Karim Riad, Commercial Projects Management Manager

Karim Riad

Commercial Projects Management Manager

Fawry for Banking & Payment Technology Services

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Master's degree, Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Experience
18 years, 1 month

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 1 month

Commercial Projects Management Manager at Fawry for Banking & Payment Technology Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since September 2015

- Managed a team of 5 project managers overseeing Fawry’s commercial projects delivery with external parties’ such as billers, banks and customer service providers
- Reduced average projects duration and time-to-market by enforcing standardization and re-use of pre-implemented solutions and modules
- Introduced the pre-sales function as part of the Commercial Project Management Department, assisting account managers closing deals that require more technical and project implementation details

Technology PMO Team Lead at Fawry for Banking & Payment Technology Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2014 to August 2015

- Led a team of 3 project managers to implement the company products portfolio management from gathering, identifying, selecting and prioritizing requirements to building and launching new product releases
- Introduced adjustments to the software lifecycle process, enhancing the interaction points between the different teams in the technology department
- Streamlined the company change management processes, to facilitate the decision-making process for top management when it came to prioritizing requirements and projects

Project Manager at Fawry for Banking & Payment Technology Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2012 to August 2014

▫ Managed various integration projects at different life-cycle phases from kick-off, requirement definition, commissioning up to going live
▫ Short-list of projects led:
- Integration with mobile wallets: Mobinil Wallet (Mobicash)
- Integrations with billers systems: Air Cairo, EgyptAir, Traffic Administration and North Cairo Company for Electricity Distribution
- Integrations with channels and banks systems: National Bank of Egypt (IVR), Blom Bank (ATM), HSBC (IVR) and Credit Agricole (Internet Banking)
- Automated Clearing House (ACH) Direct Debit implementations: National Bank of Egypt and Barcaly’s
▫ Designed and managed the company projects master plan in 2013 and 2014, scheduling, prioritizing, monitoring and controlling the progress of the major projects within the different departments of the company
▫ Refined the company change management processes, which facilitated the decision-making process for top management when it came to prioritizing change requests and projects.

Project Manager at HP Enterprise Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2010 to May 2012

The Procter and Gamble (P&G) Account
Lead and managed more than 5 different SAP projects from initiation to closure. Main tasks included project planning, sizing and effort estimation, scheduling, monitoring and controlling project execution, team leading and motivation and client handling.
Key Achievements:
- Brought one of the projects back on track both in terms of schedule and budget after having been assigned to it while it was on the critical path.
- Simultaneously managed geographically dispersed teams in addition to handling the remote client and business users (At one point in time, dealt and coordinated the work between people in more than 7 different countries.)

Assistant Project Manager at HP Enterprise Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2008 to April 2010

- Estimated the team effort and project size in the planning phase of the project.
- Handled the creation and maintenance of the project work breakdown structure and schedule.

Service Information Developer at HP Enterprise Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2006 to April 2010

- Delivered technical solutions and enhanced business processes in order to provide financial data for costing analysis.
- Appointed as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) of the technical team, where the responsibilities increased to include analyzing complex system problems and proposing solutions to resolve important business issues impacting operations.

Education

Master's degree, Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  • at The American University in Cairo
  • December 2016

MBA with a focus in Finance

Bachelor's degree, Computer and Systems Engineering
  • at Ain Shams University - Faculty of Engineering
  • August 2005

Specialties & Skills

Leading Projects
Leading People
Remote Team Management
Risk Management
Project Management
Leadership
Management

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