Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

• The Project Delivery Manager is responsible for end to end delivery of GTB platform integrations (OBP, OBLM, OBVAM) as part of the Flexcube 14.8 core banking upgrade across UAE and IBG countries, ensuring on time, on budget, and stable delivery with no business disruption.

  Key Result Areas

  Delivery & Execution

  • End to end delivery of GTB integrations aligned with Flexcube 14.8 milestones.

  • Ownership of SIT, Regression, UAT, and cutover readiness.

  • Defect governance, prioritization, and resolution oversight.

  Operating Environment, Framework and Boundaries, Working Relationships

  The Project Delivery Manager operates within a regulated banking technology environment, delivering GTB platform integrations as part of the Flexcube 14.8 core banking upgrade program across UAE and IBG countries. The role functions within defined delivery, change, and release governance frameworks and program driven timelines, ensuring disciplined execution and compliance.

  Operating Environment & Framework

  • Operates within established SDLC, change management, release, and deployment governance frameworks.

  • Delivers in a multi vendor, multi stakeholder environment, managing complex inter system and cross team dependencies.

  • Primary accountabilities include delivery alignment, execution ownership, dependency management, risk and issue resolution, and readiness for go live.

  • Ensures delivery execution aligns with approved scope, architecture, regulatory, and control standards.

  Working Relationships

  • Works closely with GTB Tech application owners, Product Owners, Business, and Operations teams to ensure delivery objectives are clearly understood and execution is aligned to business priorities.

  • Partners with Technology stakeholders (core banking, integrations, infrastructure, security, architecture, QA) to ensure coordinated and seamless deployments.

  • Acts as the single delivery point of contact for external vendors, driving execution and delivery commitments in line with agreed scope, timelines, and quality benchmarks.

  • Provides delivery options, impact assessments, and execution recommendations to enable informed senior management decision making

Desired Candidate Profile

• Engineer / Post Graduate with 12+ years of experience in Corporate Banking application hands on experience with product implementation.

• Minimum 5 years in Team management, Project Management and Implementation Management.

• Cross border team working experience.

• Strong business orientation, domain knowledge to comprehend user requirements.

• Strong organizational, team building and leadership qualities.

• Knowledge of Banking domain is a must

• Strong understanding of SDLC process

• Strong interpersonal communication skills

• Excellent Project Management Experience

• Experience of working in large scale programs e.g. Corporate banking implementation

• Good verbal and written communication including ability to prepare system documentation.

• Ability to interpret solution documentation and identify areas of concern and recommend approach.

• Ability to multi-task in a dynamic work environment.

• Ability to work on multiple projects with multiple deadlines.

• Ability to communicate clearly with business users and stakeholders

• Ability to complete all phases of software development life cycle including analysis, design, functionality, testing and support.

• PMI, API’s & Integrations knowledge, Certified Scrum Master – will be added advantage.