Programme Director – Global Product Transformation
hace 21 horas
City of London
Programme Director – Global Product Transformation • £150-175k basic + bonus + benefits, • London, Hybrid (2-3 days/week office) We are seeking an exceptional Programme Director to take full ownership of a multi-year, multi-stream transformation programme that sits at the centre of the business, product, and commercial strategy. This is a highly visible, business-critical role, working closely with the executive team across the UK, Europe, and the US, leading a complex transformation that includes product rationalisation, platform consolidation, and large-scale organisational change. We need someone who can shape strategy and roll up their sleeves to make things happen. What you’ll be leading: ✨ Global Transformation Ownership: Take full accountability for defining and delivering a company-wide transformation programme, including product integration & rationalisation. ✨ Exec-Level Influence: Partner daily with the C level & global SLT, driving decision-making, alignment, and clarity across senior stakeholders. ✨ Hands-On Delivery: Not just governance or oversight: you’ll dive into details, unblock delivery teams, make fast decisions, and ensure execution stays on track across multiple countries and workstreams. ✨ Product-Led Change: Work closely with Product and Technology to prioritise, sequence, and deliver complex product and platform initiatives across a global customer base. ✨ Governance & Control: Establish strong programme governance, decision-making forums and reporting that give the exec team full confidence in delivery. ✨ Integration & Transformation Delivery: Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale integration work across products, teams, systems, data, and processes—ensuring deadlines, quality, and commercial impact are met. ✨ Financial & Resource Leadership: Manage multi-million £ budgets, create resourcing plans, and ensure teams across time zones are aligned and effective. What we’re looking for: please only apply to this role if you can tick these boxes! ✔️ Proven experience delivering major product focused transformation and integration programmes ✔️ Strong product and platform background, ideally in payments, digital banking, SaaS, or data-led financial products ✔️ Ability to influence and challenge senior executives, driving clarity, alignment, and decisive action ✔️ A hands-on, execution-led leadership style—able to operate at strategy level but just as comfortable diving into detail ✔️ Deep expertise in enterprise programme governance and complex multi-stream delivery ✔️ Track record of delivering global transformation across multiple markets or regions Bonus points for: ➕ Leading Agile delivery at scale ➕ Experience across cloud platforms, APIs, and modern architecture ➕ Prior global leadership across distributed teams If this sounds like you, please send your CV across. It'll be reviewed personally, confidentially, and individually by an experienced recruiter, not by automated systems or software. This role requires demonstrable experience of leading a product transformation programme in a global FinTech or Payments environment. If you do not have this background, your application will be rejected.