Industry & Enterprise - Management Consulting Principal Director

We are seeking an experienced Management Consulting Principal Director to lead a major capital markets technology transformation in Hong Kong, with accountability across workstream delivery, testing, deployment, cutover and post-go-live stabilisation.

This senior delivery role will lead a complex Markets workstream covering the front-to-back trade lifecycle, risk and P&L systems, integrations and Murex where applicable. The successful candidate will bring strong capital markets knowledge, programme leadership and hands-on experience managing complex technology deployments within corporate or investment banking.

Key Responsibilities

Programme & Workstream Delivery

• Lead end-to-end delivery of a complex capital markets technology workstream across build, testing, deployment and hypercare. 

• Oversee configuration, development and integration activities, ensuring delivery against programme milestones and quality standards.

• Manage cross-workstream dependencies, risks, design decisions, resource constraints and delivery issues.

• Provide clear programme governance and senior stakeholder reporting throughout the delivery lifecycle..

Testing & Readiness 

• Lead the Markets testing programme across SIT and UAT, including test readiness, execution, defect management and exit governance.

• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to ensure appropriate test coverage, environment and data readiness, and timely business sign-off.

• Assess deployment readiness and provide evidence-based recommendations ahead of key go-live decisions.

Cutover & Deployment

• Own the cutover strategy and integrated deployment plan, including sequencing, dependencies, resourcing, critical paths, rollback planning and go/no-go criteria.

• Lead cutover dress rehearsals and use outcomes to strengthen deployment readiness and reduce execution risk.

• Provide senior war-room leadership during production deployment, managing real-time progress, issues and critical decisions.

• Lead go/no-go and, where necessary, rollback recommendations based on agreed readiness and risk thresholds.

Hypercare & Transition

• Lead post-go-live hypercare and stabilisation, establishing effective issue triage, escalation and resolution governance.

• Monitor production stability and provide structured updates to senior business and technology stakeholders.

• Drive the transition from hypercare into BAU operations, ensuring appropriate acceptance criteria and knowledge transfer.

Experience & Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience delivering complex technology transformation programmes within corporate, investment or capital markets banking.

• Demonstrated experience leading major programmes or workstreams through build, testing, cutover, production deployment and stabilisation.

• Proven experience owning cutover strategy, dress rehearsals, go-live execution, war-room management and rollback planning.

• Strong capital markets knowledge across the front-to-back trade lifecycle, risk and P&L systems and associated technology platforms.

• Strong experience managing senior stakeholders across Front Office, Risk, Finance, Technology and Operations.

• Experience driving SIT/UAT governance and business sign-off within large transformation programmes.

• Murex implementation experience is highly advantageous.

• Experience within the Hong Kong or broader APAC banking environment is preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree or above in a relevant discipline.

• PMP, MSP, PRINCE2 or equivalent programme management certification is advantageous.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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