Transaction Banking IT Project Manager

Role Overview

Transaction Banking IT Project Manager at VAM Systems for Qatar operations.

Role Purpose

Lead complex banking technology and digital transformation projects, managing end-to-end delivery of transaction banking implementations and legacy system migrations while coordinating across business, technology, operations, compliance, and vendor teams.

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Governance

• Establish project governance, planning, budgeting, and risk management frameworks.
• Deliver projects on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives.
• Manage project change control and senior stakeholder reporting.

System Migration & Implementation

• Lead legacy system migration to new digital platforms.
• Develop data migration strategy, migration planning, and reconciliation approaches.
• Manage testing, cutover, and post-migration stabilization activities.
• Direct SIT, UAT, production deployment, and post-go-live support.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Coordinate with business, technology, operations, compliance, and vendor teams.
• Manage vendor relationships and resolve issues across multiple stakeholders.
• Facilitate end-to-end project delivery within banking environments.

Business Analysis & Requirements

• Apply business analyst knowledge across transaction banking products, channels, and operational processes.
• Manage requirement gathering and business analysis activities.

Risk & Issue Management

• Monitor and resolve project risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Implement risk mitigation and issue resolution strategies.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 10–15 years of progressive experience in banking technology project management.
• Strong exposure to transaction banking, digital banking, and migration programs.
• Prior experience managing large-scale implementation or migration projects in banking.
• Certified PMP Project Manager.

Skills & Competencies

• Transaction banking and corporate banking systems.
• OBDX and digital banking platforms.
• Legacy system migration and digital migration.
• Data migration, reconciliation, and cutover planning.
• Business analysis and requirement management.
• Project planning, governance, risk, and issue management.
• Vendor and stakeholder management.
• SIT, UAT, production deployment, and post-go-live support.
• Banking technology transformation.
• System integration coordination.

Additional Information

• Joining timeframe: 2 weeks (maximum 1 month).