Banking Data & AI Program Lead: Data Lake Modernization

Duncan & Ross; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Duncan & Ross is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead a large-scale Data Lake Modernization program for a banking client in Saudi Arabia. You will oversee end-to-end delivery across data platform migration, data governance, and AI use cases like hyper-personalization and Next Best Offer.

You will coordinate data engineering, AI, cloud teams, and business stakeholders, manage budgets, timelines, and risk, and report to senior sponsors through steering committees.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required; MBA/technical master's is a plus.
• PMI/PRINCE2 or equivalent certification required; Agile cert. desired.
• 7+ years in project/program management with data/AI modernization experience.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project planning, governance, and delivery of the data lake modernization program.
• Lead AI/ML use case workstreams for hyper-personalization and NBO with cross-functional teams.
• Define roadmap for data platform migration, governance, and model deployment.
• Engage senior client stakeholders with steering committees and executive reporting.
• Coordinate Data Engineering, Data Science/AI, Cloud/Infrastructure, and Change Management teams.
• Ensure data governance, quality, and regulatory compliance (SAMA, PDPL).

Skills

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Agile/hybrid delivery

Data lake/lakehouse concepts

AI/ML concepts for personalization

Budget management

Risk management

Cloud/data platforms knowledge

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data/Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related field

Master's degree (MBA or technical) an advantage

Tools

JIRA

MS Project

Confluence

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Duncan & Ross is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead a large-scale Data Lake Modernization program for a banking client in Saudi Arabia. You will oversee end-to-end delivery across data platform migration, data governance, and AI use cases like hyper-personalization and Next Best Offer.

You will coordinate data engineering, AI, cloud teams, and business stakeholders, manage budgets, timelines, and risk, and report to senior sponsors through steering committees.