Project Manager - Data Platform Implementation (Financial Services)

Sscegypt; Muscat; On-site; OMR 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Oman is seeking experienced professionals for key roles including Project Manager, Technology Architect, and Tech Lead, focusing on DATA PLATFORM implementations within the financial services domain. Candidates should demonstrate strong leadership capabilities, a deep understanding of data management, and the ability to oversee complex project requirements effectively. This opportunity offers competitive compensation and the chance to work on transformative projects with significant organizational impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in project management within financial services.
• 10+ years in architecting integrated data platforms.
• Extensive experience in SaaS/PaaS solutions and data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Define project approach, communicate plans and changes.
• Engage stakeholders for requirement discussions.
• Lead performance engineering activities and oversee architecture analysis.

Skills

Project Management

Data Platform Implementation

Risk Management

Technical Leadership

Tools

Data Migration Tools

API Integration

Job description

Roles & Responsibilities:

Project Manager

Should have at least 5+ years of experience in implementation project management within the financial services domain, specifically related to DATA PLATFORM implementation.

Determine the project approach, responsibilities, and schedule aligning with the overall program.

Ensure communication of all requirements, work plans, management plans, and changes to commitments to all affected team members.

Create a one-page summary for management outlining project status updates and validate it with all relevant stakeholders to highlight activities, roles, and timelines.

Organize and lead regular project meetings to discuss progress, challenges, and next steps.

Engage business, IT, Operations, or other internal stakeholders and DATA PLATFORM SI partners in detailed business requirement discussions, leveraging existing BRDs related to DATA PLATFORM capabilities such as marketing, sales, onboarding, and servicing.

Define quality criteria for project activities, including entry/exit criteria; validate compliance and alert management to any exceptions.

Track project deliverables against the baseline scope and report variances.

Proactively identify and report potential risks, inter-dependencies, or prerequisites that could impact project timelines or outcomes, developing mitigation strategies.

Facilitate communication and collaboration among various teams, including business, IT, Operations, DATA PLATFORM vendors, and SI partners.

Technology Architect

10+ years’ experience in architecting and implementing highly integrated DATA PLATFORMS, including data migration, event streaming, and real-time integration.

Experience in delivering gap-fit analysis documents by understanding business needs and translating requirements into solution design documents covering Banking Data Model, Logical Architecture, Physical Architecture, Integration, Deployment, and Infrastructure Architecture.

Experience in designing Unified Service Desktop hosting multiple banking applications and supporting front-end integration.

Experience in DATA PLATFORM implementation, upgrades, and involvement in planning, analysis, design, build, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.

Define technical requirements, including performance, availability, scalability, maintainability, and observability, ensuring alignment with business objectives and IT strategy.

Engage with senior client stakeholders across IT and business domains to understand and meet their requirements.

Develop bank-specific DATA PLATFORM implementation architecture principles and communicate these to tech leads and SI partners.

Decide on the technology stack for implementation, ensuring it meets organizational needs.

Guide the creation and review of target technical architecture blueprints to ensure adherence to guidelines and project objectives.

Understand the capabilities and limitations of packaged software used in the project.

Determine the number of staging environments needed for development, testing, training, staging, production, and support.

Collaborate with stakeholders such as solution architects, SMEs, and delivery leads to review estimates and plans.

Perform hardware and network sizing and capacity planning as needed.

Conduct security risk assessments and develop security controls to support regulations.

Lead performance engineering activities, including modeling, testing, and tuning.

Oversee architecture and infrastructure analysis to ensure solutions meet requirements with minimal customization.

Coordinate with support teams on production support strategies, backups, disaster recovery, and performance.

Tech Lead

Extensive DATA PLATFORM knowledge with 8+ years’ experience in data mapping and migration, ensuring data integrity.

Oversee delivery of technical components, including SaaS/PaaS solutions, ensuring adherence to project standards.

Manage customization of the DATA PLATFORM to fit business processes and review implications.

Ensure APIs connect DATA PLATFORM with other applications and services securely.

Implement security measures to protect data and ensure compliance.

Design comprehensive testing strategies covering unit, integration, and UAT testing.

Manage technical resources and ensure effective utilization.

Own the design, build, and testing of architecture components, obtaining stakeholder buy-in.

Design and manage PoCs to validate architecture solutions.

Coordinate deployment activities and ensure smooth transition to operations.

Ensure adherence to Managed Delivery principles.

Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and issue resolution.

Coordinate sign-offs for production releases and system handovers post-Go-live.