Portfolio Senior Lead - Digital Banking

Riyad Bank; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A banking institution in Riyadh is seeking a Talent Acquisition specialist to oversee portfolio alignment and governance of projects. The role requires strong project management skills and 8-10 years of experience. Responsibilities include planning, monitoring, and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. A Bachelor's degree in Management, Strategy, or Finance is essential. The position offers a full-time role at a mid-senior level, aimed at enhancing business value through effective project management.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in project management.

Responsibilities

• Leads the portfolio prioritization & alignment with strategic initiatives.
• Monitor the delivery of business results and apply benefits realization management.
• Develop capacity planning to optimize resource matching.

Skills

Project management

Strategic planning

Capacity planning

Benefits realization management

MS Office

EPM and MS Project

Presentation Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Management, Strategy or Finance

Job description

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Job Purpose / Role:

Responsible for ensuring effective portfolio alignment, capacity planning, and benefits realization across the Bank’s digital and fintech initiatives. The role oversees the prioritization and governance of projects and programs to ensure alignment with the Bank’s strategic objectives, optimizes resource utilization, and tracks the realization of business value throughout the portfolio lifecycle. By providing structured planning, monitoring, and coordination with business units and strategy functions, the role enables informed decision-making and supports the successful delivery of strategic outcomes.

Areas of responsibility:

Strategic Alignment

• Leads the portfolio prioritization & alignment with strategic initiatives & objective
• Ensure the alignment of Projects/Programs with the overall strategic direction of RB throughout the project’s lifecycle
• Prioritize the project portfolio in alignment with the strategic pillars, and initiatives
• Provide the necessary support to the Corporate Strategy Delivery
• Contribute in the achievements of the strategic initiatives through proper planning, prioritization, monitoring and controlling

Benefits Realization Management

• Monitor the delivery of business results expected in the overall portfolio o by applying benefits realization management framework
• Review the impact of program changes on the business case, and re-forecast value creation/benefit realization
• Tracks value and benefit realization based on a clear set of KPIs, from discovery till closure

CR Planning

• Orchestrate the CR quarterly planning with BUs and BT, and plan accordingly with clear priorities, and agreed target delivery dates

Planning capacity

• Develop the capacity planning to ensure an optimized matching between resources’ demand and supply
• Plan for efficient and adequate utilization of resources by applying projects prioritization techniques

Qualifications & Experience

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Management, Strategy or Finance
• 8-10 years of experience in project management

Language:

Technical Knowledge areas

• MS Office: advanced
• EPM and MS Project: advanced
• Presentation Skills: advanced

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Strategy/Planning and Business Development

• Industries

  Banking

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