Project Manager

Jobtailor; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced Project Manager to oversee SimCorp implementations across products and services in the MEA region. You will coordinate multiple workstreams, define tasks, dependencies, and resource estimates, and ensure smooth handovers from Presales to Onboarding and Run.

The role requires facilitating workshops, creating artefacts, and driving best practices globally with the PMO. Expect client-site travel and weekly office presence.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering multi-stream projects in complex business environments.
• PMI/Prince 2 or equivalent certification.
• Knowledge of Investment/Asset Management or Financial Services industries.
• Willingness to travel to client sites in MEA region.
• Fluency in Arabic and English.
• Availability to come into the SimCorp office 2 times a week.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of the SimCorp implementation across products and services.
• Manage multiple implementation workstreams with tasks, dependencies and time/resource estimates.
• Facilitate handovers from Presales to Onboarding and from Onboarding to Run.
• Facilitate business requirements gathering workshops.
• Contribute to global best practices documentation for implementation projects.
• Create and maintain project artefacts such as project plan, reports and RAID requests.
• Monitor customer feedback and reporting.
• Identify and mitigate risk.
• Motivate the project team and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Project management

Multistream delivery

Travel willingness

Arabic & English fluency

Stakeholder management

Education

PMI/Prince 2 or equivalent certification

Tools

SimCorp

Job description

Responsibilities

• Managing all aspects of the SimCorp implementation across products and services, including clarification and design, configuration, data conversion, integration, testing and training
• Managing multiple implementation-related workstreams - identifying all required tasks, dependencies, and time/resource estimations as well as providing regular status updates
• Managing handovers from Presales to Onboarding and from Onboarding to Run
• Facilitating business requirements gathering workshops
• Contributing to improvement and documentation of best practices for implementation projects globally in collaboration with Global PMO
• Creating and maintaining required project artefacts such as project plan, reports and RAID change requests
• Effectively monitoring customer feedback and reporting
• Actively identifying and mitigating risk
• Motivating the project team and ensuring continuous improvement within the team

Requirements

• Proven track record in delivering multi-stream projects in complex business environments
• PMI/Prince 2 or equivalent certification
• Knowledge and experience of the Investment Management/Asset Management/Financial Services industries is a strong asset
• Familiarity with implementation focused projects in the Financial Technology sector is a plus
• Willingness to travel to client site in MEA region
• Fluency in Arabic and English
• Availability to come into the SimCorp office 2 times a week