Team Leader Financial Sector Development Programme, Bangladesh

Team Leader - Financial Sector Development Programme Bangladesh

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working todesign develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods ofpeople around the globe; broaden access to health water power andinfrastructure; build enduring sustainable and transformative institutionsand market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the naturalworld. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 2100 talentedmotivated and diverse staff of all religions races languages and genderidentities.

Palladium is part of GISIs Consulting Groupwhich aims to create solutions for the worlds most complex challenges. Withannual revenues of $14 billion GISIs approximately 15000 employees areengaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing constructionprogram/project management and engineering consulting services.

This Opportunity:

Palladium is seeking an experienced and strategic Team Leader tolead the delivery of a five-year UK FCDO-funded technical assistance programmeaimed at strengthening Bangladeshs financial sector. The programme willsupport the central bank government and regulatory authorities to drivetransformation improve financial infrastructure and enhance regulatoryframeworks.

Please note - This position is being recruited as part of a proposal submission and is contingent upon the successful award of the contract.

Location:

The position is ideally based in Dhaka Bangladesh. Considerationwill be given to applicants who are based elsewhere and willing to spend 50%time in Dhaka.

Reporting Lines:

This role will report into the Palladium Programme Director.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

Provideoverall strategic leadership quality assurance and stakeholder coordinationfor the programme ensuring high-impact delivery across all workstreams andfull compliance with FCDO requirements.

Strategic Leadership & Oversight

• Provide overall strategic leadership and direction for programme implementation and achievement of outcomes.
  
• Serve as the primary point of contact with FCDO Bangladesh Bank government counterparts and development partners.
  
• Ensure all workstreams (central bank transformation financial infrastructure regulatory/legal reform financial ecosystem development) are integrated and aligned with programme objectives.

Stakeholder & Partnership Coordination

• Build and maintain high-level relationships with FCDO Bangladesh Bank government ministries IMF World Bank ADB IFC private sector bodies and civil society.
  
• Represent the programme at policy dialogues donor coordination platforms steering committees and public forums.
  
• Proactively manage sensitive political-economy issues ensuring effective communication and alignment among stakeholders.

Quality Assurance & TechnicalOversight

• Provide senior oversight and quality assurance for deliverables produced by Technical Leads and short-term experts ensuring technical soundness feasibility and alignment with FCDO KPIs.
  
• Drive adaptive management and learning across workstreams ensuring lessons learned inform programme adjustments.
  
• Oversee capacity-building of Bangladesh Bank and other counterparts including planning for sustainability and exit strategy.

Compliance Risk & Value for Money

• Ensure the programme meets all FCDO contract management KPIs including social value safeguarding duty of care and anti-fraud measures.
  
• Oversee risk management monitoring of fiduciary controls and compliance with FCDO transparency requirements.
  
• Champion Value for Money principles (economy efficiency effectiveness equity) across all programme activities.

Team Management & Mentoring

• Lead and manage a multidisciplinary team of national and international experts fostering collaboration inclusion and performance excellence.
  
• Mentor senior staff including the Deputy Team Leader and Technical Leads to strengthen local leadership capacity.

Essential Criteria:

• Experience leading large-scale donor-funded programmes preferably in financial sector reform or economic governance.
  
• Proven experience working with central banks financial regulators and government institutions in developing countries.
  
• Strong understanding of financial inclusion digital finance and regulatory technology.
  
• Senior-level experience working with central banks financial regulators and government institutions in developing countries.
  
• Excellent leadership stakeholder engagement communication and team management skills.
• Advanced degree in economics finance public policy or related field.
  
• Proven experience in successfully leading large-scale institutional transformation of central banks or comparable government bodies including organisational restructuring governance reforms and capacity-building in complex politicaleconomic environments.
  
• Strong understanding of financial inclusion digital finance and regulatory technology.
  
• Demonstrated expertise in high-level stakeholder coordination political-economy navigation and risk management.
• Fluency in English is required; knowledge of Bangla is an asset.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience leading large-scale donor-funded programmes in financial sector reform or economic governance or liaising with donorsis highly desirable.
• Strong track record of quality-assuring complex technical deliverables and achieving results against KPIsis highly desirable.
• Experience working in South Asia or similar contexts is highly desirable.

Equity Diversity& Inclusion - Palladiumis committed to embedding equity diversity and inclusion into everything wedo. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encouragediversity to drive innovation creativity success and good practice. Wepositively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce;and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatmentregardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (butare not limited to) socio-economic background age race gender identity andexpression religion ethnicity sexual orientation disability nationalityveteran marital or Indigenous status.

Should you requireany adjustments or accommodations to be made during the recruitment process (dueto disability neurodiversity or for any other circumstance) please email ourteam at and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as the preventative action taken byPalladium to protect our people clients and the communities we work with fromharm. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come intocontact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject toan enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and arigorous due diligence process.

Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1