Program Governance Officer New Bank Launch

Job Summary

Were seeking a PGO Specialist to join the Programme Governance Office for a greenfield bank launch: building a new banking entity from the ground up spanning core banking platform selection and build licensing regulatory approval technology infrastructure product design and operational readiness. This is a high-visibility role at the centre of a fast-moving multi-workstream programme where nothing exists yet. Every plan tracker and governance rhythm you help build becomes the foundation the entire programme runs on.

Key Responsibilities

• Build maintain and regularly update the integrated programme plan in Microsoft Project from the ground up including milestones dependencies critical paths baselines and progress tracking across all workstreams (technology licensing/regulatory operations product risk & compliance HR/talent).
• Develop and maintain the programme manpower and resource plan including allocation availability demand and capacity. This is critical in a greenfield environment where teams are actively scaling and resourcing shifts week to week.
• Establish and maintain the action tracker RAID log decision log dependency tracker and deliverable register from scratch setting the governance standard the programme will run on for its full duration.
• Coordinate with stream leads across technology licensing product and operations to confirm milestone progress upcoming deliverables resource requirements dependencies and overdue actions.
• Develop dashboards and executive-level views that clearly communicate delivery progress resource utilisation risks issues dependencies and required management actions to programme leadership and the Board/Steering Committee.
• Support the preparation of governance packs Steering Committee materials regulatory-readiness workshop packs and weekly status reports.
• Consolidate cross-stream information spanning technology build licensing milestones product launch readiness and operational setup into a single accurate programme-level view.
• Track key approvals deliverable sign-offs and dependencies across business technology procurement risk compliance and regulatory stakeholders.
• Coordinate meetings and support the preparation of agendas minutes action logs and closure follow-ups.
• Ensure programme documentation is organised version-controlled and circulated to the appropriate stakeholders on time. This is essential given the audit trail requirements typical of new bank licensing processes.

Mandatory Skills and Experience

• Strong PMO/PGO experience within banking financial services or large-scale transformation programmes. Prior experience on a greenfield build new bank launch or core banking implementation is highly desirable.
• Advanced Microsoft Project skills including integrated planning dependency management baselining critical-path analysis and progress tracking.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain manpower resource-capacity and allocation plans in a fast-scaling environment.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills including the ability to create automated dashboards management reports and executive-level/Board-level presentations.
• Strong analytical coordination and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders including regulators technology vendors and executive leadership and drive actions to closure.
• Highly organised detail-oriented and comfortable operating with ambiguity building structure and process where none yet exists across multiple concurrent workstreams and competing priorities.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced evolving environment typical of a de novo bank build where scope priorities and governance structures may still be maturing.

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Technology

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