Program Manager

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• 1200 skilled & top-class experts
• 77% of the team are regular/senior
• Products that contribute to a sustainable world
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Ambitious projects, trainings and tools you need to flourish
• Google Cloud Partner of the Year - for going above and beyond for customers

What will you do?

You will lead a large-scale enterprise analytics transformation within a global financial environment, defining the transformation strategy, target-state direction and investment priorities. You will oversee a complex portfolio covering analytics platform modernisation, SAS migration, adoption and legacy decommissioning, while coordinating senior stakeholders across data, technology, architecture, risk, control and business functions. You will be accountable for overall transformation outcomes, governance, investment, benefits realisation and sustainable transition into business-as-usual operations.

We offer

• Hybrid work in our client's office (Kraków) 6 days a month
• Working in a highly experienced and dedicated team
• Benefit package tailored to your needs (medical, sport, lunch subsidy, life insurance, etc.)
• Online training and certifications
• Access to e-learning platform
• Social events

Zakres obowiązków

• Own the enterprise analytics transformation strategy, vision, target state and overall outcomes
• Define investment priorities, transformation sequencing, success measures and delivery principles
• Direct a complex portfolio covering SAS modernisation, workload migration, code remediation, platform adoption and legacy decommissioning
• Lead executive stakeholder engagement across data, technology, architecture, business, risk and control functions
• Drive decisions on scope, sequencing, funding, capacity, risks and delivery trade-offs
• Provide executive oversight of transformation roadmaps, migration, adoption, operational readiness and legacy retirement
• Hold Programme Managers and senior delivery leads accountable for milestones, budgets, scope, quality and transformation outcomes
• Resolve cross-programme dependencies, material risks, issues and escalations
• Own transformation governance, executive reporting, benefits realisation, OKRs and decision management
• Establish transformation-level control, assurance and quality frameworks appropriate for a regulated financial environment
• Own portfolio investment planning, financial forecasting, resource strategy and delivery capacity
• Lead enterprise prioritisation of new transformation demand based on value, cost, risk and capacity
• Lead and develop Programme Managers, senior delivery leads, workstream leaders and specialists across distributed teams
• Manage strategic supplier relationships, commercial arrangements and material supplier negotiations
• Drive adoption of the target analytics environment and ensure sustainable transition into business-as-usual operations

Wymagania

• 12+ years of experience in programme, portfolio or transformation delivery, including leadership of large and globally distributed change portfolios
• Extensive experience leading large-scale platform and data migration transformations, including SAS environments
• Strong knowledge of SAS migrations, including code remediation, data lineage, reconciliation, controls, operational readiness and post-migration assurance
• Proven experience leading complex enterprise-wide technology transformations across multiple business areas, platforms and geographies
• Strong experience in transformation governance, enterprise scope management, benefits realisation, RAID management, stage gates and assurance
• Proven ability to influence executive and senior stakeholders across business, engineering, operations, risk, security and control functions
• Extensive experience delivering complex technology change within regulated financial institutions
• Strong understanding of risk management, security, controls, audit and regulatory requirements
• Experience managing substantial transformation investment, financial forecasts, resource strategies and delivery capacity
• Proven experience leading and developing Programme Managers and senior delivery professionals
• Experience leading multicultural and geographically distributed teams in complex matrix organisations
• Ability to translate enterprise strategy into executable transformation roadmaps and make decisions across scope, sequencing, investment, risk and capacity
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills with the credibility to communicate effectively with executive leadership and technical teams
• Excellent spoken and written English

Nice to have

• Experience applying Agile, hybrid and traditional delivery approaches across complex transformation portfolios
• SAFe or other relevant Agile certification
• Experience leading enterprise analytics platform modernisation and legacy platform decommissioning
• Experience overseeing strategic suppliers and complex technology delivery partnerships

Tech stack

• Data migration
• SAS
• Security
• risk management
• Audit
• Agile
• SAFe
• Analytics platform