Programme PMO and Delivery Lead

Union Bancaire Privée seeks a Senior Programme PMO and Delivery Lead in Geneva to orchestrate complex cross-border transformations, ensuring reliable delivery, financial governance, and stakeholder alignment.

The company is looking for an experienced leader to drive a major, multi-region transformation initiative. In this role, you will convert strategic plans into tangible results by managing the integrated delivery roadmap, overseeing cross-stream execution, and guaranteeing that releases are delivered reliably. You will serve as the central point for translating financial controls and delivery metrics into actionable insights, keeping stakeholders prepared for decisions while continuously enhancing the predictability and efficiency of the delivery process.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the cross-programme delivery roadmap, release schedules, and readiness for cutover and hypercare phases.
• Facilitate weekly delivery forums to synchronize cross-stream dependencies, review risks, and make unblocking decisions.
• Control scope through structured change management, balancing minimum viable product goals against value and risk trade-offs.
• Manage the critical path, handoffs, and sequencing between Technology and Business workstreams.
• Verify that definitions of done, entry/exit criteria, and quality gates are satisfied for every phase.
• Execute stage gates (Initiate, Plan, Build, Test, Deploy, Hypercare) with clear go/no-go criteria.
• Lead programme-level RAID management by anticipating impacts, securing mitigations, and escalating issues early.
• Ensure delivery plans comply with regulatory and compliance requirements, including data privacy and SOX.
• Conduct periodic delivery health checks and implement corrective actions or systemic fixes.
• Maintain multi-year budgets and rolling forecasts aligned with delivery phases and releases.
• Track actuals against plans, managing variances, accruals, and capitalization (CapEx/OpEx).
• Define and track benefits KPIs with baselines and realization plans tied to specific releases.
• Govern vendor finances through PO tracking, SOW alignment, milestone billing, rate cards, and burn rate analysis.
• Collaborate with Finance on controls, reconciliations, and audit readiness.
• Develop a cross-stream capacity model covering FTEs, contractors, and vendors.
• Balance demand and supply, manage skills mix, and optimize onboarding and offboarding cadences.
• Monitor utilization, productivity, and cost-to-serve, addressing bottlenecks promptly.
• Manage vendor performance against delivery SLAs and quality metrics.
• Run a cadence of weekly status updates, monthly performance reviews, and quarterly deep-dives.
• Prepare executive-ready packs and dashboards covering milestones, risks, capacity, and financials.
• Transform delivery data into insights and scenarios to recommend and secure decisions.
• Maintain a single source of truth for scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and benefits.
• Align with the Programme Director on priorities and decision options involving trade-offs.
• Map stakeholders and execute a communications plan across regions and functions.
• Operate the delivery toolset including Jira, Xray, Confluence, RAID logs, and dashboards.
• Ensure data quality, version control, and access governance across all artefacts.
• Automate reporting where possible and define KPI models for flow, predictability, and quality.

Requirements

• 8–12+ years of experience leading delivery or programme governance in complex, cross-border transformations.
• Proven accountability for significant budgets across multi-vendor landscapes.
• Track record of delivering multi-workstream Technology and Business outcomes at scale.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
• Fluency in English and French.
• Valid Swiss Residence permit.

Nice to have

• Preferred certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, SAFe/Scrum, or MoP/MoV.
• Coursework in CIMA or FP&A is beneficial.

About the company

Union Bancaire Privée operates with a strong commitment to its core values: Dedication, Conviction, Agility, and Responsibility. The organization prioritizes strict compliance with regulations and internal directives, fostering a culture of integrity and operational excellence.

• Adherence to the company’s values: Dedication, Conviction, Agility and Responsibility.
• Compliance with regulations and internal directives.