IT Project Manager
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About the role
The IT Project Manager at Cargills Bank is responsible for leading the bank's IT portfolio governance and delivery discipline, ensuring secure, resilient, and CBSL-compliant technology change. The role involves establishing and maintaining PMO policies, standards, and procedures, managing project demand and capacity planning, ensuring business case approvals, risk assessments, and security requirements, and coordinating project rollbacks and implementations. The candidate will also drive portfolio budget tracking, maintain cross-initiative dependency maps, support third-party due diligence, and manage audit-ready documentation. The position requires significant experience in project management within the banking sector, expertise in delivery methodologies, and strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
Must have
- Minimum 8+ years of experience in similar capacity with prior exposure in managing large scale
- Proven experience as a project manager in the banking sector
- Expertise in Waterfall/Agile/Hybrid delivery, scope and cost control, and RAID management
- Risk assessments, KRIs/KCIs, issue remediation, and defensible escalations
- Hands-on experience with secure SDLC, NFR management, and DR planning/rehearsals
- Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, benefits realization, and cloud initiatives
- Strong knowledge & hands-on experience in project management methodologies such as project planning, execution and maintenance
- Experience in stage-gates design, prioritization, PMIS discipline, and committee reporting
- In-depth understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle & awareness of product development concepts
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to carry out multiple responsibilities simultaneously & make proactive decisions
Nice to have
- PMP/CSM/PMI-ACP/PRINCE2 Certification(s) will be an added advantage
Technologies
- Agile
- FinOps
- Pmp
- Prince2
- SDLC
- Uat
Highlights
Interested candidates must forward their CVs to career@cargillsbank.com, mentioning the post applied for in the subject line of the email, on or before 20th November 2026. PMP/CSM/PMI-ACP/PRINCE2 certifications are considered an added advantage. The role is based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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