JOB PURPOSE:
The role holder is responsible for leading the Information Technology projects for new systems and technologies as well as implementing quality assurance standards and measures for the IT services.
Core Responsibilities:
- Plans resource availability for Information Technology projects
- Manages all aspects of project delivery
- Directs team strategies such as knowledge sharing rotation across technologies / applications observatory studies of business operations.
- Ensures that the support requests are solved within budget and meet defined expectations.
- Oversees evaluation and selection of vendors in alignment with business needs.
- Directs the scheduling of cost and quality management during execution of project involving vendors.
- Aligns program plan for all the large initiatives in IT.
- Manages project resources including technology people and logistics planning and project schedules.
- Oversees the design configuration and testing of new processes
- Oversees and manages implementation of IT projects and ensures timely rollout.
- Develops and oversees quality assurance processes best practices methodologies and measures
- Ensures adherence to established Quality Assurance (QA) standards
- Ensures timely updates/maintenance of the system software.
- Defines goals and key performance indicators for all direct reports
- Manages the direct reports by evaluating their performance providing feedback on an ongoing basis
Requirements
- Bachelor s degree in computer science or related field
- PMP CAPM CGEIT CISSP or other recognized IT Certification
- Minimum 10 years of experience in IT and banking
- Indepth knowledge of the IT products and services
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies and approaches and best practices in the field
- Indepth knowledge of software quality control methodologies and quality control standards and guidelines
- Fluency in English and Arabic
IT Development management Quality assurance IT Project Management
Education
Bachelor s degree in computer engineering or related sciences 10+ years Banking & IT Projects development experience