Delivery Executive - Banking

This role blends strategic delivery oversight, strong client engagement, and hands-on project leadership to ensure we deliver measurable impact for our financial services clients.

A great opportunity to make the role your own where you'll combine executive‑level delivery leadership with credible technical depth—guiding squads across architecture, software engineering, data, cloud and AI to ship secure, scalable solutions aligned to client standards, policies, and controls.

Key details:

• Strategic leadership role with scope to shape delivery and grow high-performing teams

• Partner with Tier‑1 banking executives and delivery leaders to lead impactful transformation initiatives across priority portfolios

• Tackle complex challenges using AI, data, and modern engineering practices

What you’ll do

Delivery & Client Leadership

• Navigate bank governance and risk frameworks (architecture/risk forums, change management, SDLC controls/SoD) and ensure compliance with APRA CPS 234/CPS 230 and internal standards.

• Own end‑to‑end delivery for complex consulting and technology programs, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and outcomes are met.

• Serve as primary delivery lead and trusted advisor for executive stakeholders (CIO/CTO/CDO and business heads), identifying value and growth opportunities.

• Drive a client‑centric culture; partner with practice and account leaders to craft high‑impact, AI‑enabled solutions aligned to business priorities.

Engineering & Architecture Leadership

• Set technical direction and delivery approach across squads: architecture runway, solution options, trade‑offs, and risk management.

• Chair/guide architecture and design reviews (non‑functional requirements, security, performance, reliability, operability).

• Champion engineering excellence: CI/CD, test automation, GitOps, IaC, SRE/observability, quality gates, and continuous improvement.

• Ensure secure‑by‑design and compliance‑aware delivery within bank control environments for bank‑grade systems (identity, data protection, auditability, resilience), aligned to APRA obligations (e.g., CPS 234, CPS 230).

• Uplift engineering capability—coach Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Architects; embed modern ways of working and standards.

AI, Data & Integration

• Guide practical AI adoption (LLM integration patterns, retrieval, guardrails, MLOps) and measurable AI product delivery.

• Oversee data platform and integration initiatives (event‑driven architectures, APIs/microservices, streaming, canonical data models).

• Partner with client risk, security, and data governance teams to enable safe, compliant innovation.

Practice Growth & People

• Build and scale cross‑functional consulting teams; attract, develop, and retain top talent.

• Contribute to playbooks, frameworks, assets, and repeatable delivery patterns.

• Model values‑led leadership; foster an inclusive, collaborative, and outcomes‑focused culture.

About you

Experience

• 10+ years in consulting or delivery leadership across financial services, spanning both business and technology programs.

• Track record leading multi‑squad, multi‑vendor delivery with clear commercial accountability and executive stakeholder management.

• Credible engineering background (earlier hands‑on or deep technical leadership) with an ability to engage at code, platform, and architecture levels when needed.

• Experience delivering into a Big 4 Australian bank or equivalent Tier‑1 financial institution is ideal.

Core competencies

• Delivery management: program governance, RAID, financials, OKRs, benefits realisation.

• Architecture: cloud‑native patterns, integration (APIs/events), data platforms, security & resilience.

• Engineering excellence: Agile at scale, CI/CD, IaC (e.g., Terraform), automated testing, SRE/observability, performance engineering.

• AI & data: practical ML/LLM delivery, MLOps, data quality/lineage, model risk considerations.

• Regulatory & risk: operating within large‑bank risk/control environments; familiarity with APRA CPS 234/CPS 230/CPS 220.

• Stakeholder leadership: concise executive storytelling, influence, contract/commercial management.

Technical fluency (you don’t have to be a SME in all, but you can go deep where it counts):

• Cloud: AWS, Azure, or GCP; landing zones, networking, security controls, cost management.

• Build & release: Git, CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins), artefact repos.

• IaC & config: Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes fundamentals; platform engineering concepts.

• App & data: Java/.NET/Python/Node; REST/GraphQL; messaging/streaming (Kafka); SQL/NoSQL; analytics/BI.

• Quality & reliability: contract testing, E2E automation, chaos/DR testing, monitoring/logging/tracing.

Nice to have

• Industry and delivery certifications (e.g., AWS/Azure/GCP, SAFe, PMP/Prince2, TOGAF) and familiarity with Australian banking regulatory settings.

Measures of success (first 6–12 months)

• Consistent on‑time/on‑budget delivery with objective outcome metrics (uptime, latency, NPS, OKRs).

• Reduced operational risk via secure‑by‑design and improved observability.

• Lift in engineering throughput/quality (DORA metrics, defect escape rate, MTTR).

• Strong client advocacy and expanded account scope.

• Built and retained a high‑performing, engaged team and succession bench.

Why join Davidson Technology Consulting

At Davidson, we help clients deliver lasting change through digital transformation enabled by AI and emerging tech. You’ll join a collaborative, expert‑led team with deep financial services experience, national reach, and a flexible, inclusive culture where your leadership makes a difference.

If you're ready to shape the future of engineering‑led delivery in financial services? Apply now.

How to apply

Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Amanda Aing via amanda.aing@davidsonwp.com, quoting reference JN -092025-41386.

Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com