Strategic Enterprise Delivery & Resource Leadership

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) seeks a Chapter Lead to balance people leadership, capability development, and governance while steering multiple programs to on-time, on-budget delivery. You will collaborate with Value Management, Integration & Governance, CPMO Delivery Teams, and business units to ensure teams have what they need for successful execution.

The role requires 10+ years in the domain, strong leadership, and expertise in agile/product environments, with ability to influence without

Qualifications

• University degree in technology, management, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience in the relevant capability domain.
• Proven experience leading specialist teams.
• Strong people leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience operating in agile / product based.
• Ability to influence without direct delivery ownership.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop members to build strong professional capabilities.
• Own skills development, mentoring, and succession planning within the team.
• Foster a strong culture of learning, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Align team capabilities with enterprise strategy, roadmap, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with project managers to ensure the right skills are deployed to the right initiatives.
• Support risk management, compliance, and audit requirements within the team domain.
• Accountable for adherence of programs/projects to the Banks governance including processes, reporting and governance committees.
• Ensure CPMO standards and controls on programs/projects are followed including progress against plan, budget, vendor costs, RAID (risks, issues, assumptions & dependencies).
• Work closely with project managers to resolve issues and handle escalations.
• Proposes best practices on how to ensure efficient management principles, processes, tools, and templates and continuously maintained.
• Demand & Capacity Management
• Provide visibility into team capacity, skills mix, and constraints and future capacity planning.
• Optimize resource utilization across initiatives while maintaining quality and sustainability.
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on capability maturity and delivery direction.
• Act as the single point of contact for latest delivery position.
• Must maintain in-depth knowledge of individual projects/programs to ensure accurate visibility to Senior Management.

Skills

Leadership

Agile experience

Stakeholder management

Communication

Presentation skills

Microsoft Office

Education

University degree in Technology/Management

Job description

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) seeks a Chapter Lead to balance people leadership, capability development, and governance while steering multiple programs to on-time, on-budget delivery. You will collaborate with Value Management, Integration & Governance, CPMO Delivery Teams, and business units to ensure teams have what they need for successful execution.

The role requires 10+ years in the domain, strong leadership, and expertise in agile/product environments, with ability to influence without