Delivery Lead

Deeplight AI; Dubai; On-site; AED 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Individual Visa Sponsorship

Professional development support

Subscription reimbursement

AI project exposure

Gold Level health insurance

Job summary

Deeplight AI is seeking a high-impact Delivery Lead to own execution across a major digital banking portfolio in Dubai. You will be the single accountability for portfolio health, milestones, and risk recovery, with focus on Retail Banking Group modernizations, mobile apps, and digital customer journeys.

You will collaborate with Architecture, AI/Data, and Platform leads to present a unified delivery position to the Executive Sponsor, while guiding SteerCos and vendor performance to meet strict

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technology delivery experience managing complex, multi-stream portfolios.
• Experience delivering technology programs in Retail Banking (RBG).
• Hands-on delivery across mobile apps, digital onboarding, and online banking.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and visual communication with C-suite audiences.
• Proven ability to influence, challenge, and drive accountability at executive level.
• Experience managing vendor SLAs, SoWs, burn rates, and change requests.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the master portfolio plan, including timelines, budgets, milestones, and dependencies.
• Serve as the exclusive sponsor escalation and present recovery options to the Executive Sponsor.
• Review and challenge SteerCos; ensure quality and consistency of status papers.
• Identify and recover from slippage; agree formal recovery plans with teams and vendors.
• Monitor financials and vendor performance against contracted scope and terms.
• Coordinate architecture, AI/Data, and Platform leads to present a united delivery view.

Skills

Delivery Leadership

Retail Banking

Digital Journeys

Executive Communication

Vendor Management

Cross-functional Leadership

Job description

Job Description:

Deeplight is a specialist AI and data consultancy dedicated to transforming the regional corporate landscape through bespoke, high-impact intelligent systems. We combine deep quantitative expertise, cutting-edge cloud architecture, and modern MLOps to engineer secure, scalable, and resilient platforms designed to power enterprise AI and digital solutions at scale.

With deep roots across the financial services and retail banking sectors in the UAE, we help major financial institutions bridge the gap between complex digital transformation roadmaps and execution. We dont build temporary fixes—we engineer bulletproof, banking-grade solutions for high-stakes enterprise programs.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a high-impact, authoritative Delivery Lead to serve as the single point of accountability for execution across a major digital banking portfolio in Dubai.

In this role, you will hold ultimate mandate for portfolio health, milestone adherence, and risk recovery across complex initiatives—with a specific focus on Retail Banking Group (RBG) modernizations, mobile banking apps, and digital customer journeys. Operating as the exclusive escalation channel to the Executive Sponsor, you will bring exceptional communication, executive gravitas, and constructive challenge to C-suite forums, ensuring vendor performance and technical teams remain strictly aligned to delivery commitments.

What You’ll Do

• Own Portfolio Execution & Single Accountability: Build and maintain the master integrated portfolio plan—synthesizing timelines, budgets, milestones, and cross-project dependencies across all active streams. Act as the single point of accountability when any project slips.
• Serve as Exclusive Sponsor Escalation: Triage portfolio risks, issues, and blockers against strict escalation thresholds, presenting clear recovery options and recommendations directly to the Executive Sponsor.
• Oversee & Challenge SteerCos: Review and approve every Steering Committee pack for quality and formatting consistency before release. Attend all SteerCos to actively challenge status, risks, and decision papers.
• Test Slippage & Drive Recovery: Test slippage directly at source, agree formal recovery plans with internal project squads and external vendors, and track remediation through to closure.
• Drive Financial & Vendor Discipline: Track burn rates, financial forecasts, and change requests on every engagement. Manage third-party vendor performance against contracted scope, milestones, and commercial terms.
• Unify Technical Leadership: Coordinate technical leads across Architecture, AI/Data, and Platform so that technical and delivery views reach the Sponsor as one aligned position.

As an AI consultancy, our greatest asset is the expertise of our people.
While technical mastery is the foundation of what we do, the ability to bridge the gap between complex data science and actionable business value is what defines your success with Deeplight.
Were looking for individuals who are not only world-class in their fields of specialism, but also compelling communicators and persuasive advocates for their own skills.
You will be the face of our firm, tasked with building trust, articulating the "why" behind your technical decisions, and effectively "selling" your vision to high-level stakeholders.
If you thrive on the challenge of presenting cutting-edge solutions as much as you do on building them, you will fit right in.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven Delivery Leadership: 10+ years of technology delivery experience managing complex, multi-stream portfolios within top-tier banks or technology consultancies.
• Retail Banking Expertise: Solid background delivering technology programs within Retail Banking (RBG) environments.
• Digital Journeys & Mobile Apps: Hands-on delivery experience across mobile app releases, digital onboarding, internet banking, or end-to-end digital customer journey transformations.
• Exceptional Communication & Presentation: World-class verbal, written, and visual presentation skills; adept at distilling complex portfolio metrics into clear C-suite narratives.
• Executive Gravitas & Constructive Challenge: Proven ability to present to C-level executives, stand up to scrutiny, manage client friction with high EQ, and drive accountability across cross-functional teams.
• Commercial & Vendor Rigor: Deep experience managing vendor SLAs, statement of work (SoW) consumption, burn rates, and commercial change requests.

What Gives You an Edge

• GCC / UAE Banking Exposure: Direct experience leading digital delivery programs for major banks in the UAE or GCC region.
• Delivery Certifications: PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), or Scrum Alliance credentials.

Why Deeplight?

At Deeplight, you will hold high-visibility accountability over strategic, multi-million-dollar banking transformations. You will work alongside world-class technical peers, lead delivery squads, and serve as the trusted partner to enterprise executive sponsors.

The benefits youll enjoy as part of this role include:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive Gold Level personal health insurance
• Individual Visa Sponsorship
• Professional development and certification support
• Subscription reimbursement relating to your role
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI projects