Project Manager

Job Description:

Job Title: Cash & Trade Technology Project Manager.

Experience: 8+ Years.

Job Type: 6 month Contract and extendable.

Job Location: Dubai, (Onside)

Job Purpose:

The Project Manager is responsible for execution project as per plan, project scope and support the technology team goals in collaboration with application teams, infrastructure, business and operations. End to end experience in Trade, Cash and Channels deliveries.

Able to manage full-scale project plans and support in managing status reports, RAID logs and work proactively across teams to increase momentum of achieving milestones across the project.

The person will be accountable for the below activities and ultimately working towards on time, on scope and within budget delivery (minimizing risks and optimizing delivery).

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in end-to-end core banking deliveries, ability to deal with critical third-party vendors, expertise in trade, cash, core banking and possess strong project management skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the PMO function to assess and support in any risks, delays and mitigations.
• Work on status reporting, plan execution tracking and risk and issue communications.
• Work with cross-functional teams across the bank to mobilize, establish and timely delivery of the project milestones
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and third-party vendors including application teams for assessment, planning, integration and delivery
• Maintain a detailed project plan, risk register (RAID log) and status reporting
• Provide input and status as part of the Technology workstream governance sessions.
• Support product owners, business and operations teams for end-to-end delivery of the project scope.
• Liaise with accountable leads regarding configuration, customization, and development of the applications within scope of the project.
• Coordinate with middleware and API teams to ensure seamless integration between core banking and other applications.

Support the tech function for in-scope, on time, on quality, on budget delivery:

Manage Project:

• Monitor and Control Scope and Requirements with traceability across modules.
• Monitor and control schedule with dependency mapping across internal and vendor timelines.
• Monitor and control dependencies including third-party APIs, middleware, and regulatory approvals.
• Monitor and control budget with vendor milestone tracking and change order governance.
• Manage Risks and Issues with vendor-specific risk registers and mitigation plans.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience:

• Between 8 to15 years of experience in banking industry in medium to large projects.
• Proven experience in managing transformation Project with multi-stream delivery and large teams.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with the stakeholders across the organization, especially key contributors to the success of the project
• Experience in a multi-national consulting company a plus
• Very good organization skills and presentation skills.
• PMP Certification a plus