Senior Technical Delivery Manager - Open Banking & Open Finance

Location: Charlotte, NC or Raleigh, NC or Birmingham, AL or Memphis, TNExperience

• 12–20 years of progressive experience in Banking / Financial Services technology
• 6–10+ years owning delivery and architecture for large-scale digital banking or Open Banking programs

Role Summary: The Senior Technical Delivery Manager is the single-point owner accountable for both technical architecture and end-to-end delivery execution of Open Banking and Open Finance platforms. This role combines:

• Architecture ownership (how the platform is designed, secured, and scaled), and
• Delivery ownership (how the platform is built, released, governed, and operated).The role carries direct accountability for regulatory compliance, engineering outcomes, delivery predictability, platform stability, and stakeholder confidence.
• Core Accountability Areas1. Architecture Ownership with Delivery AccountabilityOwn the target and transitional architecture for Open Banking platforms.
• Translate regulatory and business requirements into actionable architecture and delivery plans.
• Define and govern:
• API standards, data contracts, and canonical models
• Versioning, lifecycle management, and backward compatibility
• Ensure architecture decisions are delivery-practical, cost-aware, and operable at scale.2. End-to-End Delivery Leadership
• Own full lifecycle delivery: design ? build ? test ? release ? operate.
• Drive delivery using Agile / SAFe / Hybrid models, with accountability for:
• Commitments vs outcomes
• Cross-team dependencies
• Release readiness and production sign-off
• Actively remove delivery risks related to:
• Architecture gaps
• Security approvals
• Regulatory dependencies
• Ensure delivery predictability across Dev, QA, Prod, and DR environments.3. Open Banking & Regulatory Execution
• Lead delivery aligned to Open Banking / Open Finance regulations:
• FDX (US)PSD2 / PSD3 (EU)
• Open Banking UKConsumer Data Right (CDR)
• Own implementation of:
• Data Provider and Data Consumer capabilities
• Consent capture, validation, renewal, and revocation flows
• Ensure regulatory timelines are treated as delivery milestones, not theoretical targets.4. Security-First Architecture & Compliance Delivery
• Own security architecture AND its implementation, not just design.
• Drive end-to-end adoption of:
• OAuth 2.0 / OpenID ConnectmTLS, PKI, certificate rotation
• Secure API gateways and identity controls
• Serve as the primary interface to Risk, Compliance, and Audit.
• Ensure architecture patterns pass real audit scrutiny, not just documentation reviews.5. Platform Engineering & Modernization Execution
• Own modernization from:
• Legacy ESB / SOAP platforms
• To API-first, microservices, and event-driven architectures
• Ensure architecture modernization is sequenced with delivery, avoiding big-bang rewrites.
• Oversee integration with:
• Core banking platforms
• Enterprise Data & Analytics platforms
• External fintech and aggregator ecosystems
• Balance technical debt reduction with delivery velocity.6. Cloud, DevSecOps & Production AccountabilityOwn Open Banking platforms deployed on cloud (preferably Azure):AKS / KubernetesAPI Management and ingress platforms
• Drive DevSecOps adoption with:
• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, Bitbucket)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm)
• Be accountable for:
• Non-functional requirements (performance, resilience, scalability)
• Observability, alerting, and incident response
• Own production stability — this role does not "throw over the wall."7. Stakeholder, Vendor & Executive Management
• Act as single throat to choke for Open Banking delivery and platform health.
• Engage at executive level with:
• CIO, DCIO, Enterprise Architecture leadership
• Risk, Compliance, and Legal heads
• Own vendor and partner delivery, ensuring:
• Architecture alignment
• Delivery accountability
• Clear ownership boundaries
• Communicate complex technical and delivery trade-offs in business-clear language.