IT Project Manager

Job description / Role

IT Project Manager, Prince 2, PMP, Banking, PMO. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Salary - TBC

Our client who are a significant member of the Middle Eastern banking community have asked us to assist in the hire of an IT Project Manager.

Purpose/Overview:
- To manage, facilitate, control and support the smooth and accurate execution of BT projects according to set processes procedures and controls the provision of deliverables within the budget, requirements of the internal client and quality standards of the Bank.

Key Responsibilities
- Follows all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.
- Implements the day-to-day operations assigned for the BT PMO function to ensure compliance with the established standards and procedures.
- Develops and upon approval implements BT project plans (e.g. resourcing, scheduling, key deliverables, milestones, cost estimates, etc.) for assigned BT projects in order to ensure effective resource management, adherence to quality standards and project management tools (SDLC) and compliance with master project plan.
- Coordinates with all the relevant parties that are involved in the execution of the project, including the Divisional Portfolio Manager to communicate a clear picture of the projects requests, set targets and timelines and achieve maximum cooperation and quality of deliverables.
- Monitors the execution process of the tasks assigned to all involved against targets and objectives, so as to identify compliance or potential discrepancies from plans.
- Tracks and reports progress of projects and initiate the resolution of issues, while escalates complex problems for management decision making. Monitors the actual costs against budget and provides analytical information to his/her supervisor
- Provides advice and guidance to external vendors or internal developers for the accurate and according to targets execution of tasks.
- Evaluates the deliverables submitted, so as to identify compliance with quality standards and set goals, while drives the development and implementation of required corrective actions.
- Maintains close relationship with internal clients and provides all the required information to the Portfolio Managers regarding the project process, so as to assist in the effective client relationship management and provide high level of client satisfaction.
- Identifies and proposes modifications in the project scope, so as to achieve maximum compliance with client requests and utilization of projects outcome from the business operation.
- Plans and controls that all project deliverables have gone through the User Acceptance and Testing phases, so as to comply with BT project development processes, client requests and quality standards.
- Prepares presentations to Project Steering Committee regarding the project development process, cost and potential issues identified and actions implemented, so as to provide a clear picture regarding the execution of the project and facilitate any decision making required.
- Reviews the invoices provided from vendors regarding the execution of tasks proceeds to the assessment of the deliverable so as to authorize the payment or rejection of the invoice.
- Contributes to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of processes and practices taking into account international best practice, improvement of business processes, cost reduction and productivity improvement.

Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science \ Information Technology or any suitable degree preferably at post-graduate level
- International project management certification, e.g. PMP, PMI

Minimum Experience:
- 8-10 years of relevant experience across multiple BT support areas of which at least 3 years in project management within a Banking environment

Language:
- English: Advanced

Technical Experience
- Excellent knowledge of banking BT systems and applications
- Very good knowledge of the banking operations and requirements
- Excellent project management skills
- Very good knowledge of BT project management tools and systems, e.g. Prince 2

About the Company

Deerfoot IT was established in 1997 as a dedicated IT recruitment consultancy. Deerfoot's core discipline is candidate search and selection covering all IT disciplines and technologies. We hold the ISO9001:2008 quality accreditation and are a corporate and specialist technology member of the R.E.C (The Recruitment & Employment Confederation), our industry's trade body.

Our client portfolio includes organisations operating in most industry sectors including: Banking, Insurance, Retail, IT Software, Govt. and Public Sector, Information Management and the Charity sector. Our client base is located throughout the UK.

Our aim is to simply achieve best practice within our chosen discipline as IT Recruiters. Ensuring we always deliver a best value service in an open, honest, responsible and ethical manner.