Head of Programmes

Role: Program Manager – Finacle / Wire Payments

Establish program governance covering scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, quality, financials, and executive reporting. Coordinate across business, product, banking operations, architecture, engineering, infrastructure, security, testing, and production-support teams. Manage dependencies between Finacle/Core Banking platforms and payment systems .Work closely with stakeholders responsible for wire payment processing, payment operations, integration, reconciliation, exception handling, and regulatory/compliance requirements .Lead senior client and internal stakeholder meetings, steering committees, program reviews, and escalations. Manage multiple vendors and geographically distributed delivery teams. Ensure successful implementation, cutover, go-live, and post-production stabilization. End-to-end governance, SIT/UAT, cutover, production deployment, risk/dependency management, vendor engagement, and executive reporting are also reflected in the Finacle delivery experience found in your internal candidate material. Mandatory Skills / Experience~15+ years of overall IT/banking technology experience, with substantial experience leading large transformation programs.~ Strong Finacle/Core Banking implementation or transformation experience.~ Strong Wire Payments domain experience.~ Experience managing payment modernization or payment-platform implementation programs.~ Knowledge of domestic and international wire-payment processing .~ Working knowledge of payment messaging and standards such as SWIFT and ISO 20022 .~ Understanding of payment processing flows, interfaces, reconciliation, exception management, and operational processes.~ Experience managing integration between core banking and payment platforms .~ Strong Banking and Financial Services domain knowledge.~ Experience managing large, cross-functional, globally distributed teams.~ Strong executive stakeholder, vendor, risk, dependency, and program governance capabilities.