strategy. Also, setting the strategic direction for delivery, including resourcing, financial, and commercial plans.
Stakeholder Engagement: Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal stakeholders and C-level executives from Tier 1 banks/building societies and driving opportunities for collaboration and business growth.
Team Leadership: Leading and mentoring a team of Project Managers, ensuring alignment with programme goals, conducting 1:1s, appraisals, and setting clear objectives.
Agile Advocacy: Championing project management best practices and advocating for Agile methodologies across the organisation.
Reporting: Providing detailed insight into programme and project progress through weekly, quarterly, and annual reports.
Qualifications
What are we looking for?
* Proven Experience: Extensive leadership experience in delivering large-scale programmes and managing complex project portfolios. We would like to hear from you if you have a background in Project, Programme, Portfolio, Delivery Capability Leader
* Industry Knowledge: Expertise in the UK financial services sector, particularly retail banking and software product delivery, cloud-native solutions.
* Strategic Vision: The ability to operate at strategic, operational, and tactical levels and a collaborative mindset with the capability to motivate teams and drive success.
* Mobility: Flexibility to travel across the UK as required.
Additional Information
At SBS, we're committed to supporting our employees in every aspect of their lives, from health and wellbeing to financial
