Agile Program Management - Director - FSI

Publicis Sapient; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 675,000 - 975,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive insurance and medical

Job summary

Publicis Sapient in Riyadh is seeking a Director – Agile Program Management for Financial Services to lead large-scale digital transformation programmes and complex technology delivery engagements. You will drive strategic delivery across client portfolios, build executive relationships and lead initiatives from strategy through execution.

You will mentor multidisciplinary teams, ensure successful outcomes, manage budgets, and identify growth opportunities while navigating business and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading enterprise-scale technology programmes and complex digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong Financial Services industry expertise with knowledge of banking and digital business ops.
• Proven experience managing large, multidisciplinary programmes with distributed delivery teams.
• Ability to lead teams of 20+ professionals across multiple technology and business disciplines.
• Strong client management including executive stakeholder engagement, presentations, negotiations and escalation management.
• Proven commercial accountability for large programmes with budgets or revenues of USD 5 million+.
• Experience delivering enterprise technology solutions across business development through delivery.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, governance and enterprise delivery frameworks.
• Experience with platform implementations, enterprise engineering and digital product development.
• Ability to balance scope, cost, quality, timelines and delivery risks while maintaining client relationships.
• Strong financial management skills, including estimations, forecasting, profitability and resource planning.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive, outcome-driven mindset with ability to navigate complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale digital transformation programmes and complex technology delivery engagements.
• Drive strategic delivery across client portfolios, ensuring business outcomes and client satisfaction.
• Build executive relationships and guide delivery strategies from strategy through execution.
• Act as trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, identifying growth opportunities.
• Balance scope, cost, quality, timelines and risks while maintaining strong client relationships.

Skills

Enterprise-scale PM

Agile governance

Stakeholder engagement

Client management

Budgeting & forecasting

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic delivery

Negotiation

Problem solving

Job description

Job Description

Director – Agile Program Management – Financial Services

Why This Role Matters

Publicis Sapient is looking for an experienced Director – Agile Program Management to lead large-scale digital transformation programmes and complex technology delivery engagements within the Financial Services industry.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving strategic delivery across major client programmes or portfolios of accounts, ensuring successful business outcomes, commercial performance and client satisfaction. You will bring together multidisciplinary teams, establish strong executive relationships and lead complex transformation initiatives from strategy through execution.

Beyond programme delivery, you will act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, shaping delivery strategies, identifying growth opportunities and helping clients navigate complex business and technology challenges.

This is an opportunity to combine strategic leadership, technology expertise and commercial accountability while driving meaningful transformation for leading Financial Services organisations.

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring to the Team

• Extensive experience leading enterprise-scale technology programmes and complex digital transformation initiatives, ideally within consulting or technology services environments.
• Strong Financial Services industry expertise, with an understanding of banking, financial products, business operations and technology transformation.
• Proven experience managing large, multidisciplinary programmes and globally distributed delivery teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams of 20 or more professionals across multiple technology and business disciplines.
• Strong client management experience, including executive stakeholder engagement, presentations, negotiations and escalation management.
• Proven commercial accountability for large programmes or client portfolios, including budgets or revenues of USD 5 million or more.
• Experience delivering enterprise technology solutions across multiple project lifecycles, from business development through implementation and delivery.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, programme governance and enterprise delivery frameworks.
• Experience managing complex platform implementations, enterprise engineering initiatives and digital product development.
• Ability to balance scope, cost, quality, timelines and delivery risks while maintaining strong client relationships.
• Strong financial management skills, including project estimations, forecasting, profitability and resource planning.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• A proactive, outcome-driven mindset with the ability to anticipate challenges and make informed decisions in complex environments.

Additional Experience We Value

• Experience leading banking transformation programmes involving core banking, payments, digital banking or enterprise modernization.
• Exposure to enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, API ecosystems and emerging technologies.
• Experience delivering omnichannel platforms, customer experience transformation or digital product solutions.
• Familiarity with object‑oriented design, software engineering practices and modern technology delivery approaches.
• Experience supporting business development, proposals, client pitches and strategic account planning.
• Proven ability to improve delivery performance, strengthen client relationships and identify opportunities for business growth.
• Experience working across international markets and managing culturally diverse, distributed teams.
• Relevant programme management or Agile certifications, such as PMP, PgMP, SAFe or Scrum.

Additional Information

What You’ll Get in Return

• Be at the forefront of digital transformation.
• "Plugged" into a truly global organization with a start-up mindset.
• Career growth and training opportunities.
• A collaborative, agile and diverse regional team.
• Comprehensive insurance and medical benefits.

Company Description

About Publicis Sapient

Most companies in the AI era do one of two things: they advise, or they sell you a tool. We do both. Publicis Sapient is a technology company that provides enterprise AI platforms and services, which means we build our own AI platforms and bring the strategists, product thinkers, designers and engineers who make them work inside the world s most complex businesses. It s where people and products shape the future of enterprise, and where your ideas actually reach the organizations that run the world. If you want to question how things are done, learn continuously and do the best work of your career alongside 20,000 people across 28 countries, you re in the right place. Come build with us.

Our Commitment to Inclusive Hiring

We are committed to fostering and encouraging an inclusive and welcoming environment for everyone and we believe great talent comes from many different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. That s why we re committed to creating a hiring process where everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and feel safe.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and value the diverse experiences, perspectives and strengths that individuals bring to our teams.

If there s anything we can do to make our recruitment process more accessible or comfortable for you, please let us know. We re happy to provide reasonable adjustments throughout the application and interview process.