Senior Manager, Technology Investment Governance & Strategic Execution

Requisition

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Senior Manager, Technology Investment Governance & Strategic Execution plays a critical role in shaping how the organization allocates, governs, and optimizes enterprise technology investments. This role is accountable for the design and execution of executive-level governance routines that ensure technology spend delivers measurable business value, aligns to enterprise strategy, and meets regulatory and risk expectations.

This role operates as a trusted advisor to senior technology and business leaders, combining deep analytical rigor with strong business judgment. The Senior Manager leads the preparation of executive materials & insights, as well as challenges investment demand, evaluates benefit realization, and drives continuous improvement across technology spend approval and performance management processes.

This role is ideal for a technology operations leader with a consulting mindset; someone who can move seamlessly between strategy, data, governance, and execution, and who thrives in high‑visibility, decision‑oriented environments.

• Lead the design and operation of enterprise technology spend approval forums, enabling clear, fact‑based executive decision‑making on all technology relevant investments.
• Support in managing the weekly Tech Spend Review forum chaired by the Group Head & Chief Information Officer.
• Provide concise, executive‑ready insights that articulate trade‑offs, risks, benefits, and strategic alignment, constructively challenging assumptions where required.

• Govern enterprise technology approval processes and investment decisioning across third‑party contracts and project funding, ensuring consistency, transparency, compliance, and value for money.
• Serve as a strategic connector across governance processes (Finance, Enterprise Architecture, Workforce Management, and Project Governance) to streamline operations, accelerate delivery, and ensure investments drive value aligned with tech strategy and risk appetite.

• Own and evolve analytics and business intelligence capabilities supporting technology spend governance, investment decision‑making, and portfolio performance.
• Develop and maintain BI dashboards, executive reporting, and performance metrics covering spend, approvals, benefits realization, and investment trends.
• Support in determining how to connect multiple datasets to improve insights, decision‑making processes, and information awareness.
• Generate portfolio‑level insights and forward‑looking analysis to support optimization, prioritization, and longer‑term technology planning.

• Identify opportunities to optimize technology spend through demand management, vendor rationalization, contract optimization, and investment prioritization.
• Work with Executive leaders across technology to embed a proactive discipline to manage funding requirements.
• Support tracking of savings, benefits realization, and investment outcomes from approval forums in partnership with Technology Business Operations, Finance and Procurement.

• Coach and develop stakeholders, partners and potential new supporting resources to drive priorities.
• Support ad‑hoc initiatives to continuously improve governance, analytics, and reporting processes to increase efficiency, reduce cycle times, and strengthen controls.
• Exercise strong judgment, discretion, and attention to detail while managing multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:

• 7+ years of experience in technology operations, strategy execution, or related roles in financial services, such as third‑party management, or management consulting.
• Very strong business acumen, with the ability to understand complex technical requirements and provide judgement on how requirements translate to business value.
• Strong analytical, communication,…