Technical Project Manager - Banking IT

DiceTek UAE; Al Ruways Industrial City; On-site; AED 334,800 - 502,200; Full time

Job summary

DiceTek UAE is seeking a Technical Project Manager for Banking IT in Abu Dhabi. Candidates should have over 12 years of experience managing IT programs in regulated banking environments.

This role involves overseeing complex technology delivery lifecycles, managing multi-vendor teams, and ensuring project governance and compliance with internal banking controls. The position promises to offer significant exposure to high-impact technology programs and leadership opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of experience in technology project management.
• Experience in delivering complex technology programs within regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of project governance and delivery planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of technology programs across banking systems.
• Manage internal and external teams for project execution.
• Define project scope and delivery milestones.

Skills

Technical project management

Banking IT delivery

Program management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Agile delivery

Jira

Microsoft Project

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Job description

Job Snapshot

• Role: Technical Project Manager – Banking IT
• Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Industry: IT and Services
• Function: IT Project Management
• Experience: Minimum 12 years
• Job Type: Full-time

Overview

Technical Project Manager – Banking IT in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is an IT and Services opportunity for a senior technology delivery professional with strong experience managing complex banking IT programs, multi‑vendor teams, internal technology stakeholders, production environments, governance, risk management, and successful go‑live execution. This role is suited for an experienced project manager who can lead end‑to‑end delivery across regulated banking environments while ensuring alignment across regions, vendors, business users, and technology teams.

Job Details

• Country: United Arab Emirates
• City: Abu Dhabi
• Industry: IT and Services
• Function: IT Project Management
• Salary: 30000 – 45000 (estimated; confirm with employer)
• Gender: Any
• Candidate Nationality: Any
• Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Technical Project Manager – Banking IT will oversee the complete delivery lifecycle of complex technology programs within a regulated banking environment. The role requires strong command of project governance, delivery planning, vendor coordination, risk tracking, dependency management, release readiness, stakeholder communication, and cross‑region alignment. The project manager will ensure that business‑critical technology initiatives move from analysis and design through development, testing, deployment, go‑live, and post‑implementation support with clear controls and measurable delivery outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of complex technology programs across banking systems, digital platforms, infrastructure, data, security, and enterprise IT environments.
• Manage internal IT teams, external vendors, implementation partners, business stakeholders, and cross‑functional delivery groups.
• Define project scope, delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, governance forums, reporting cadence, and success criteria.
• Drive solution delivery across multiple environments including development, testing, UAT, pre‑production, production, and post‑go‑live support.
• Coordinate technology releases, deployment planning, cutover activities, go‑live readiness, and hypercare support.
• Maintain strong project governance by tracking risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, change requests, decisions, and delivery escalations.
• Ensure technology programs comply with internal banking controls, regulatory expectations, audit requirements, security standards, and operational risk policies.
• Align stakeholders across regions, departments, vendors, and business functions to maintain delivery momentum and decision clarity.
• Work with architects, developers, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity teams, QA teams, DevOps teams, operations, and business owners to remove blockers.
• Monitor project budgets, resource allocation, vendor performance, delivery timelines, and quality of outputs.
• Facilitate steering committee updates, working group meetings, status reviews, executive reporting, and delivery governance discussions.
• Track testing progress, defect resolution, release acceptance, business sign‑offs, and production readiness activities.
• Ensure proper documentation is maintained, including project plans, RAID logs, delivery reports, cutover plans, implementation records, and closure documents.
• Support continuous improvement by identifying delivery gaps, process inefficiencies, and governance improvements for future technology programs.
• Provide leadership during critical delivery phases, major escalations, incident‑sensitive releases, and high‑impact implementation windows.

Ideal Profile

• Minimum 12 years of experience in technology project management, IT program delivery, technical delivery management, or related roles.
• Strong experience delivering complex technology programs in banking, financial services, fintech, or regulated enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to manage multi‑vendor and internal IT delivery teams across multiple workstreams.
• Strong understanding of banking technology environments, production support expectations, regulatory controls, and go‑live governance.
• Experience managing projects across development, SIT, UAT, pre‑production, production deployment and post‑go‑live stabilization.
• Good knowledge of project governance frameworks, RAID management, change control, release planning, and executive reporting.
• Ability to coordinate with senior stakeholders across business, technology, operations, risk, compliance, security and vendor teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall and hybrid delivery models.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, SharePoint or similar project delivery platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to manage complex dependencies and delivery risks.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, stakeholder management and escalation handling skills.
• Comfortable working in fast‑paced, high‑pressure banking environments with strict deadlines and delivery controls.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, CSM, SAFe, ITIL or equivalent will be an advantage.
• Structured, proactive, and outcome‑focused mindset with strong ownership of delivery commitments.

Skills Set

• Technical project management
• Banking IT delivery
• Program management
• Technology governance
• Multi‑vendor management
• Stakeholder management
• Risk management
• RAID management
• Delivery planning
• Release management
• Go‑live planning
• Cutover management
• UAT coordination
• Production readiness
• Post‑go‑live support
• Cross‑region alignment
• Regulatory compliance support
• Internal controls
• IT governance
• Vendor coordination
• Budget tracking
• Resource planning
• Executive reporting
• Steering committee reporting
• Agile delivery
• Scrum
• Waterfall
• Hybrid delivery
• Jira
• Confluence
• Azure DevOps
• Microsoft Project
• ServiceNow
• Change management
• Dependency management
• Issue resolution
• Banking technology programs

Why Join Us

This opportunity is ideal for a senior Technical Project Manager who wants to lead high‑impact banking technology programs in Abu Dhabi. The role offers strong exposure to regulated IT delivery, multi‑vendor coordination, governance‑led project execution, cross‑region stakeholder management, production readiness and complex go‑live environments. It is a strong fit for a delivery leader who enjoys taking ownership of critical programs and guiding teams toward stable, compliant and successful technology outcomes.

About the Company

Dicetek LLC is a technology services and consulting company supporting banks and enterprise clients across the UAE and wider region with skilled professionals in IT project management, software development, data, cloud, DevOps, cybersecurity, business analysis and digital transformation. The company helps organizations deliver reliable technology programs, strengthen operational efficiency and build scalable digital solutions that support long‑term business growth.