Project Manager

Employment; Muscat; On-site; OMR 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Pegasus International Computer Co. W.L.L. in Oman seeks a delivery-focused programme manager to lead a greenfield central securities depository project.

You will own the end-to-end delivery of the platform and operating model, coordinating design, build, testing, readiness, and regulatory submissions with vendors and regulators. You must have a track record of delivering large-scale financial market infrastructure programmes from a standing start, speak the language of settlement and post-trade,

Qualifications

• At least 12 years in programme or project management, incl. 7+ years leading large technology and operational change programmes in financial services.
• Domain credibility in financial market infrastructure or capital markets platform delivery; fluent in settlement, custody, clearing, post-trade.
• Certified: PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP, or equivalent; fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated delivery plan across design, build, test, readiness, and regulatory submissions.
• Sequence work across technology, operations, risk, data, corporate services, and the build vendor; resolve blockers quickly.
• Own build CAPEX and OPEX budgets; report variances and options to programme director.
• Chair weekly delivery forum and programme risk forum; oversee governance from stand-ups to board updates.
• Set and uphold the quality bar at each stage gate across the programme.
• Line manage the programme office executive, business analysts, test manager, and testing team.

Skills

Programme management

Project leadership

Financial services domain

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Vendor management

Regulatory delivery

Education

PMP

PRINCE2 Practitioner

MSP

Job description

A new financial markets infrastructure venture is being established in Oman, backed by prominent institutional investors and operating under an international common law framework. The platform is a greenfield central securities depository being built to go-live in 2027, designed to operate as a regulated financial market infrastructure from day one.

This is one of the two most important hires the organisation will make. We are not looking for a process-led project administrator. We are looking for a delivery-obsessed operator who hustles for outcomes, pushes the organisation when it needs pushing, and knows precisely when to escape and pull in support rather than letting an issue fester. The project manager forms a tight core delivery unit with the programme director and the product owner, and is accountable for the end-to-end internal delivery of the platform and the operating model that surrounds it.

What the role covers

• Owning the integrated delivery plan across design, build, test, operational readiness, and regulatory submission readiness; driving it relentlessly
• Sequencing work across technology, operations, risk, data, corporate services, and the build vendor; identifying dependencies and blockers early and resolving or escalating fast
• Owning the build CAPEX and OPEX budgets; tracking actual against forecast and bringing options, not just problems, to the programme director
• Chairing the weekly delivery forum and programme risk forum; running the programme governance rhythm from daily stand-ups through to quarterly board updates
• Setting and upholding the quality bar at each stage gate across the programme
• Line managing the programme office executive, business analysts, test manager, and testing team
• Providing candid, evidenced delivery reporting to the programme director and board

Requirements

Who we are looking for

At least 12 years in programme or project management, with a minimum of seven years running large technology and operational change programmes in financial services. Direct, demonstrable experience personally leading a programme of comparable scale and complexity from a standing start: this is non-negotiable. Domain credibility in financial market infrastructure (CSD, CCP, exchange, or payment system) or capital markets platform delivery; able to speak the language of settlement, custody, clearing, and post-trade fluently. A track record of delivering against fixed regulatory or external deadlines. Recognised qualification: PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP, or equivalent. Fluent in English.

Experience working with global system integrators or major financial services build vendors is an advantage. So is familiarity with CPMI-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures and Arabic language skills.

What this is

The post-holder must be able to walk into rooms with vendors, regulators, advisors, and senior stakeholders and command respect from day one. Authority here comes from competence and credibility, not title. If you have genuinely led a regulated platform build of comparable weight from a standing start, and you have the drive and composure to do it again in a fast-moving greenfield environment, this is worth a conversation.

Pegasus International Computer Co. W.L.L. - Oman, Oman