Senior Project Manager

Caliberly; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Caliberly is recruiting a Senior Project Manager to drive planning, coordination, and delivery across multiple workstreams for a modern cross-border payments platform. The role requires strong governance, risk management, and executive communication.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in software/fintech project management, hands-on Agile/Scrum experience, and a proven ability to synchronize product, engineering, QA, DevOps, UI/UX, and external partners to deliver on ambitious roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Project Manager in software or fintech projects.
• Proven track record delivering complex, multi-team projects on time.
• Strong planning, tracking, reporting and dependency management.
• Hands-on Agile/Scrum or hybrid delivery experience.
• Excellent coordination between product, engineering, QA, DevOps and partners.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end planning, coordination and delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Develop roadmaps, timelines, RAID logs and status reports.
• Lead stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives and status meetings.
• Provide executive-level updates and manage stakeholder expectations.

Skills

Project planning

Coordination

Delivery management

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder updates

Risk & issue tracking

Roadmaps & timelines

Jira/Confluence

Stand-ups & sprint planning

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Our client is building a modern cross-border payments and financial infrastructure platform (exchange, clearing, messaging, digital currency) for banks and financial institutions. We are looking for a Project Manager to drive planning, coordination, and delivery across multiple workstreams.

Job Title -Senior Project Manager

Our client is building a modern cross-border payments and financial infrastructure platform (exchange, clearing, messaging, digital currency) for banks and financial institutions. We are looking for a Project Manager to drive planning, coordination, and delivery across multiple workstreams.

Profile summary

• 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager in software or fintech projects
• Proven track record delivering complex, multi-team projects on time and within scope
• Strong skills in planning, tracking, and reporting (roadmaps, timelines, dependencies, risks, and issues)
• Hands-on experience working with Agile/Scrum or hybrid delivery models
• Comfortable coordinating between product, engineering, QA, DevOps, UI/UX, and external partners
• Skilled in running stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and status meetings
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including executive-level updates
• Proficient with common project management tools (Jira, Confluence, or similar)
• Able to structure documentation: project charters, RAID logs, status reports, and action trackers

Bonus

experience in payments, FX, cross-border transfers, ISO 20022/SWIFT, or banking/regulated environments

Engagement

• Full-time role focused on end-to-end project planning, coordination, and delivery for Xabeta platform initiatives

Languages and location

• Fluent English is a must (written and spoken)
• Location: strong preference for UAE, Dubai, with flexibility for remote candidates who are highly qualified

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys bringing structure to complex initiatives, keeping teams aligned, and ensuring that ambitious plans turn into delivered outcomes.