AI Programme Manager - Indra Project Management Office Team

Job Description:

Job Title AI Programme Manager - Indra Project Management Office Team

Location London

Corporate Title Assistant Vice President

Indra is the central program driving the introduction and safe scaling of AI at Deutsche Bank. Focus is to identify AI potential across various banking operations, driving funded use cases into production to create value and confidence and scale across the bank, creating selected shared services with embedded safety to enable low cost scale, developing an AI Workbench for developers for safe AI development at pace, and introducing AI controls whilst aiming to maintain time to market.

This role leads the delivery of complex programs across multiple Agile teams, ensuring timely, cost-effective, and high-quality outcomes. It combines hands-on delivery leadership with strong financial oversight, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement. A key focus is driving cross-team collaboration while embedding AI value realization within broader program goals.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:  

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Responsible for developing and implementing the overall project management strategy aligned with the organization's goals
• Supporting and coordinating with multiple cross-functional Agile teams to track, consolidate, and ensure the successful delivery of complex programs within scope, time, and budget
• Driving end-to-end program delivery by planning, tracking, and managing milestones, risks, dependencies, and resources across multiple workstreams.  Work closely with Workstream leads on the progress of their OKRs, key achievements, blockers and Programme Level RAID items
• Collaborating closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and key stakeholders to align on priorities, requirements, and deliverables. Assist in establishing the programme structure and define roles and responsibilities of each of stream within the programme
• Facilitate the planning and execution of programme initiatives such as QBR’s and offsites, encouraging collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Responsible for compiling and delivering monthly programme progress reports to OpCo and other senior forums, ensuring accurate tracking of milestones, progress and escalations..

Your skills and experience

• Experience in managing large-scale programs with multiple Agile teams in a complex, matrixed organisation and exposure to AI space and basic understanding of AI productivity metrics
• Expertise in Agile delivery frameworks (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban) and scaling Agile practices across teams as well as familiarity with tools like Jira, Confluence, MS Project, and other program management and reporting tools
• Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to proactively collaborate with, influence, and gather updates from busy Project Managers and technical workstream leads and the ability to engage at all organisational levels
• Effective communicator with strong collaboration and problem-solving skills
• Strong experience in Microsoft PowerPoint (e.g. storyboarding, translating complex data into clean executive-level slides) and Excel (e.g. advanced formulas, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, data modelling, and dashboard creation), with the ability to produce executive‑ready presentations, dashboards, and analysis
• Highly adaptable and flexible; comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with changing priorities
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to be named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality and has been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on adjustmentsconcierge@db.com to discuss.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.