Job Summary
We are looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to join our team on-site in Makkah Al Mukarramah. 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.
Key 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
Qualifications
- 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.
