Project Manager

We are currently looking for Project Manager for our UAE operations.

Required Skills & Experience

Experience:  4–6 years

• Solid project management experience in financial services or large transformation programmes.
• Strong grounding in PMO practices, documentation, and structured delivery.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint (slide creation, structured updates) and Excel (trackers, logs, reporting).
• Experience managing multi‑stakeholder coordination and onboarding activities.
• Strong communication, documentation, and organisational skills.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification is an advantage.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Governance & Delivery Management

• Maintain core PMO artefacts (charter, governance model, RACI, plans, registers).
• Run programme cadence: steering committees, working groups, decisions, and escalations.
• Track progress, risks, dependencies, and ensure timely sign‑offs.
• Prepare high‑quality PowerPoint decks, decision papers, and structured updates.

Stakeholder & Communication Management

• Coordinate with regulatory, industry, and internal stakeholders.
• Manage structured communication, expectations, and readiness across all parties.
• Present updates clearly and confidently using PPT storytelling and executive‑ready slides.

Onboarding & Readiness

• Oversee business onboarding activities for participating institutions.
• Ensure frameworks, playbooks, and readiness criteria are applied consistently.
• Support training, readiness assessments, and issue resolution.

Cross‑Functional Coordination

• Align business and technical workstreams with the platform provider.
• Support joint activities such as training, onboarding preparation, and limited UAT coordination.
• Ensure clarity of roles, ownership, and dependencies across teams.

Transition to Operations

• Facilitate the setup of operational support functions (L1/L2).
• Ensure structures, resources, and processes are defined for BAU operations.
• Track and manage the transition from programme delivery into steady‑state.

Personal Attributes

• Highly organised, structured, and detail‑oriented.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to anticipate issues.
• Mature stakeholder handling and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Calm, solution‑oriented, and comfortable in high‑visibility environments.
• Able to work with discipline, clarity, and consistency in a regulated ecosystem.

Joining time frame: 2 weeks (maximum 1 month)