Program Manager

Posted 11 Days Ago
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Abu Dhabi
Senior level
Financial Services
The Role
The Program Manager is responsible for the management and success of programs/projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget. This includes developing program plans, tracking risks/issues, managing stakeholder expectations, and maintaining transparency through regular updates. The role requires strong project management skills, experience with delivery methodologies, and effective communication with cross-functional teams.
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Company Description

Are you ready to join us on our exciting transformation journey at the largest bank in the UAE? This is an opportunity to make a real impact on our customers, employees, shareholders, and communities, as part of the FAB team. 

We're committed to our grow stronger movement, and as a member of our team, you'll have access to everything you need to advance your career and make a meaningful contribution to our shared success. 

If you're looking for a career that will help you stand out and make a difference, now is the time to join us. Let's work together to achieve great things. 

Job Description

Job Purpose

To govern and monitor programs/projects and leverage all tools, resources, and processes to ensure they can be delivered on time and within budget.

Key Accountabilities

  • Responsible for the management and success of Program / Project
  • Reviews Business Cases Documents to ensure budget is monitored and value metrics are tracked for Value & Reporting team during project duration
  • Develops and maintains program/project plan by gathering inputs from Delivery team
  • Develops and maintains budget by gathering inputs from Delivery team
  • Manages expectations of stakeholders impacted by program/project
  • Supports project/delivery teams and ensures teams are adhering to PMO processes such as change management, risk & issue management, resource management, of the program/project
  • Ensures all materials can easily be consolidated as required by Portfolio Head
  • Facilitates and participates objectively in governance forums and ensures required stakeholders are present
  • Facilitates and participates objectively in daily for program formulated by work streams.
  • Facilitates and participates objectively in daily/weekly for program formulated by individual projects that are managed by Delivery project manager/lead
  • Proactively tracks and manages all risks, issues and dependencies related to program or project 
  • Collects, analyses, and derives insights from data captured during program
  • Constructively challenges decisions and timelines to ensure timely delivery
  • Ensure quality management is embedded throughout program and project lifecycle
  • Works with and provide regular updates to Portfolio Head as needed
  • Maintains transparency on program status and ensure reports are clear and ethical
  • Ensure a true record of the completed project documentation is available on completion of the project

Qualifications

Qualifications

  • University Degree in Technology, Management, or equivalent 
  • Total project management experience of 6-10 years
  • Minimum 2- 4 years of experience in delivering projects in banks in role of project management, program manager or portfolio manager
  • Previous experience in managing and working with teams
  • Project Management Certifications (PMP or similar) is a plus

Skills

  • Experience in project management
  • Experience in delivering a series of complex and integrated software product solutions and projects is a plus
  • Experience in handling interdependencies and an ability to proactively resolve issues
  • Experience in governing multiple projects simultaneously
  • Experience in managing various project management delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)
  • Experience of working with a cross-functional team 
  • Experience in working with multiple third parties
  • Excellent stakeholder management capability
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Proficient in PPM tools (Clarity), JIRA, MS project.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications; PowerPoint, Excel, etc
  • Hands-on experience with Jira, Jira Align and Confluence
  • Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, multi-task, and deliver within tight deadlines
  • Willing to learn, collaborate, go the extra mile and demonstrate a high level of integrity with the ability to handle highly confidential information appropriately
  • Demonstrates high level of integrity and ability to handle highly confidential information appropriately

Top Skills

JIRA
The Company
Abu Dhabi
15,631 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

FAB, the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest financial institutions offers a an extensive range of tailor-made solutions, and products and services, to provide a customised banking experience. Through its strategic offerings, it looks to meet the banking needs of customers across the world via its market-leading Corporate and Investment Banking and Personal Banking franchises.

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, in Khalifa Business Park, the bank’s international network spans over 19 countries, across the world, providing the global relationships, expertise and financial strength to support local, regional and international businesses seeking to do business at home and abroad. In line with its commitment to put customers first, to Grow Stronger, FAB will continually invest in people and technology to create the most customer-friendly banking experience and will support the growth ambitions of its stakeholders across the global network in which the bank operates.

To empower its customers and clients to Grow Stronger, FAB is initiating a powerful movement, which goes beyond banking. The Grow Stronger movement represents the bank’s promise to support its stakeholders’ goals and growth ambitions, providing ideas, tools and expertise to help them become stronger, today and in the future. Through a strong, diversified balance sheet, leading efficiency and a solid corporate governance structure in place, FAB is set to drive growth forward.

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