Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Specialism

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

Why Join PwC Ireland?

At PwC Ireland, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven organisation dedicated to building trust in society and solving our clients’ most complex challenges. Here, diverse teams collaborate across sectors and geographies to deliver innovative solutions that make a real difference.

We invest in your growth through continuous learning, leadership development, and access to cutting-edge technology, empowering you to shape your career and impact the future of business and society.

This is a senior client-facing role combining business development, account growth and market development with the leadership of complex technology implementation programmes for banking clients. The successful candidate will work with senior banking executives to shape technology-enabled transformation initiatives and will lead multidisciplinary teams through mobilisation, design, implementation and transition into operation.

You will be responsible for:

• Developing trusted relationships with senior banking and technology stakeholders

• Identifying client needs and converting them into propositions and opportunities

• Mobilising and directing major technology programmes

• Taking accountability for delivery quality, commercial performance and client outcomes

The ideal candidate will have substantial consulting and/or banking-industry experience and a demonstrable record of delivering technology change within retail, commercial or business banking.

Key responsibilities

Business development and market growth

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across banking, including business, operations, technology, transformation, risk and procurement leaders.

• Develop a strong understanding of clients’ strategic priorities, technology estates, investment agendas and delivery challenges.

• Originate and shape new consulting and implementation opportunities within existing and prospective banking accounts.

• Lead and contribute to the development of client propositions, proposals, presentations, statements of work and commercial submissions.

• Develop market-facing perspectives on banking technology trends and use these insights to initiate relevant client conversations.

• Support the continued development of PwC’s Banking Technology propositions, credentials, delivery assets and go-to-market approach.

Technology programme delivery and solution leadership

• Advise banking clients on the practical implications of technology strategy and transformation choices

• Lead the mobilisation, planning and execution of complex banking technology implementation programmes.

• Take accountability for engagement scope, delivery quality, financial performance, resourcing, risk and client satisfaction.

• Establish effective delivery governance, integrated plans, reporting, controls and decision-making structures.

• Lead multidisciplinary teams spanning programme management, business analysis, architecture, engineering, testing, data, operations, change and third-party delivery.

• Oversee solution design and ensure alignment between business outcomes, functional requirements, architecture and implementation decisions.

• Manage dependencies across banking products, channels, customer journeys, data, integration, security, operations and external suppliers.

People and practice leadership

• Lead, coach and develop managers, consultants and specialists working across banking technology engagements.

• Create inclusive, high-performing teams with clear objectives, responsibilities and decision rights.

• Provide regular feedback, support career development and contribute to performance and promotion processes.

Banking Technology experience
Candidates should demonstrate strong experience in technology proposition development and/or implementation in a number of the following areas:

• Retail banking/ customer banking propositions

• Commercial, SME or corporate banking

• Digital and mobile banking

• Core banking transformation or modernisation

• Payments and transaction banking

• Cards and payment controls

• Data, integration and API-enabled architectures

• Finance and Regulatory reporting

Your Profile

• 8 years + in technology consulting, systems integration or technology-enabled transformation working with banks.

• Experience leading complex banking technology implementation engagements or major programme workstreams. Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating delivery across business, technology and third-party organisations

• Demonstrable business development experience, including opportunity identification, proposition development, proposal leadership and client presentations.

• Experience managing senior client relationships and engaging confidently with executive stakeholders.

• A record of resolving complex delivery issues and operating effectively in high-pressure programme environments.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce and present executive-level materials.

• Experience coaching and developing consulting or delivery professionals.

• Knowledge of Irish, UK or European banking environments.

• Experience of banking and payments platforms, fintech solutions or major technology vendors.
• ​Relevant programme, project, architecture, agile, cloud or service-management certifications.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Reasoning, Analytical Thinking, Application Software, Business Data Analytics, Business Management, Business Technology, Business Transformation, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, Documentation Development, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Implementation Research, Implementation Support, Implementing Technology, Inclusion, Influence, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, Optimism {+ 24 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

No

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