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About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Engagement Lead to drive a flagship Core Banking and Payments transformation for a leading UK bank. This role combines delivery, advisory, and commercial ownership, with accountability for both programme success and account growth.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end execution of large-scale core banking and payments transformation programmes
- Manage multiple workstreams across technology, integration, and business change
- Ensure strong governance, risk management, and delivery discipline
- Align programme outcomes with client strategic objectives
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders (CIO, CTO, Business leadership)
- Shape transformation roadmaps, architecture decisions, and operating models
- Build long-term client relationships beyond delivery
- Translate complex challenges into actionable solutions
- Provide deep expertise across core banking, payments, deposits, and transaction banking
- Guide modernisation approaches including platform transformation and integration strategy
- Anchor credibility with both business and technology stakeholders
- Identify and drive account expansion opportunities
- Lead value-based discussions on scope, solutions, and outcomes
- Contribute to revenue growth and long-term account strategy
- Balance delivery excellence with commercial outcomes
- Lead and develop cross-functional teams (delivery, architecture, domain)
- Drive high performance, accountability, and collaboration
- Mentor future leaders and build capability within the team
Requirements
- 10+ years in IT transformation in banking with a proven track record delivering core banking or payments implementations end-to-end
- Experience working with Tier-1,2 banks or complex financial institutions
- Strong knowledge of core banking platforms, retail and corporate banking and payments ecosystems
- Understanding of banking architecture, integration, and modernization patterns
- Demonstrated ability to operate as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders
- Ability to lead large teams across locations
- Experience contributing to or owning account growth and revenue expansion
- Ability to identify opportunities and translate them into tangible business outcomes
Skills
- Core Banking
- Payments
- IT Transformation
- Client Advisory
- Account Growth
- Team Leadership
- Risk Management
- Delivery Discipline
- Architecture
- Integration
- Modernization
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 10+ years
About the Company
- SAP Fioneer operates at the intersection of fintech innovation and enterprise scale.
- As a rapidly growing business, we combine deep banking expertise with an entrepreneurial, product-driven mindset, enabling financial institutions to transform core platforms while creating new sources of growth and differentiation.
- Innovation is and will always be the core of SAP Fioneer, and it is the promise of why we were spun out of SAP: agility, innovation, and delivery.
- SAP Fioneer builds on a heritage of outstanding technology and a deep understanding of corporate and consumer demands.
- We bring financial services to the next level with innovative software solutions and platforms.
- We are helping financial services companies to achieve speed, scalability, and cost-efficiency through digital business innovation, cloud technology, and solutions that cover banking and insurance processes end-to-end.
- SAP Fioneer is a global company with subsidiaries in South Africa, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK, UAE, Canada, US, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Australia, India, Singapore.
- Our rapid growth, great team and lean organization make SAP Fioneer a great place to accelerate your career!