Strategy Execution, Governance & Portfolio Visibility Manager

About the role

This role acts as the central coordination lead for enterprise transformation initiatives within a bank, ensuring they are governed, aligned, monitored and reported consistently. It covers translating strategic priorities into executable initiatives, maintaining portfolio visibility, producing executive and Board-adjacent reporting, and enforcing change control and close-out discipline.

Key responsibilities

• Translate the bank's strategic priorities into defined enterprise initiatives with owners, milestones, deliverables and performance targets
• Own the formal intake and scoping of initiatives so none operate outside the governed portfolio
• Maintain a single consolidated governance view of the portfolio and align delivery to the Balanced Scorecard
• Produce structured reporting for Board, EXCO, ManCo and SteerCo, including RAG status and committee packs ready for the Managing Director's signature
• Maintain directive, decision, issue, risk and dependency logs, and escalate material risks
• Run the delivery governance cadence, own change control, map cross-initiative dependencies and track resource conflicts
• Own the close-out protocol for completed initiatives and map stakeholder influence
• Operate the governance platform (Monday.com or equivalent) and apply Business Excellence principles

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Public Administration, Strategy, Engineering, Project Management or Management Science; an MBA, MSc in Strategy or equivalent is strongly preferred
• Minimum seven years' experience, with at least four in a governance, PMO, strategy execution or transformation governance function, or management consulting, in a bank, financial institution or large regulated organisation
• Experience among multiple competing EXCO-level stakeholders; group or holding-company experience is an advantage
• Prior exposure to large-scale transformation programmes is required

Required skills

• Proficiency in a programme management platform such as Monday.com, Asana or equivalent
• Power BI is a strong advantage; PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP, MoP or P3O credentials are an added advantage
• Executive-level stakeholder management, structured reporting and issue/risk/change governance