Role Purpose:
The Portfolio
Manager will be responsible for managing Equity
Bank’s transformation projects portfolio, ensuring strategic alignment,
architectural integrity, and continuous value delivery. This role requires
strong leadership in stakeholder engagement, cross-functional coordination, and
benefits realization. The Portfolio Manager will serve as a key link between
the business, technology, and executive leadership to drive sustainable impact.
This role demands not only technical and financial acumen but also a high
degree of emotional intelligence, adaptability, and a proactive attitude to
thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Portfolio Delivery
- Manage and oversee the portfolio of
transformation projects, ensuring alignment with the bank’s strategic
objectives.
- Ensure projects deliver measurable value through
benefits realization and continuous improvement.
- Apply portfolio management frameworks (P3M) to
prioritize, monitor, and report on initiatives.
Architecture & Solution Integrity
- Work with enterprise and solution architects to
ensure all projects fit within the bank’s target architecture and
technology roadmap.
- Oversee architectural governance to ensure
long-term scalability, integration, and compliance.
- Bridge business requirements with technical
delivery to avoid rework and ensure sustainable outcomes.
Stakeholder Engagement, Influence & Leadership
- Act as the primary point of contact between
project teams, the Group EPMO Director, business leaders, and vendors.
- Build strong relationships with senior
stakeholders to align priorities and manage expectations.
- Lead portfolio review forums and ensure clear
communication to the CEO, COO, and Board.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Engage all stakeholders
from the project kick-off to post go live of the project
- Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Build
trust-based relationships across teams and leadership levels,
demonstrating empathy and active listening to align diverse interests.
Value Delivery & Risk Management
- Drive a culture of continuous delivery, ensuring
projects release incremental value rather than only end-state outcomes.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and delivery
constraints; escalate and mitigate proactively.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
and internal governance standards.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, Finance, or
related field.
- Professional certifications: PfMP, PgMP, PMP,
MoP, or equivalent (at least one is preferred
- 8+ years’ experience in program/portfolio
management, with at least 3–5 years in transformation delivery
projects/programs.
- Proven experience managing technology-enabled
transformation in banking/financial services
- Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture
principles and their role in strategic project delivery.
- Demonstrated success in working with executive
stakeholders, internal stakeholders and external vendors.
How to Apply
