Data & AI Delivery Lead

International Turnkey Systems - ITS; Capital Governorate; On-site; BHD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

International Turnkey Systems - ITS is seeking a Senior Project Lead to drive end-to-end Data, Analytics and AI initiatives in Bahrain. You will coordinate across Data Analytics, IT, Digital Transformation, vendors and governance to ensure on-time, on-scope delivery within budget.

Responsibilities include initiating projects, managing plans, risks and dependencies, and delivering governance reporting. A Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years in IT project delivery are required, with PMP/PRINCE2/Agile

Qualifications

• Project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile/Scrum is highly preferred.
• 8+ years of overall IT/project delivery experience.
• 5+ years managing complex technology, data, analytics or digital transformation projects.
• Demonstrable experience coordinating projects across business and multiple IT disciplines.
• Previous exposure to banking or financial services is strongly preferred.
• Experience managing external vendors, consultants or outsourced resources.
• Experience preparing management-level project status and governance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and finalize all project initiation activities, coordinate alignments, committee approvals and endorsement.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of Data, Analytics and AI projects, from initiation through implementation and closure.
• Manage project plans, milestones, budgets, resources, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Coordinate across business, Data Analytics, IT, Digital Transformation, vendors and control functions.
• Drive Data & AI initiatives covering data platforms, BI/analytics, data engineering, governance, data quality and AI use cases.
• Maintain strong project governance, including RAID tracking, documentation, approvals and executive status reporting.
• Manage stakeholders and vendors, ensuring deliverables, timelines and commitments are achieved.
• Coordinate testing, UAT, production readiness and BAU handover.
• Consistent project health-status reporting
• Proactively resolve blockers and escalated risks or delays requiring management attention.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Governance

Risk management

UAT testing

BAU handover

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering or equivalent

Job description

International Turnkey Systems - ITS is seeking a Senior Project Lead to drive end-to-end Data, Analytics and AI initiatives in Bahrain. You will coordinate across Data Analytics, IT, Digital Transformation, vendors and governance to ensure on-time, on-scope delivery within budget.

Responsibilities include initiating projects, managing plans, risks and dependencies, and delivering governance reporting. A Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years in IT project delivery are required, with PMP/PRINCE2/Agile