Director - Strategy Execution

THE ROLE The Transformation Director is a senior role within Temenos' Strategy team, responsible for turning strategic priorities into actionable plans and driving their successful execution across the organisation .

It sits at the intersection of strategy, transformation and execution , requiring someone who can operate at both the executive level and in the details when necessary to drive meaningful outcomes.

About Temenos

• TEMENOS Temenos is a global leader in banking technology.
• Through our market-leading core banking suite and best-in-class composable solutions, we are modernizing the banking industry.
• Banks of all sizes utilize our adaptable technology – on-premises, in the cloud, or as SaaS – to deliver next-generation services and AI-enhanced experiences that elevate banking for their customers.
• Our mission is to create a world where people can live their best financial lives.
• VALUES Care about transforming the Banking landscape.

Responsibilities

• Commit to being part of an exciting culture and product evolving within the financial industry.
• Collaborate effectively and proactively with teams within or outside Temenos.
• Challenge yourself to be ambitious and achieve your individual as well as the company targets.
• Reporting to the Head of Strategy and working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams, you will ensure that strategic initiatives are translated into robust, executable plans, that milestones are delivered on time, and that risks, dependencies and execution challenges are proactively addressed.
• This is a highly hands-on role requiring strong strategic judgement, the ability to challenge senior stakeholders constructively, and the drive to push initiatives forward in a complex global organisation.
• You will connect the dots across functions, break down organisational silos, anticipate execution challenges and ensure that critical issues are resolved before they jeopardise delivery.
• While functional leaders remain accountable for executing their respective initiatives, you will play a critical role in ensuring that the overall strategic plan is delivered — going beyond monitoring progress to actively challenging, problem-solving and intervening where needed to maintain momentum.
• Translate strategy into executable plans: Work with senior leaders to convert strategic priorities into clear initiatives, milestones, deliverables, accountabilities and measurable outcomes.
• Challenge the robustness and feasibility of plans, including underlying assumptions, timelines, resource requirements, interdependencies and execution risks, ensuring they are sufficiently ambitious but achievable.
• Maintain an integrated view of strategic initiatives, proactively tracking progress against critical milestones and pushing initiative owners to deliver on their commitments.
• Go beyond identifying delays or risks to understanding root causes, challenging proposed solutions and working with stakeholders to get initiatives back on track.
• Proactively identify cross-functional dependencies and ensure that the right stakeholders engage, align and make necessary decisions at the right time.
• Constructively challenge senior leaders on progress, commitments and execution gaps, ensuring clear ownership and timely follow-through.
• Identify emerging risks, bottlenecks and competing priorities early, distinguishing issues that can be resolved operationally from those requiring executive intervention.
• Frame critical issues into clear options, trade-offs and recommendations, ensuring that decisions are escalated and resolved before they impact execution.
• Take a hands-on role in addressing high-priority execution challenges, bringing structure to ambiguous problems, aligning stakeholders and driving resolution where additional support is needed.
• Establish an effective operating rhythm of milestone reviews, cross-functional working sessions, executive discussions and follow-ups to maintain delivery momentum.
• Develop concise, insight-driven reporting that highlights progress, execution risks, key decisions and actions required, rather than simply summarising status.
• Help leadership assess competing priorities, resource constraints and execution trade-offs, ensuring organisational capacity remains aligned with strategic ambition.
• Feed insights from execution challenges and changing business conditions into strategic planning, helping refine priorities and maintain alignment with business objectives.
• Identify recurring barriers to delivery and strengthen ways of working, cross-functional coordination and organisational accountability.
• SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE Success will be demonstrated through: Delivery of the strategic plan: Strategic priorities progress against agreed milestones and deliver intended business outcomes.
• Strategic initiatives are supported by realistic, well-structured plans with clear ownership, milestones, dependencies and measures of success.
• Execution risks and bottlenecks are anticipated and addressed early, rather than becoming reasons for missed commitments.
• Dependencies are actively managed, organisational silos are overcome and critical conversations happen at the right time.
• Senior stakeholders remain committed to agreed deliverables, with clear ownership and follow-through.
• Leadership has a clear, forward-looking understanding of execution progress, emerging challenges and areas requiring intervention.

Requirements

• Critical decisions are surfaced with clear recommendations and resolved in time to maintain execution momentum.
• The business develops stronger capabilities to translate strategy into outcomes, without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Significant experience in enterprise transformation, strategy execution, strategic programme leadership or management consulting , ideally within a complex, global technology or software organisation.
• A strong track record of driving large-scale strategic initiatives through to delivery , working across multiple functions and senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to translate high-level strategic priorities into concrete, executable plans and critically assess their feasibility.
• Strong strategic and analytical problem-solving skills , with the ability to rapidly diagnose execution challenges, identify root causes and develop pragmatic solutions.
• Exceptional ability to influence, challenge and drive accountability with senior executives , including in situations where you have no direct authority.
• Experience navigating complex, cross-functional organisations, resolving dependencies, breaking down silos and aligning stakeholders with competing objectives.
• A proactive, delivery-oriented mindset, with the willingness to get into the details, challenge assumptions and drive resolution , rather than relying on reporting and escalation alone.
• Strong executive judgement, particularly in distinguishing critical risks and decisions from operational issues, and knowing when and how to intervene.
• Experience establishing effective execution disciplines, performance reviews and management routines that drive action and measurable outcomes.
• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills, with the ability to distil complex execution challenges into clear insights, options and recommendations. #Li-Hybrid SOME OF OUR BENEFITS include: Maternity leave : Transition back with 3 days per week in the first month and 4 days per week in the second month

Benefits

• This covers marriages and civil partnerships, including same sex/civil partnership

4 weeks of paid family care leave

• 4 days per year to use when you need to physically or mentally needed to recharge
• 2 weeks of paid leave each year for study or personal development

This is not a traditional programme management or governance role.

Civil Partnership

1 week of paid leave if you're getting married.

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