Job Title: ISPL Head of Corporate Credit IT
Department: Banking Platform IT
About Business line/Function:
Corporate Credits at BNP Paribas CIB is the bank’s dedicated platform for delivering large scale, customized financing solutions to corporates and institutions worldwide. It combines deep sector expertise, a robust risk framework, and a global syndication network to support M&A, project development, working capital needs, and other strategic financing objectives. Current strategic focus is on sustainable finance, digital transformation, and expanding in high growth regions while preserving credit quality and delivering strong, client centric results.
Provides structured financing, revolving facilities, term loans, and syndications to large corporates, financial institutions, and public sector entities worldwide.
Position Purpose:
- As Delivery lead,
- Manage the Corporate Credit software delivery teams based in India to deliver expected IT functionality with stability & scalability.
- Managing a span of control of 100+ FTEs.
- Responsible for relationship management with Business, Operations & IT sponsors in conjunction with global domain leads.
- Lead transversal initiatives for the Banking Platform IT department beyond the domain, e.g. DevSecOps, Gen AI usage, Test Automation + Shift Left, Development methodology (Agile practices), Cloud native approach etc.
- By being a part of the ISPL Banking Platform IT Executive Committee:
- Contribute & strengthen the management vision of the department.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of Banking Platform IT ISPL and implementation of best practices.
- Lead by example and disseminate the management values & objectives for Banking Platform IT Leadership group to boost Banking Platform IT ISPL performance.
- Contribute to initiatives/collaboration across all domains of Banking Platform IT.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
Vision in strategy:
- Key leadership role responsible for managing and driving the IT strategy, execution and delivery of technology and solutions, for Banking Platform IT
- The successful candidate will ensure management of 100+ Corporate Credit IT professionals.
- Transform, evolve, recruit, upskill and develop people to have mission ready and top-notch team at Banking IT, India CoE for Corporate Credit.
- Will act as a key partner with business stakeholders to drive the overall Corporate Credit strategy. Must be very well versed with Corporate Credit business, its challenges and operational needs.
- Build strong relationship with global and regional Business, IT & Ops leaders, in collaboration with different IOCs, to drive business successfully and to ensure consistency and alignment across systems.
- Visualize business changes and create an IT/innovation mindset so that solutions are ready for the growth of business and are future ready.
Delivery and operations:
- Overseeing delivery of high-quality, complex IT Programs for various products/instruments used by Credits business lines
- Implement Agile methodologies to ensure efficiency in delivery operations.
- Platform availability, scalability and performance – to support high transaction volumes.
- Collaborate with Application Production Support to optimize production incidents resolutions.
- Manage relationships with technology partners ensuring cost effective delivery of solutions.
- Leverage emerging technologies to enhance system architecture and solutions.
- Drive digital transformation initiatives to improve delivery efficiency.
- Budget management and cost optimization.
- Continuous monitoring of performance & efficiency of the setup.
- Identify opportunities for process and technologies improvement.
- Enable solutions and act as escalation point for Administrative & HR topics.
- Provide support for business stakeholders & operations leadership.
Risk and compliance:
- Ensure compliance with global regulatory requirements.
- Drive all the dimensions of IT risk management for the full scope of Credit assets.
- Implement existing robust IT governance and reporting mechanisms to manage operational excellence.
- Risk mitigation via implementation of technology obsolescence remediation.
Digital Transformation:
- Manage initiatives, which includes framing transformation programs
- Design or transform IT assets with “Cloud Native” features.
- Getting buy-in from stakeholders and contributors
- Define the governance, secure capacity, and budget, build/consolidate and maintain the plan, manage dependencies and drive to completion, ensuring effective communication, continuous alignment of contributors and timely running of governance routines.
People Development:
- Evolve (recruit, upskill, develop) teams to be at next level and work efficiently with partners in Paris & Poland teams.
- Drive and manage people development initiatives in partnership with HR.
- Responsible for mentorship and career growth of the in-scope employees.
- Consulting point for Talent Acquisition & Technology solutions.
- Further develop architectural / design skills within leveraging on in-sourced out-sourced staff.
Contributing Responsibilities:
- Corporate Credit domain knowledge to effectively discuss and strategize client and operation’s needs.
- Should be able to drive functional discussions with non-technical stakeholders
- Technology validation & evolution.
- Support & leadership to organizational initiatives.
- Identify gaps in existing systems and create action-plans to plug those gaps rapidly.
- Promote automation in all areas that helps to improve quality and faster delivery.
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
- Candidate must be very familiar with Corporate Credit processes and functions, and must be able to effectively and efficiently discuss with business counterparts
- Good knowledge of corporate banking products like Payments, Trade Finance, eBanking, Accounting systems is a big plus.
- Expert in various project development methodologies (Agile-Scrum, Agile-Kanban, Waterfall etc)
- In-depth understanding of tooling and engineering aspects of software development (DevOps Tools, Cloud technologies etc.)
- Must be able to collaborate with the development, test & production support team
- Good communication skills and excellent team player
- Proven experience of managing large delivery teams (100+ FTE)
- Active Interest and Experience in AI techniques applied to Delivery and Deployment procedure would be a plus.
Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)
Behavioral Skills:
- Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
- Organizational skills
- Communication skills - oral & written
- Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving
Transversal Skills:
- Ability to understand, explain and support change
- Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution
- Ability to inspire others & generate people's commitment
- Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training
- Ability to develop and leverage networks
Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Experience Level: At least 15 years
Location: Bengaluru / Mumbai
About BNP Paribas Group:
BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.
About BNP Paribas India Solutions:
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.
