Project Manager

About the Project Manager Role at Capgemini

This Project Manager role at Capgemini involves leading the end-to-end delivery of critical banking technology and regulatory change initiatives across areas such as Retail and Corporate Lending, Payments, and Customer Onboarding. You will drive Agile execution across multiple squads, ensuring predictable delivery through structured sprint planning, Kanban tracking, and velocity management.

Work Arrangement

Capgemini operates a hybrid working model. Your day-to-day work location will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home, noting that 100% remote work is not possible.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of banking technology and regulatory change initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives across Retail & Corporate Lending, Payments, and Customer Onboarding journeys.
• Drive Agile project execution (Scrum/Kanban) for multi-squad delivery, maintaining Kanban boards, sprint plans, and velocity tracking to ensure predictable release cycles.
• Manage Banking Change initiatives, including process reengineering, compliance updates (KYC/AML, Credit Risk, Operational Risk), and system enhancements across core banking and digital channels.
• Apply PMP/Prince2 frameworks for governance, risk & issue management, RAID tracking, and adherence to bank-wide audit and compliance controls.
• Lead project scoping, estimation, and financial planning, ensuring alignment with portfolio budgets and the bank’s technology roadmap.
• Create and maintain Gantt charts, release plans, dependency maps, and status dashboards to drive transparent and effective stakeholder communication.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams—Business, Technology, QA, Architecture, Risk, and Compliance—to ensure seamless delivery of banking products and platform enhancements.
• Utilize Trello, JIRA, Confluence, or similar PM tools to streamline task management, traceability, and documentation standards.
• Manage vendor and third-party integrations, ensuring adherence to SLAs, data security guidelines, and contractual KPIs within the banking ecosystem.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder and client relationships, ensuring alignment with business priorities, regulatory timelines, and operational goals.

Job Requirements

• 5–7 years of Project Management experience, preferably in Banking or Financial Services.
• Strong exposure to Retail/Corporate Lending, Payments, Cards, UPI, SWIFT, RTGS/NEFT, Account Servicing, or other BFSI functions.
• PMP or Prince2 certification preferred.
• Proven experience delivering projects in Agile environments, including sprint governance, backlog management, and release planning.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to partner effectively with Business, Tech, and Risk teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple parallel initiatives while maintaining control of scope, timelines, and budgets.
• Strong understanding of change management practices in regulated banking environments.
• Experience with CRM systems, core banking platforms, vendor ecosystems, or financial product integrations is an added advantage.

Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who declare they have a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please opt in during the application process.

What Does "Make It Real" Mean for You at Capgemini?

Joining Capgemini means being part of an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024, where employee wellbeing is a critical priority. You will benefit from dedicated mental health champions and wellbeing apps like Thrive and Peppy. You'll be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress with Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, offering countless training and development opportunities, including external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, and Harvard ManageMentor. Furthermore, you will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, recognized by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years, contributing to ethical business choices daily.

Why Consider Capgemini?

Capgemini is a thriving company where you become part of a collective of free-thinkers and industry experts. You will discover new ways technology can help reimagine what’s possible, shaping your future through diverse experiences and connections. By continually learning and pushing yourself, you'll build desired skills to help clients leverage technology for innovation and business growth. Making the world a better place, though challenging, is a core part of the Capgemini journey.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. With nearly 60 years of heritage, Capgemini is a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion, offering end-to-end services and solutions leveraging deep industry expertise across strategy, technology, design, engineering, and business operations.

Key skills/competency

• Project Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Banking & Financial Services
• Regulatory Compliance
• Stakeholder Management
• Scrum/Kanban
• PMP/Prince2
• Risk Management
• JIRA/Confluence
• Vendor Management