Description
The engagement involves implementing Oracle FlexCube as a core banking platform, coordinating the software vendor, system integrator, and internal stakeholders to meet the institution's strategic and operational requirements.
Responsibilities
•Represent the client's interests in interactions with Oracle and the system integrator, ensuring scope, design decisions, and delivery commitments align with business needs and contractual obligations
•Establish and maintain PMO governance frameworks, including steering committee reporting, RAID management, milestone tracking, and escalation protocols
•Monitor and control the project budget and timeline, identify deviations, assess their impact, and drive corrective actions
•Report project status, key risks, financial health, and strategic decisions to senior and executive management
•Oversee vendor and system integrator performance against contractual SLAs, deliverables, and quality standards; challenge and validate estimates, change requests, and resource plans
•Manage change control, assessing the impact of scope changes on budget, timeline, and business outcomes before approval
•Ensure deliverables meet acceptance criteria and testing strategies, including SIT, UAT, performance, and migration testing; support go-live readiness
•Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, especially those involving integration complexity, data migration, regulatory compliance, and operational readiness
•Coordinate business units, IT, operations, compliance, and finance to ensure end-to-end readiness for the new core banking platform
•Drive cutover planning, business continuity considerations, and post-implementation support frameworks for a smooth production transition
Requirements
•10+ years of project/programme management experience in financial services, focused on capital markets and/or retail or commercial banking
•Proven experience with core banking implementations, ideally Oracle FlexCube, Universal Banking, or similar modules; experience with Temenos T24, Finacle, or Mambu is also considered
•Deep understanding of banking operations, including deposits, lending, payments, treasury, regulatory reporting, and accounting integration
•Experience managing vendor and system integrator relationships in complex technology transformation programmes
•Strong expertise in PMO methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid) and relevant certifications (PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, or equivalent)
•Executive-level communication skills and the ability to synthesize complex technical and operational information into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership
•Fluent Spanish (native or C2 level)
•Professional English proficiency
•Availability to work Spanish business hours (approximately 9:00–18:00 CET/CEST)
Nice to have
•Experience with regulatory environments in the Spanish/European banking sector (ECB, Bank of Spain requirements)
•Familiarity with legacy core banking data migration strategies
•Experience with similar core banking implementations
•Agile certifications (SAFe, Scrum Master)
Conditions
No conditions specified in the posting.
