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Head – Banking Operations & Delivery

India, Gurugram · Job Posted May 20, 2026

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The role involves end-to-end management of banking operations and service delivery, driving operational excellence, transformation, and client satisfaction across multiple global banking processes. The incumbent will be responsible for managing large-scale delivery teams, ensuring adherence to SLAs, maintaining governance standards, and fostering innovation through automation and process improvement initiatives.

Job Responsibility

  • End-to-end management of banking operations and service delivery
  • Drive operational excellence, transformation, and client satisfaction across multiple global banking processes
  • Manage large-scale delivery teams
  • Ensure adherence to SLAs
  • Maintain governance standards
  • Foster innovation through automation and process improvement
  • Lead and oversee banking operations across retail, commercial, corporate banking, cards, payments, and reconciliations
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory and operational risk standards
  • Manage transaction processing, reconciliations, settlements, and exception handling
  • Oversee large-scale transitions and migrations
  • Own end-to-end delivery of multiple client engagements
  • Drive operational governance, manage P&L, resource allocation, and delivery excellence
  • Develop and maintain strong client relationships
  • Implement continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma)
  • Lead a diverse team of 300+ associates/managers
  • Mentor and develop next-generation leaders
  • Champion automation, digital tools, and analytics-driven insights
  • Collaborate with technology and innovation teams
  • Drive transformation programs aligned with strategic objectives

Requirements

  • 10 Years experience in Banking & Financial Services Operations
  • Experience in retail, commercial, corporate banking, cards, payments, and reconciliations
  • Compliance with regulatory and operational risk standards
  • Transaction processing, reconciliations, settlements, and exception handling
  • Large-scale transitions and migrations
  • End-to-end delivery management
  • Client governance
  • Process excellence
  • Lean Six Sigma
  • Performance analytics
  • Dashboarding and productivity metrics
  • Strong domain knowledge in Financial Services and Insurance (FSI)
  • Program management including planning, coordination, and execution
  • Hands-on customer-facing deployments
  • Graduate/Postgraduate in Commerce, Finance, or Business Administration
  • Preferred certifications: Lean Six Sigma (Black Belt/Green Belt), PMP, or equivalent
  • Exposure to agentic AI solutions (good-to-have)

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Exposure to developing solutions leveraging agentic AI

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