Change Delivery Manager – Banking & Payments
Posted 1 day ago by N Consulting Global
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Change Delivery Manager for Banking & Payments in Northampton will lead and manage end-to-end change delivery initiatives, focusing on strategic change initiatives within the banking and payments sector. The role emphasizes Agile methodologies and requires collaboration with various teams to ensure effective delivery of regulatory and operational changes. The successful candidate will be responsible for stakeholder communication and maintaining a clear Plan on a Page for project management. This position demands a strong background in change delivery management and experience in complex banking environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage change delivery across banking and payment programmes, ensuring alignment with business strategy and regulatory requirements.
- Own and maintain the Plan on a Page, clearly articulating scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, and benefits.
- Drive delivery using Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or hybrid models), ensuring consistent execution and value delivery.
- Oversee end-to-end change lifecycle including initiation, planning, execution, governance, and benefits realisation.
- Manage cross-functional delivery teams, ensuring dependencies are tracked and delivery risks are proactively mitigated.
- Act as a key point of contact for senior stakeholders, providing clear progress updates, delivery metrics, and escalation management.
- Ensure effective change governance, including RAID management, delivery assurance, and compliance with internal controls.
- Support continuous improvement in delivery practices, tools, and reporting.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, and Engineering teams to ensure requirements are clearly defined and delivered.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in Banking and Payments environments (cards, payments processing, settlements, clearing, digital payments, or core banking).
- Strong background in Change Delivery Management, Programme Delivery, or Transformation roles.
- Hands-on experience working in Agile delivery environments.
- Demonstrable experience creating and managing Plan on a Page for complex change initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leadership.
- Experience managing delivery across multiple workstreams and third-party vendors.
- Solid understanding of change governance, delivery assurance, and risk management.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Northampton
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job Title: Change Delivery Manager – Banking & Payments
Location: Northampton, UK
Work Mode: Hybrid
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Change Delivery Manager with a strong background in Banking and Payments to lead and manage end-to-end change delivery initiatives. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring strategic change initiatives are planned, governed, and delivered effectively using Agile methodologies, with a strong emphasis on Plan on a Page and clear stakeholder communication. This role requires close collaboration with business, technology, and operations teams to deliver regulatory, operational, and customer-focused change across complex banking and payments environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage change delivery across banking and payment programmes, ensuring alignment with business strategy and regulatory requirements.
- Own and maintain the Plan on a Page, clearly articulating scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, and benefits.
- Drive delivery using Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or hybrid models), ensuring consistent execution and value delivery.
- Oversee end-to-end change lifecycle including initiation, planning, execution, governance, and benefits realisation.
- Manage cross-functional delivery teams, ensuring dependencies are tracked and delivery risks are proactively mitigated.
- Act as a key point of contact for senior stakeholders, providing clear progress updates, delivery metrics, and escalation management.
- Ensure effective change governance, including RAID management, delivery assurance, and compliance with internal controls.
- Support continuous improvement in delivery practices, tools, and reporting.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, and Engineering teams to ensure requirements are clearly defined and delivered.
Required Experience & Skills
- Proven experience in Banking and Payments environments (cards, payments processing, settlements, clearing, digital payments, or core banking).
- Strong background in Change Delivery Management, Programme Delivery, or Transformation roles.
- Hands-on experience working in Agile delivery environments.
- Demonstrable experience creating and managing Plan on a Page for complex change initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leadership.
- Experience managing delivery across multiple workstreams and third-party vendors.
- Solid understanding of change governance, delivery assurance, and risk management.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
Desirable Skills
- Experience with large-scale transformation programmes within financial services.
- Knowledge of regulatory-driven change within UK banking.
- Familiarity with Agile tooling such as Jira, Confluence, or similar.
- Experience working in hybrid Agile / Waterfall delivery models.