Rimes Technologies - Senior Program Director, Strategic Client Delivery
Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Engineering, or a related field. • 15+ years' experience leading complex global transformation programmes. • Proven track record managing executive stakeholder relationships within Tier 1 financial institutions. • Experience serving as the senior client-facing lead for programmes of high value and involving multiple delivery streams. • Strong understanding of data management, enterprise data platforms, market data operations, investment management, and financial technology environments. • Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder management skills. • Demonstrated success managing global teams and complex multi-vendor environments. • Strong commercial awareness and ability to balance client outcomes with business objectives. • Experience working directly with sovereign wealth funds, global asset managers, pension funds, custodians, or investment service providers. • Knowledge of Databricks, cloud-based data architectures, and enterprise data transformation programmes. • Experience establishing programme governance for large-scale technology modernisation initiatives. • Formal programme management qualifications (PgMP, MSP, PMP, Prince2, or equivalent). • Only selected candidates will be contacted for interviews. We appreciate your understanding. Thank you for considering a career with us. • Rimes is committed to promote the values of diversity and inclusion throughout the business. Whether it’s through recruitment, retention, career progression or training and development, we are committed to improving opportunities for people regardless of their background or circumstances. • Visit our Careers page to see our complete listings.
Responsibilities
• Strategic Client Leadership • Act as the executive face of Rimes for strategic delivery programmes in APAC. • Build and maintain trusted relationships with client executive sponsors and senior stakeholders. • Lead executive governance forums, steering committees, programme boards, and strategic reviews. • Provide senior-level guidance and escalation management for programme challenges and delivery risks. • Drive alignment between client business objectives and programme outcomes. • Programme Oversight • Provide independent oversight across multiple programme workstreams. • Partner with internal Program Directors and workstream leads to ensure cohesive programme execution. • Ensure programme objectives, milestones, dependencies, risks, and success measures are clearly defined and managed. • Challenge delivery assumptions and proactively identify risks that could impact client outcomes. • Monitor programme health and ensure timely intervention where required. • Executive Communication & Governance • Deliver concise and structured executive reporting to client and Rimes leadership. • Lead programme governance frameworks including steering committees, risk reviews, and executive escalations. • Ensure transparency of programme performance, delivery risks, financial implications, and dependency management. • Establish best practices for governance across strategic client engagements. • Commercial & Relationship Management • Protect and strengthen strategic client relationships during complex transformation initiatives. • Partner with Client Experience, Sales, and Executive Leadership teams to maximise long-term client value. • Support discussions relating to programme scope, prioritisation, funding, and future strategic opportunities. • Act as a senior escalation point for delivery-related concerns. • Global Delivery Leadership • Coordinate globally distributed teams across multiple regions and time zones. • Ensure alignment across Product Engineering, Data Management, Operations, Professional Services, and Client Experience teams. • Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and delivery excellence. • Support the development of a repeatable framework for managing strategic client programmes across the Rimes client portfolio.
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