Information Technology Program Director

As an IT Project Manager at Intellect Design Arena Ltd, you will be responsible for driving end-to-end delivery for client implementations in the Transaction Banking domain. Your role will involve bridging engineering, client requirements, and delivery operations to ensure successful project outcomes. Key Responsibilities: - Own the full project lifecycle, including planning, execution, go-live, and support. - Manage cross-functional squads to deliver client-specific enhancements and integrations. - Ensure strong project governance through RAID logs, status tracking, and steering updates. - Interact with bank stakeholders on technical aspects such as availability, resiliency, and throughput. - Oversee the implementation of solutions on hybrid or public cloud platforms like AWS. - Ensure proper deployment and security of API-driven and event-based architectures. - Drive DevOps adoption across teams, managing environments, build pipelines, and deployments. - Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and QA teams to align client requests with the product roadmap. - Maintain project health in terms of schedule, budget, quality, and proactively manage risks. - Conduct stakeholder and customer satisfaction reviews. Qualifications & Experience: - 15+ years of IT delivery experience, with at least 5 years in project management roles. - Experience working with large international banks or financial institutions. - Exposure to product-based delivery rather than just services. - Strong knowledge of SDLC methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, DevOps, CI/CD. - Hands-on familiarity with AWS, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and Postgres. - Ability to engage on infrastructure, application, and API integration topics. - Certification in PMP/Agile/Prince2 is a plus. - Strong communication, ownership mindset, and stakeholder engagement skills.,