Director, Technical DeliveryProgramme Manager (Financial Services)

Are you a hands-on technology delivery leader with experience scaling or implementing complex financial services systems Do you want to lead high-performing engineering teams while guiding top-tier clients in Ireland through their next wave of digital and AI-enabled modernization

Were looking for a Director Technical Delivery/Programme Manager (Financial Services) to join our team Dublin Ireland where you will act as a key driving force across our Financial Services portfolio.

This role is designed for a delivery leader who understands the challenges of introducing change into high-availability systems in strongly regulated environments while maintaining strong stakeholder alignment and keeping them onside. You will be encouraged to bring a point of view influence senior stakeholders and steer technology transformations as client organisations adapt to an AI-integrated software landscape.

We support a flexible work environment including home working office collaboration and client site interaction.

• Take end-to-end accountability for executing complex large-scale technology programmes from discovery to operational readiness aligned with client strategies
• Lead delivery of software engineering cloud infrastructure and platform modernisation initiatives within regulated banking and payments environments
• Manage multiple workstreams ensuring delivery excellence and alignment with objectives
• Establish robust governance including programme budgets resource planning risk management and commercial performance
• Partner with client executives at C-level translating technology roadmaps into actionable business value
• Mitigate delivery risks related to transaction integrity processing downtime data protection and financial regulatory compliance
• Guide execution of AI-enabled transformation initiatives including machine learning automation and cognitive tools
• Support pre-sales by contributing technical proposals effort estimations and development of statements of work for outcome-based models
• Foster a culture of technical excellence providing mentorship and leadership to top-performing engineering teams

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Technology or equivalent work experience
• Strong ability to influence build confidence and win over the room with senior stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills at all organisational levels
• Extensive experience in technical delivery or programme management leadership driving large-scale software engineering or systems integration programmes
• Proven success managing distributed engineering and delivery teams of 50 across multiple geographies
• Hands-on background in software development cloud infrastructure or solution architecture enabling effective collaboration with technical teams
• Knowledge of regulatory standards and compliance including PSD2 GDPR and PCI DSS as well as security frameworks
• Commercial acumen demonstrated through programme budget oversight contract negotiation and margin management
• Ability to act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders bridging strategic priorities and technical execution
• Understanding of modern data architectures and awareness of AI/ML concepts with interest in automation