Senior Project Manager with Agile Leadership

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead complex projects in a regulated environment and support successful delivery within scope, time, and budget. You will combine project management, Agile leadership, product management practices, and people leadership to help teams perform effectively and remain engaged.

Banking Platform is a regulated delivery environment where project management, Agile leadership, product practices, and people leadership come together. You will help drive successful delivery while supporting team engagement, sustainable ways of working, and continuous improvement.

• Manage multiple projects or high impact programs from initiation through delivery
• Define project scope, objectives, success criteria, milestones, and delivery plans aligned with business goals
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and delivery forecasts
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and coach teams in Scrum, Kanban, and Lean practices
• Identify and manage delivery risks, dependencies, impediments, and escalations
• Ensure compliance with governance, risk, security, and regulatory frameworks
• Drive continuous improvement using delivery metrics, retrospectives, and feedback loops
• Communicate with stakeholders at all levels including senior management and executives
• Build strong relationships with team members and create a positive collaborative working environment
• Assess team engagement, motivation, workload, and overall team satisfaction
• Conduct regular one to one discussions and identify concerns affecting employee satisfaction or performance
• Identify potential attrition risks and coordinate retention actions with leadership, HR, and relevant stakeholders
• Support employee career development, mentoring, feedback, recognition, and growth opportunities
• Handle team conflicts, performance concerns, and sensitive people situations constructively and professionally
• Ensure effective onboarding and integration of new team members
• Monitor team capacity, utilization, workload distribution, and potential burnout risks
• Work with staffing and leadership teams on resource planning, replacements, hiring needs, and team scalability
• Promote recognition of strong performance and encourage a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement

• Significant experience as a Project Manager in large scale Agile environments
• Strong knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, and Lean principles
• Proven ability to manage complex projects in regulated industries such as banking, financial services, or insurance
• Strong people management and team leadership experience
• Experience managing distributed or cross functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to build highly engaged teams and manage retention and attrition risks
• Strong coaching, mentoring, performance management, and conflict resolution skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities
• Experience with Agile metrics and data driven continuous improvement
• Strong facilitation and communication skills
• Familiarity with product management practices, backlog refinement, and value based prioritization
• Ability to balance delivery commitments with employee wellbeing, sustainable workloads, and long term team stability

• Experience in financial services or investment banking
• Experience managing geographically distributed or multicultural teams
• Experience with workforce planning, team scaling, and employee retention initiatives
• Agile certifications such as PSM II, CSM, or SAFe Scrum Master