Senior Project Manager

Finacle- an industry leading digital banking solution suite from EdgeVerve Systems. Finacle helps traditional and emerging financial institutions drive truly digital transformation to achieve frictionless customer experiences, larger ecosystem play, insights-driven interactions and ubiquitous automation.

To learn more about Finacle and see our ideas in action, please visit https://www.edgeverve.com/finacle/

Location: New York, United States
Employment Type: Full-Time
Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager with strong client engagement skills and proven expertise in Core Banking digital transformation programs. The ideal candidate will possess strong Core banking functional knowledge around Liabilities products and end-to-end digital transformation lifecycle experience. This role involves leading complex banking transformation initiatives, driving Core Banking technology transformation, and fostering long-term client relationships while ensuring seamless stakeholder management.

• Lead and manage the delivery of complex Core Banking Digital Transformation engagements, including planning, execution, stakeholder management, and driving strategic outcomes, while owning the overall demonstration strategy for Core banking solutions from initial customer engagement through implementation closure.
• Build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders to deeply understand business objectives, translate them into actionable program goals, and ensure alignment of deliverables-while rigorously managing scope, budget, timelines, and quality to drive successful outcomes.
• Establish robust program governance frameworks, monitor and drive milestone achievement, proactively identify and mitigate risks, and ensure full compliance with contractual and regulatory obligations to safeguard delivery excellence.
• Collaborate and mentor the cross-functional & geographically diverse Infosys teams (architecture, development, testing, migration etc.) to ensure effective Design, Development, Validation and Support activities, and assure that the clients are satisfied with the high levels of service in the technology domain.
• Consult with clients on Digital Transformation roadmaps, deployment architecture, and process design; deliver tailored demos and presentations showcasing Infosys value proposition and translate business objectives into technical specifications for delivery teams, ensuring seamless alignment between client vision and implementation.
• Ensure high-quality delivery and client satisfaction through proactive communication and issue resolution.
• Provide expert guidance to Infosys team members by leveraging deep domain knowledge of the retail banking liabilities products and extensive experience in technology and integration projects, ensuring best practices and high-quality delivery.

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• Extensive experience in project and program delivery with 15+ years of overall professional experience preferably around core banking development, consulting or implementations.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in core banking transformation programs, in similar role or capacity.
• Proven track record of managing multi-million-dollar programs with distributed teams.

• Excellent stakeholder management, business writing, communication skills and ability to influence and negotiate at senior leadership levels.

• Strong functional understanding of retail and corporate banking processes around Savings, Checking, Deposit or Retail Lending areas.
• Proven track record of guiding project teams to deliver tailored, high-value solutions through close collaboration and a deep understanding of client objectives

• Good understanding of SDLC and agile methodologies
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, JIRA, and strong knowledge of DevOps principles.

• Preferred expertise spanning multiple areas, including AWS services, container orchestration technologies (such as Docker and Kubernetes), event-driven frameworks, API integration frameworks, Oracle/Postgres databases, Linux scripting, and proficiency in one or more programming languages (C/C++, Java, Python, Node.js).
• U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply, we are unable to sponsor at this time

• Good understanding of banking industry eco-systems and forums.
• Experience in pre-sales activities, including RFI/RFP management, proposal development, contract negotiation, and client engagement at executive levels.
• knowledge regarding functionality, deployments, architecture, customization or Integrations around Finacle core banking solution will be an added advantage.
• Ability to work as part of a cross-cultural team including flexibility to support multiple time zones when necessary