Senior Tech Program Manager – AI & Banking Compliance

Globant; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Globant is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead a technology program for a premier UAE bank. You will drive end-to-end delivery, ensure Agile governance, and maintain regulatory compliance in a highly regulated environment.

You will bridge technical progress and business leadership, manage risks, dependencies, and multi-vendor coordination, and oversee AI agentic initiatives with engineering leads to deliver feasible architectures and realistic timelines.

Qualifications

• 9 years of project/program management experience with a strong track record of delivering technology projects within financial services or banking.
• Proven hands-on experience managing Agile software development delivery Scrum Kanban SAFe including sprint governance backlog management and release planning.
• Exposure to AI agentic systems or generative AI product development e.g. multi-agent orchestration agentic workflows or AI assistant platforms.
• Working knowledge of banking regulatory frameworks including CBUAE standards PCI DSS and compliance coordination.
• Strong command of Agile governance disciplines risk management dependency tracking RAID logs and RACI frameworks in multi-vendor or client delivery-partner environments.
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical topics for executive audiences.
• Experience utilizing tools such as Jira Linear Confluence or equivalent project tracking systems.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of technical projects and programs across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Run Agile ceremonies and coordinate sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives across cross-functional teams.
• Manage program governance by maintaining RAID logs, risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, tracking cross-team dependencies and mitigating risks.
• Act as the primary coordination between the delivery team and client stakeholders, translating technical progress into business updates for senior executives.
• Oversee delivery of AI agentic and software engineering initiatives, working with engineering leads to ensure feasibility and timelines.
• Ensure all delivery activities comply with PCI DSS standards and internal information security policies.
• Coordinate SIT, UAT and security testing phases with clear ownership and regulatory sign-off teams.
• Prepare executive reports and roadmaps for steering committees, including scope trackers and RAG status.
• Facilitate change governance ceremonies to document scope changes and commercial impacts.
• Identify blockers and process gaps early and drive resolution to avoid delivery delays.

Skills

Agile software development

Scrum

Kanban

SAFe

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Jira

Confluence

AI agentic systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business or related field

Tools

Jira

Linear

Confluence

Job description

Globant is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead a technology program for a premier UAE bank. You will drive end-to-end delivery, ensure Agile governance, and maintain regulatory compliance in a highly regulated environment.

You will bridge technical progress and business leadership, manage risks, dependencies, and multi-vendor coordination, and oversee AI agentic initiatives with engineering leads to deliver feasible architectures and realistic timelines.