Project Manager

About the business area

Corporate & Investment Banking Group

The Corporate & Investment Banking Group (CIBG) provides a portfolio of corporate banking services, including investment & transaction banking as well as financial market solutions. This sophisticated product suite is powered by efficient digital platforms and distribution channels. It serves a broad range of clients both domestically and across the MENA region, including government entities, financial institutions, large to mid-size corporates, and commercial clients (SMEs), and maintains strategic relationships with leading banks globally

We are actively seeking an ambitious professional to join our Business Enablement and Digital Innovation team at ADCB to work alongside passionate colleagues who share your ambition to redefine excellence in UAE banking.

In this role, your key responsibilities include:

• Develop the strategic roadmap based on consolidated operational plans from key internal and external stakeholders for specific Digital transformation programs, oversee its implementation and measure performance/progress to ensure initiative is delivered within agreed timeframes budgets and the expected benefits are realised
• Manage Group or Sub-Group related projects, defining assigned activities, scoping key milestones and managing the identified project delivery teams to ensure successful implementation
• Monitor project progress, taking corrective action to keep on track to ensure executed in line with the agreed budget and set deadlines are achieved
• Co-ordinate closely with internal stakeholders when sourcing external vendors and issuing Requests for Proposals (RFPs), identifying any pre-existing suitable internally approved vendors, managing overall vendor effectiveness, timeliness and quality in order to achieve the set budget and programme/project deliverables
• Manage all project documentation and records in order to meet required internal standards and future internal audit requirements
• Conduct project meetings, provide key stakeholders with updates, discuss any risks/issues and influence on areas that will add value/further benefit the project to ensure it remains on track and within agreed budget/timelines
• Prepare the project budgets and track performance against these to ensure budgetary requirements

The ideal candidate should have the following experience:

• At least 6 years of experience in a financial services or technology domain with experience of independently managing projects with experience of managing finance related projects
• Corporate banking experience, understanding of Corporate banking products and services offering
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Prince certification
• Project Management
• Accounting, Budgeting
• Vendor Management
• Business relationship management
• Presentation and influencing skills
• Technical documentation
• Document control
• Fraud awareness
• Operational risk awareness
• Knowledge of enterprise systems
• Planning, forecasting and monitoring