IT Program Manager

Job description / Role

This document outlines the role, responsibilities, qualifications, and skills required for a Tech Programme Manager position, focusing on managing technology projects within the UAE country context.

Role overview and responsibilities:
• The Tech Programme Manager leads project teams through the project lifecycle, coordinating with various stakeholders to implement system changes driven by global, regulatory, or local initiatives.
• Responsibilities include governance setup, programme planning, risk management, stakeholder communication, and ensuring alignment with platform architecture and bank-wide data and technology strategies.

Project and team management:
• The role involves supervising IT work stream leads, managing multi-location and multi-vendor teams, and ensuring adherence to established technology core practices and quality assurance frameworks.
• Effective collaboration and communication across functional boundaries are emphasized.

Qualifications and experience:
• Candidates should have a university degree, preferably in a STEM field, with over 5 years of experience managing technology projects in banking, including core banking deployments and IT integration initiatives.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies like Waterfall and Agile, stakeholder management, and project performance monitoring is required.

Required skills:
• Essential skills include strong management and leadership, project planning, technical knowledge, senior stakeholder management, change management, vendor management, analytical thinking, teamwork, and proficiency with project planning tools such as Clarity, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.

About the Company

Capgemini is a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The Group is guided everyday by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization of 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fueled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering and platforms. The Group reported in 2022 global revenues of €22 billion.