Architect
Role Overview
Lead and manage end-to-end payment delivery projects across business, operations, technology, vendors, and external partners.
The role covers payment transformation, system implementations, upgrades, and integration projects.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Lead and manage end-to-end payment delivery projects across business, operations, technology, vendors, and external partners.
The role covers payment transformation, system implementations, upgrades, and integration projects.
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute projects, manage risks and governance, and deliver within agreed timelines and budgets.
- Manage and mentor project teams and coordinate cross-functional groups.
- Ensure alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and operational readiness.
Required experience
- At least 8 years of project management experience, with significant exposure to banking and payments projects.
- Proven experience managing and delivering payment projects in the GCC.
- Strong understanding of domestic and cross-border payments, clearing, settlement, SWIFT, RTGS, ACH, and related channels.
- Good exposure to Core Banking implementations, upgrades, migrations, or transformation programs.
- Experience working with banking stakeholders, technology teams, and external vendors.
Preferred skills
- Leadership, stakeholder management, and team coordination; understanding of banking, payments, and financial services.
- Excel for reporting, analysis, project tracking, and governance; PowerPoint and executive presentation skills.
- Communication, documentation, problem-solving, and experience producing project reports, dashboards, and management presentations.
- Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid delivery methods; PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent project certification is an advantage.
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