Principal Software Engineer

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank as a Technology Manager, where you will lead agile project management and oversee the delivery of technology initiatives. With a focus on financial applications, you will drive project success while nurturing a collaborative team environment. This role offers competitive compensation, flexible working options, and a commitment to professional growth and innovation.

Benefits

Market-leading medical insurance

Paid leave and leave airfare

Employee preferential rates on loans

Flexible working arrangements

Education assistance for children

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience in technology services in the banking industry.
• Minimum 3 years in a managerial capacity for financial applications.
• Experience managing teams and leading projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver technology projects using agile frameworks and ensure timely completion.
• Define project scope, goals, and create comprehensive project plans.
• Manage team of application support analysts to ensure system availability and functionality.

Skills

Agile Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Budget Management

Change Delivery

Problem Management

Incident Management

Process Optimization

Team Management

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Computer Science

Tools

PMP/Prince 2 certification

ITIL certification

Certified Scrum Master

Certified Product Owner

Job description

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Embark on a journey where your unique contributions are celebrated, and your professional growth is embraced. At ADCB, we nurture a diverse, inclusive community where every voice is valued.

About the business area:

GBS is a group of highly skilled and talented professionals who form an essential part of ADCB's continued journey of success. With a proud history of commitment, innovation and delivery, GBS constantly strives for excellence whilst ensuring the highest standards of quality and risk awareness. Each and every member of the GBS family plays an integral role in driving ADCB's strategy, growth and digital evolution by working closely with our valued business partners to achieve exceptional customer experience through our outstanding service and support.

In this role, your key responsibilities include:

• Agile Project Management and Change Delivery
• Manage and deliver technology projects and changes by engaging with various internal and external stakeholders and adopting agile framework to ensure sprints are completed within the defined timelines and budgets in compliance with ADCB standards
• Develop project approvals, RFPs, technical documents, procedures, transition documents and other project related documentation within scope of the subject matter of the project in line with the required standards
• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables, and create comprehensive project plans, including resource allocation, timelines, and budget estimates.
• Manage the support, maintenance and availability of a portfolio of banking applications along with managing key support processes like problem management and incident management
• Manage a team of application support analysts responsible for supporting a wide range of banking applications to ensure availability of relevant application systems to support business and operation needs
• Contribute to the preparation of the business area’s budget and manage and monitor the financial performance against the budget so that areas of unsatisfactory performance are identified, rectified promptly and potential performance improvement opportunities are capitalized upon
• Manage planning and budgeting for technology projects and coordinate and contribute for preparation of business initiated technology projects, monitoring the financial performance against the budget for the bank and its subsidiaries
• Identify opportunities for the appropriate and cost-effective investment of application solutions including sourcing, purchasing and development.
• Manage self and team in line with ADCB’s people management policies, procedures, processes and practices to ensure adherence and to maximize own and employee contribution to business performance
• Manage the effective achievement of the team’s objectives through setting individual objectives, managing performance, developing the team and providing formal and informal feedback to maximize overall performance, engagement and motivation.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and operational.
• Identify opportunities to contribute to organizational and departmental change initiatives, programmes and projects taking into account best practice and standards in the business environment
• Identify opportunities for process optimization, automation, and efficiency gains, and leverage emerging technologies and industry best practices to enhance software development processes.

At least 8 years of experience in technology services with a banking industry background, with at least 3 years in a managerial capacity for management of financial applications / technical systems.

• Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Computer Science or equivalent.

• Professional Qualifications
• PMP/ Prince 2 certification or equivalent
• ITIL certification or equivalent
• Certified Scrum Master / Certified Product Owner (Scrum alliance or Scrum.org)

What we offer:

Comprehensive Benefits Package : This includes market-leading medical insurance, group life and personal accident insurance, paid leave and leave airfare, employee preferential rates on loans and finance facilities, staff discounts and offers, and children education assistance (for certain job levels).

Flexible and Remote Working Options : We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements, subject to eligibility and job requirements.