Industry & Enterprise - Management Consulting Principal Director
We are seeking an experienced Management Consulting Principal Director to lead a major capital markets technology transformation in Hong Kong, with accountability across workstream delivery, testing, deployment, cutover and post-go-live stabilisation.
This senior delivery role will lead a complex Markets workstream covering the front-to-back trade lifecycle, risk and P&L systems, integrations and Murex where applicable. The successful candidate will bring strong capital markets knowledge, programme leadership and hands-on experience managing complex technology deployments within corporate or investment banking.
Key Responsibilities
Programme & Workstream Delivery
- Lead end-to-end delivery of a complex capital markets technology workstream across build, testing, deployment and hypercare.
- Oversee configuration, development and integration activities, ensuring delivery against programme milestones and quality standards.
- Manage cross-workstream dependencies, risks, design decisions, resource constraints and delivery issues.
- Provide clear programme governance and senior stakeholder reporting throughout the delivery lifecycle..
Testing & Readiness
- Lead the Markets testing programme across SIT and UAT, including test readiness, execution, defect management and exit governance.
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to ensure appropriate test coverage, environment and data readiness, and timely business sign-off.
- Assess deployment readiness and provide evidence-based recommendations ahead of key go-live decisions.
Cutover & Deployment
- Own the cutover strategy and integrated deployment plan, including sequencing, dependencies, resourcing, critical paths, rollback planning and go/no-go criteria.
- Lead cutover dress rehearsals and use outcomes to strengthen deployment readiness and reduce execution risk.
- Provide senior war-room leadership during production deployment, managing real-time progress, issues and critical decisions.
- Lead go/no-go and, where necessary, rollback recommendations based on agreed readiness and risk thresholds.
Hypercare & Transition
- Lead post-go-live hypercare and stabilisation, establishing effective issue triage, escalation and resolution governance.
- Monitor production stability and provide structured updates to senior business and technology stakeholders.
- Drive the transition from hypercare into BAU operations, ensuring appropriate acceptance criteria and knowledge transfer.
Experience & Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience delivering complex technology transformation programmes within corporate, investment or capital markets banking.
- Demonstrated experience leading major programmes or workstreams through build, testing, cutover, production deployment and stabilisation.
- Proven experience owning cutover strategy, dress rehearsals, go-live execution, war-room management and rollback planning.
- Strong capital markets knowledge across the front-to-back trade lifecycle, risk and P&L systems and associated technology platforms.
- Strong experience managing senior stakeholders across Front Office, Risk, Finance, Technology and Operations.
- Experience driving SIT/UAT governance and business sign-off within large transformation programmes.
- Murex implementation experience is highly advantageous.
- Experience within the Hong Kong or broader APAC banking environment is preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree or above in a relevant discipline.
- PMP, MSP, PRINCE2 or equivalent programme management certification is advantageous.
Hong Kong
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