How it is to work in a Bank, from the lens of a PM who never worked before in a Bank.

Everything takes longer than you think (you probably launch and relaunch in non banking organization)

Compliance is your boss, not a stakeholder.

Customer First - A dream that never becomes a reality.

Legacy systems - A excuse that take every innovative ideas to death bed. You can't avoid.

Innovation pitch decks? Everyone will love them. Execution? Whole other story.

Change requests require documentation that rivals product specs.

A/B test - LOL, this is just for marketing test campaign. Forget a AB test for product.

Shipping fast? - we are Bank, we ship safely. Let's wait for Feb / March (appraisal season).

Your Jira is not the whole truth, excel is the truth. Your Jira board may reflect ambition; the real roadmap is hidden in Excel sheets and approvals(which gets changed silently when things go north)

Collaborating with Ops can feel like consulting a different company.

Most users (internal or external) don't want innovation but they want fewer clicks. (Let's create a 4 step journey for our customer to cross sell a product, not because our customer has demanded, competition has done this, hence feasible)

more time aligning than building.

Data Use - To impress, not to build.

MVP, what MVP?

PMs - which PM? Business PM (knows why and for whome) , Digital PM (Postman between two, knows how to take credit), Tech PM (has answer of how, work with engineering team and bring tangible results).

Bank can teach you patience, discipline, and humility — usually all in the same sprint.