Sr. Program Manager - Wealth Management | Banking

Job Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of Wealth Management programs and projects, from initiation through implementation and post-production support.
• Define and manage program roadmaps, scope, timelines, budgets, governance structures, and delivery plans.
• Ensure programs and projects remain aligned with strategic business objectives and expected business outcomes.
• Collaborate closely with Business, Technology, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and third-party vendors to drive successful delivery.
• Manage multiple projects and workstreams simultaneously, ensuring effective coordination, prioritization, and dependency management.
• Track and proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, actions, and escalations, driving timely resolution.
• Oversee requirements gathering, solution design, testing, deployment, implementation, and post-production support.
• Establish and maintain strong program governance, reporting structures, and delivery controls.
• Provide regular and structured program status updates to senior management and key stakeholders.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure clear communication across business and technology teams.
• Ensure successful delivery of digital, regulatory, transformation, and business initiatives.
• Drive process improvements and operational efficiencies across Wealth Management delivery initiatives.

Required Experience & Skills

• 8+ years of experience in Program Management / Project Management within Banking or Financial Services.
• Strong experience in Wealth Management, Private Banking, or Asset Management environments.
• Strong understanding of investment products, portfolio management, trading, custody, and wealth management operations.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale, complex business and technology transformation programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects, workstreams, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Strong program governance, risk management, issue management, and escalation experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management experience across business, technology, operations, risk, compliance, and vendors.
• Strong vendor management and third-party coordination experience.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Experience managing requirements, solution design, testing, deployment, and post-production activities.
• Strong experience preparing program reporting and communicating progress to senior management.
• Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Wealth Management Domain Expertise

• Strong practical understanding of one or more of the following: Investment products, Portfolio management, Trading, Custody, Wealth Management operations, Asset Management, Private Banking, Digital Wealth Management platforms, Wealth-related business and technology transformation.

Agile & Delivery

• Strong experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• Understanding of Agile ceremonies, delivery planning, sprint execution, backlog management, and cross-functional team coordination.
• Ability to work across Agile and hybrid delivery models depending on program requirements.
• Strong focus on delivery governance, milestones, dependencies, risks, and business outcomes.

Stakeholder & Leadership Skills

• Ability to work effectively with senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with experience providing updates to senior management.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and align business and technology teams toward common objectives.
• Strong ownership of delivery outcomes, risks, dependencies, and escalations.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and operate effectively in complex banking environments.
• Strong vendor and third-party relationship management capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with leading banks or financial institutions in the UAE or GCC.
• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent certification.
• Exposure to digital wealth management, fintech integrations, or modern financial services platforms.
• Experience delivering regulatory, digital transformation, or operational excellence initiatives within banking.