FSSBU - Program Manager / Director - Data & AI with Banking Domain
About The Position
Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you’d like, where you’ll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you’ll be able to reimagine what’s possible. Join us and help the world’s leading organizations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world. We are seeking a Program Manager / Director - Data & AI Transformation Programs with Banking Domain to lead large-scale, enterprise-wide transformation initiatives across Data, Analytics, Digital, and GenAI. This leader will drive end-to-end program delivery, manage multimillion-dollar engagements, and act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders while ensuring commercial success and delivery excellence.
Requirements
- Go-getter mindset with strong ownership and accountability.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
- Experience working with Fortune 500 clients is a plus.
- Strategic thinking with strong execution focus
- Stakeholder influence and conflict resolution
- Results-driven delivery leadership
- Collaboration across cross-functional and global teams
Responsibilities
- Lead complex, multi-year Data, Analytics, Digital, and GenAI transformation programs for enterprise clients.
- Manage delivery of large deals ($1M-$5M+), ensuring execution is on time, within budget, and meets quality standards.
- Drive the full program lifecycle: planning, estimation, execution, governance, and closure.
- Establish and track program KPIs, proactively identifying and mitigating risks.
- Act as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders, building strong and lasting relationships.
- Set and manage client expectations effectively, ensuring alignment on scope, deliverables, and timelines.
- Navigate complex stakeholder landscapes and drive alignment across business and technology teams.
- Lead and support proposal development, solution estimation, and business case creation.
- Identify opportunities for account expansion and drive incremental revenue growth.
- Own financials including budgeting, forecasting, and P&L accountability.
- Proactively identify scope creep and deviations from agreed deliverables.
- Define and execute change management governance, including: Creation and management of change orders, Effort re-estimation and impact assessment, Influencing clients to align on revised scope, timelines, and commercials, Write detailed SoW and Change orders.
- Ensure strong governance and contractual compliance throughout program execution.
- Lead solution sizing, effort estimation, and resource planning, often within aggressive timelines.
- Develop comprehensive delivery plans, including dependencies, risks, and mitigation strategies.
- Manage large, geographically distributed teams (onshore/offshore) delivering complex programs.
- Optimize resource allocation across locations to enhance efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
- Build, mentor, and lead high-performing cross-functional teams.
- Drive programs across key areas: Data Governance & Data Management, Data Migration & Integration, Cloud & Big Data Platforms, Advanced Analytics & Machine Learning, GenAI transformation initiatives.
- Champion modern engineering practices including Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD.
Benefits
- Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
- Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee assistance programs
- Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
