Programme Manager (12-month contract)

  • Sandton, South Africa
  • Full-Time
  • On-Site

Job Description:

Ready to lead where strategy meets execution in banking, investments, and trading? We're looking for a high-impact Programme Manager who can navigate complexity, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver transformational change across Transactional Services and trading environments.

This is your opportunity to drive enterprise-wide programmes that shape the future of payments, cash management, and investment/trading platforms.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll take full ownership of end-to-end programme delivery, ensuring strategic alignment and measurable business outcomes across multiple workstreams.

🔹 Programme Delivery & Execution

  • Lead large-scale programmes spanning Transactional Services, Investments, and Trading platforms
  • Build and manage programme roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths
  • Deliver within scope, budget, and timelines while maintaining high-quality outcomes

🔹 Stakeholder & Executive Management

  • Engage senior stakeholders across Banking, Trading Desks, Investments, IT, Risk, Compliance, and Finance
  • Present to Exco, SteerCo, and executive forums with clarity and confidence
  • Manage escalations and drive decision-making across complex environments

🔹 Governance, Risk & Control

  • Implement strong governance frameworks (RAID, financial tracking, benefits realisation)
  • Identify and mitigate operational, market, and regulatory risks
  • Ensure compliance with internal controls and financial regulatory standards

🔹 Financial & Benefits Management

  • Manage programme budgets, forecasts, and financial performance
  • Track ROI, cost efficiencies, and business benefits
  • Support investment cases and strategic decision-making

🔹 Change & Delivery Enablement

  • Drive adoption through structured change management and communication strategies
  • Coordinate delivery across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid environments
  • Enable collaboration across business, technology, and trading teams

What You Bring

Experience (Non-Negotiable)

  • 10+ years' experience in programme/project management
  • Proven delivery of large, complex programmes in banking or financial services
  • Strong experience in:
    • Transactional Services (Payments, Cash Management)
    • Investments and Trading environments (Front Office, Markets, or Trading Systems)
  • Experience engaging senior executives and governance forums
  • Proven track record managing multi-vendor, multi-workstream programmes

Skills That Set You Apart

  • Expertise in Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery models
  • Strong financial management, budgeting, and benefits tracking
  • Advanced risk, dependency, and issue management
  • High-quality executive reporting and communication

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree (BCom / Business / Related)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Project/Programme Management
  • PMP® Certification
  • Scrum Certification
  • SAFe® Certification
  • ITIL® 4 Foundation

You'll be at the centre of high-value banking and trading transformation, working on programmes that directly impact financial markets, investment platforms, and transactional ecosystems.

If you're ready to lead at scale and deliver where it truly counts — this role is for you.

Apply now and drive the future of banking, investments, and trading.