QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE: Significant experience in area like Payments and related projects, especially in UAE / GCC region .10+ Years of overall IT experience with minimum of 5 years in Banking sector. Good understanding of internationally accepted Project Management Principles, Methodologies (Waterfall, Hybrid or Agile) and Practices (PMI Certification or equivalent is an advantage). Candidate should be Techno Functional and ability to engage with cross functional teams, problem solving and good negotiation skills Hands on experience in handling Microsoft Project (MPP knowledge is a must). Must have strong verbal and written communication with proven ability to manage stakeholders at various levels (Including business heads, functional heads and other senior managers). Creates and executes project work plan along with the team and closely monitoring the deliverables. Manages day to day operation aspects of a project. Resolve any challenges of projects to enable the teams to deliver on time. Effectively collaborates and communicates with the stakeholders and ensures customer satisfaction. Ensures project documents are complete and stored appropriately. Ensure close monitoring of the project along with providing periodic updates to the Sr management Provides report on status of the project under execution, challenges, risk and mitigation plan. Ensure that projects are delivered on-time and within budget Familiarity with project performance monitoring principles and metrics. In depth knowledge of banking & technology is essential and experience of working with cross functional team Good stakeholder management capability and worked with senior management Experienced in managing the team size of more than 5-10 people