IT Project Manager/Coordinator

Virtuthinko W. L; Manama; On-site; BHD 20,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtuthinko W. L is seeking an IT Project Management Coordinator in Bahrain to coordinate, oversee, and deliver multiple projects within defined scope, time, and cost constraints, employing Waterfall and Agile methods to adapt to changing business needs.

The role emphasizes leadership, risk management, and strong stakeholder liaison to ensure successful digital banking initiatives and value delivery across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT.
• 3–4 years of banking project management experience with Digital Banking.
• Experience delivering Waterfall and Agile projects, with transformation from Waterfall to Agile.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, oversee, and deliver projects within scope, time, and cost constraints.
• Liaise with stakeholders and communicate effectively across teams.
• Develop and implement project plans, milestones, and resource needs.
• Identify, escalate and mitigate risks; monitor project progress and quality.
• Prepare status reports and adjust schedules as required.
• Direct and coordinate project personnel to ensure timely delivery.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

Job description

The IT Project Management Coordinator role is to coordinate, oversee, execute, and ensure the successful delivery and management of single or multiple projects within scope, quality, time, and cost constraints that may be clearly defined or may require dynamic change management to deliver business value.

Responsibilities

• Liaison & Communication
• Analyse project proposals to determine time frame, funding limitations and appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
• Develop project plans that identify resource and budgetary needs
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline work plan.
• Establish work plan and staffing for project activities, iterations, or phases, and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
• Implement project communication plan.
• Perform risk assessment and implement mitigation plans.
• Monitor project activities, ensuring the currency, quality and integrity of the information, while providing consistency in content and "look and feel" across the enterprise.
• Ensure that project goals are accomplished and are in line with business objectives.
• Assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority to project personnel.
• Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel to ensure that the project progresses on schedule and within budget.
• Prepare and Develop status reports and modify schedules or plans as required.

Operational Management

• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
• Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project

Acquisition & Deployment

• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree in a related area such as Computer Science or Information Technology related field
• Minimum of 3 to 4 years of relevant experience in a similar role in a banking environment with Digital Banking implementations and support
• Experience with Bahrain projects & locally preferred.
• Experience with managing Waterfall and Agile Projects, with executing transformation from waterfall to Agile