Senior IT Project Manager
Emaratech
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :20 years, 9 أشهر
Managed a team of four project managers in developing concepts, designing, and implementing Islamic Banking solutions.
Led an IT portfolio and digital transformation for the wholesale banking unit to serve IT needs of Corporate and SME
Banking, Priority Banking, Trade Finance, Credit, Treasury, Risk and Core Banking areas.
● Partnered with business leaders to develop IT strategy and build roadmaps and project plans.
● Trained UAE nationals team members and provided professional development opportunities.
● Managed IT change budget (CapEx/ OpEx) with reallocation authority and led cost reduction initiatives to reduce
spend 8-10% annually by retiring systems, clearing discrepancies, removing redundancy, and negotiation.
● Established and enforced organizational quality standards.
● Monitored project performance in terms of scope, time, quality, and budget. Provided stakeholders with weekly
and monthly status updates and escalated issues and risks.
● Recruited, hired, onboarded, and trained staff. Monitored team performance and developed career development
opportunities.
Assessed current and future needs of business units to determine IT strategy, build and prioritize IT roadmap, and lead software implementations and migrations across the bank.
● Managed implementations of core Islamic Banking products including Sukuk on Calypso, Eximbills, Customer Eximbills (online trade portal), Al Etihad Credit Bureau/AECB (credit scoring), and systems for document management, escrow account management, and collateral management.
● Led migration of core banking system from Equation to Finacle.
● Assessed the business needs of Corporate and SME Banking, Priority Banking, Trade Finance, Credit Risk and Core Banking areas and translated them to strategic IT initiatives.
● Monitored IT innovation and developments in the banking industry to ensure systems were aligned with industry standards and provided competitive advantage.
● Maintained relationships with senior business stakeholders via periodic meetings and communications.
● Negotiated and structured vendor contracts and managed vendor relationships.
Contributed to Flexcube banking system implementations in Egypt and Iraq and a FATCA implementation.
● Responsible for requirements gathering, development and iteration of BRDs and FSDs, collaboration with developer teams on system changes, and systems configuration. Executed testing of modules and reported bugs before UAT.
● Collaborated with business teams to redesign systems workflows and adjust processes to improve turnaround. Implemented Sharepoint solutions to automate manual processes in credit department.
● Monitored projects progress by tracking activity and issues in Microsoft Project and JIRA. Published progress reports with recommendations for actions.
● Contributed to FATCA implementation to ensure compliance with US federal regulations for foreign banks. Project included system changes, design and development of reports, and processes redesign.
Provided analysis, parameterization, testing, training, and post go-live support for a Flexcube implementation.
● Gathered and documented business requirements, conducted gap analysis, and liaised to technical teams to implement requirements through configuration or change requests.
● Developed test plans, scenarios, and supported UAT activities.
● Provided post-implementation user training and product support.
Provided analysis, parameterization, testing, training, and post go-live support for a Flexcube implementation.
● Gathered and documented business requirements, conducted gap analysis, and liaised to technical teams to implement requirements through configuration or change requests.
● Developed test plans, scenarios, and supported UAT activities.
● Provided post-implementation user training and product support.
Information Systems