Project Manager

About Us

JOB DESCRIPTION

Network International is the largest Financial Technology company in Middle East and Africa. Payments is our core business where we provide services in more than 50 countries – UAE, Jordan, South Africa, Egypt are some of our key markets. Apart from payments, we provide services on Data and Insights, Lending, Insurance, Risk Solutions, etc. Our core customers are businesses at every scale and segment, though recently we are growing in direct to consumer card segment as well.

Our EVP's

At Network International, we always stay ahead. . In the fast-paced world of financial services, we thrive on innovation, agility, and purposeful collaboration. We invest first in our people, empowering you to make bold decisions, learn fast, and grow your expertise alongside industry leaders. Here, solving complex problems means more than using cutting-edge technology; it’s about creating meaningful value for our customers, together. We foster a culture where trust, accountability, and achievement go hand in hand—because success isn’t just a goal; it’s how we work, every day, as one team.

Job Description

Support the planning, execution and governance strategic initiatives across the Operations function. Drive program delivery excellence through effective project management, stakeholder coordination, risk tracking, and performance monitoring to ensure strategic objectives are achieved within agreed timelines, budgets and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end execution of strategic programs and transformation initiatives across acquiring, issuing, operations and support functions.
• Develop and maintain program plans, project schedules, milestones, dependencies and resource allocation models.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks and issues and coordinate mitigation actions to ensure timely delivery.
• Prepare governance materials including steering committee presentations, project status reports, dashboards and executive updates
• Coordinate with business, operations, technology, risk, compliance, and external stakeholders to ensure alignment on project objectives and deliverables.
• Track program budgets, benefits realization, and key performance indicators against approved business cases.
• Support change management activities including communication planning, stakeholder engagement and implementation readiness
• Establish and maintain PMO standards, methodologies, templates, and reporting frameworks.
• Conduct project reviews and pos-implementation assessments to capture lessons learned and continuous improvement opportunities
• Ensure projects comply with internal governance requirements, regulatory expectations, and organizational policies
  
  

• 5-8 years of experience in project management, PMO, strategic initiatives, or business transformation, preferably within financial services or payments.
• Proven experience managing cross-functional programs and multiple concurrent workstreams
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies such as PMI, PRINCE2, Agile, or Hybrid delivery models
• Experience preparing executive-level reporting and governance documentation
• Familiarity with payments operations, digital transformation, or operational excellence initiatives is preferred.
• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent certification is an advantage
  
  

• Strong project planning and execution skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication capability
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Results-oriented mindset with focus on delivery excellence