IT Project Manager - Abu Dhabi - ref. q1056019
Job description / Role
Employment: Full Time
Company description
CREALOGIX is a leading global FinTech software solutions provider working with some of the most innovative financial brands in the world. We are dynamic and growing with over 380 employees around the world including Switzerland, Germany, Spain, the UK, the Middle East, and Singapore.
Some of the world’s largest banks and wealth management firms select and deploy our advanced SaaS and cloud-based technologies to meet their customers’ needs – and it’s our people who make the difference.
Job description
We’re looking for a senior IT project manager to join our team on-site in Jeddah.
If you have a proven track record in managing IT projects, enjoy hands-on involvement throughout the full project lifecycle, and are seeking a dynamic, fast-paced, and collaborative environment – we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a high-impact strategic project, ensuring successful execution, budgeting, and alignment with business objectives.
- Organize the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables, as well as any possible change throughout the lifecycle with agility and business acumen.
- Define project tasks and resource requirements for the company, the customer, and any related third party.
- Lead the planning and implementation of the project and any risk and/or required corrective action.
- Assemble and coordinate project staff, promoting team building and common objectives achievement, according to company principles.
- Plan and schedule project timelines, ensuring proper reporting and communication to all relevant stakeholders.
- Manage QA from business and technical specifications to test and validation, based on best practices, company processes, and specialized staff.
- Clearly define and manage critical milestones, phasing, and project finalization.
- Promote business development through active participation in presales, identifying upselling opportunities and contributing to long-term customer engagement.
- Focus on customer needs understanding, to support any new initiative and promote long-term engagement.
- Manage vendor relationships strategically to deliver optimal solutions for the client.
- Capitalize experiences to keep the company offer updated and closer to market requirements.
Requirements and skills:
- Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods.
- Excellent knowledge of performance evaluation and change management principles.
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office; working knowledge of program/project management software is a strong advantage.
- Outstanding leadership and organizational skills.
- Experience in banking sector is a strong advantage.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent problem-solving ability.
- A degree in computer science or engineering.
- Hands-on technical project manager, must be able to understand the main concepts of complex IT projects, manage plans, resources, and reporting.
- Familiarity with multichannel projects in financial corporations.
- A minimum of 3 years of related experience in project management or a related functional area in IT projects.
- Fluency in English is required; Arabic is desirable.
Additional information
What do we offer?- Competitive salary
- Full-time
- Flexible working hours
- Free Friday afternoons
- 35-hour week for the full month of August (free afternoons!)
- Remote days per week
- Private and medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Lunch vouchers
- Exclusive employees discounts
- Free coffee
- English courses
- Referral bonus, if you bring people as talented as you
We offer flexible annual working time models, as well as a hybrid approach to home office. At CREALOGIX we live a friendly culture with flat hierarchies, where people call each other by their first names. Come and join us in a supportive working environment with training and development opportunities on and off the job, a generous holiday entitlement, the possibility of unpaid leave as well as location-related benefits.
CREALOGIX Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of origin, religion, age, or gender. We support inclusion and welcome diversity as an essential source of strength in our global team.Please note that all our job descriptions are written gender neutral.
Have we caught your attention?Don't hesitate and send us your application online. We are looking forward to it!
Job Function: General ManagementCompany Industry: Business Support Services
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