Project Manager – Retail Lending Programme

Virtusa; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa in the United Arab Emirates seeks a seasoned delivery leader to manage large, multi-workstream banking technology implementations, spanning LOS, LMS, and collections. You will oversee planning, scheduling, budgets, and governance, coordinating business, IT, and vendor teams with PMP/PRINCE2 and Agile credentials.

Experience with Flowable, Newgen, FinnOne Neo, Nucleus, Intellect, Finacle, Pega, or TCS BaNCS is preferred; a Masters degree is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; Masters/MBA preferred.
• 12–14 years in banking/financial services with a strong delivery track record.
• Experience delivering retail lending systems (Flowable, Newgen, FinnOne Neo, Nucleus, Intellect, Finacle, Pega, TCS BaNCS).
• PMP/PRINCE2 or equivalent; Agile/Scrum certification an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the integrated project plan across LOS, LMS, and Collections workstreams.
• Drive day-to-day delivery cadence and resource planning across business, IT and vendor teams.
• Track progress, budget (CAPEX/OPEX) and gate readiness for migrations and go-lives.
• Provide governance, RAID, and senior/CXO level stakeholder reporting.

Skills

Delivery management

Planning & scheduling

Budget management

Stakeholder reporting

Agile/Hybrid

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Masters/MBA preferred

Tools

MS Project

Wrike

REST APIs

SOAP APIs

Job description

Key Responsibilities
Planning & Delivery Management
Develop and maintain the integrated project plan WBS schedule and critical path across the LOS LMS and Collections workstreams
Manage scope milestones and deliverables across phased go-live waves (greenfield new book first followed by legacy migration)
Drive day-to-day delivery sprint cadence and resource planning across business IT and vendor teams
Track and report progress budget (CAPEX / OPEX) and QG gate readiness to
Loan Origination System (LOS) migration from Newgen IBPS to Flowable
onboarding application capture STP journeys credit decisioning policy rules & BPMN approval workflow
Loan Management System (LMS) migration from Nucleus LMS v3.3 to FinnOne Neo
servicing repayment scheduling accrual GL / accounting deferral rescheduling write-off & closure
Collections migration from Intellect to FinnOne Neo delinquency management
bucketing dunning collections workflow allocation field & tele-calling promise-to-pay & legal / recovery
KYC / AML documentation & disbursement handoff to core banking
Conventional (FinnOne Neo) and Islamic (Finacle 11.x Murabaha Ijara) retail lending products
Integration across core banking credit bureau e-KYC payments GL channels & dialer /collections tools
Skills & Competencies
End-to-end delivery management of large multi-workstream banking technology /system implementation programmes
Strong planning scheduling and critical-path management (MS Project Wrike or similar)
Budget vendor and commercial management
Governance RAID and stakeholder reporting at senior / CXO level
Working knowledge of LOS LMS and collections platforms and integration patterns (REST / SOAP APIs data migration)
Agile and waterfall / hybrid delivery
Qualifications
Bachelors degree in relevant field (Masters / MBA preferred)
1214 years of banking / financial services experience with a strong project delivery track record
Proven experience managing retail lending system implementations across origination loan management and collections (e.g. Flowable Newgen FinnOne Neo NucleusIntellect Finacle Pega TCS BaNCS)
PMP PRINCE2 or equivalent certification; Agile / Scrum certification an advantage

Required Experience:

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