Corporate & SME Business Relationship Manager

Tawantech; Medina; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Tawantech is seeking a seasoned professional to own business-IT alignment for Corporate and SME banking initiatives, including the SME transformation program. You will partner with business heads to shape initiatives, build robust business cases, and translate requirements between business and IT delivery.

Responsibilities include end-to-end lifecycle ownership, vendor governance, and proactive risk management to ensure alignment with the bank's strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Systems, or related field; MBA a plus.
• Strong understanding of corporate and SME banking products, lending, and onboarding processes.
• Proven experience building business cases bridging business value and IT delivery.
• PMP or equivalent certification preferred.
• Strong stakeholder and vendor management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English and Arabic.
• Familiarity with SAMA regulatory requirements relevant to corporate/SME segments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Corporate and SME business unit heads to identify shape and prioritize initiatives.
• Build end-to-end business cases rationale, expected benefits, cost estimates, delivery feasibility.
• Translate corporate/SME business requirements into IT delivery scope and vice versa.
• Own the initiative lifecycle from intake through business case approval and tracking.
• Coordinate with vendors and consultants on proposals, SOWs, and feasibility assessments; own vendor governance.
• Prepare initiative documentation and status updates for management.
• Identify and escalate risks, issues, and dependencies proactively.
• Keep Corporate and SME initiatives aligned with the bank's strategy program.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Communication (EN/AR)

PMP certification

Education

Bachelor's degree (BA/Finance/IS)

MBA

Job description

Owns business-IT alignment for Corporate and SME banking initiatives including the SME transformation program Builds business cases balancing business value and delivery feasibility working with Corporate SME business owners and IT Delivery and tracks initiatives through to delivery

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Corporate and SME business unit heads to identify shape and prioritize initiatives
• Build end-to-end business cases rationale expected benefits cost estimates delivery feasibility
• Translate Corporate SME business requirements into scope that IT Delivery can plan and estimate and translate delivery constraints back into business trade-offs
• Own the initiative lifecycle from intake through business case approval tracking progress against plan
• Coordinate with vendors and consultants on proposals SOWs and feasibility assessments And own vendor governance
• Prepare initiative documentation and status updates for management
• Identify and escalation risks issues and dependencies proactively
• Keep Corporate and SME initiatives aligned with the bank s strategy program

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Systems, or related field; MBA a plus

• Strong understanding of corporate and SME banking products, lending, and onboarding processes
• Proven experience building business cases bridging business value and IT delivery
• PMP or equivalent certification preferred
• Strong stakeholder and vendor management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication in English and Arabic
• Familiarity with SAMA regulatory requirements relevant to corporate/SME segments