Digital & Innovation Strategy Execution Manager - Banking

Job description / Role

A leading regional bank in the Middle East is looking to recruit a Digital & Innovation Strategy Execution Manager for their office in Kuwait. As markets and environments change, banks need to constantly evolve to suit their markets and regulatory constraints in order to maintain their position in the market. This role will report into the Deputy CEO and will help drive large-scale cultural and organizational change initiatives.

Core Responsibilities:
- Drives cultural change across the organization on a global scale through the use of various methodologies.
- Be a key proponent in deciding the steps that need to be taken in order to foster a change in culture and employee behaviour.
- Ideally resonating towards a more innovative, open source platform in order for market readiness towards digital disruptors, excessive regulation and/or advancements in Fintech.
- Take an active role in different teams across various departments under sponsorship of the CEO to plan, strategize, prepare, and implement change initiatives throughout the organization.
- Running and ensuring the success of process improvement initiatives with a focus on customer orientation, service, and quality across business and support divisions within the bank.

Requirements

- University degree (MBA preferred but not required) from a leading academic institution with a focus on business administration.
- Ability to use systematic and data-driven methods in order to solve problems, analyze and improve processes.
- Strong knowledge of financial services from an operational and support perspective.
- Operational and project management experience including leading large company-wide program deployments, fostering change in a fast paced environment.
- 7 + years of experience in a similar role/function.
- A track record of being involved in the successful implementation of organization-wide change programs.
- Banking experience (ideally in a digital/innovation role) is MANDATORY. Candidates without banking experience will not be considered for this opportunity.

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