Project Manager - Testing Center of Excellence for Banking Project ( Riyadh)

BMO Harris Bank; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank seeks a Project Manager to lead their Testing Center of Excellence for a major banking transformation project in Riyadh. The candidate will manage testing functions, standardize QA processes, and align test strategies with enterprise business goals. This is a key role requiring experience in enterprise testing programs within financial services, alongside strong project management skills and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• Experience managing enterprise testing programs or TCOE implementations in banking.
• Strong project management skills with knowledge of banking domains.
• Hands-on experience with Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Lead TCOE setup ensuring alignment with QA goals.
• Manage centralized testing functions and establish best practices.
• Report on quality metrics and delivery timelines.

Skills

Enterprise testing programs

Banking domains knowledge

Agile

Communication

Risk management

Education

PMP / Prince2 / Agile PM certification

ISTQB Advanced Test Manager

Tools

HP ALM

JIRA

TestRail

Selenium

UFT

Tosca

Job description

• Project Manager - Testing Center of Excellence for Banking Project ( Riyadh)

Description

Overview

Project Manager -TCOE for Banking Project

We are seeking a highly experienced Project Manager to lead the Testing Center of Excellence (TCOE) initiative for a large-scale banking transformation project. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing centralized testing functions, standardizing QA processes, and ensuring alignment of test strategy with business goals across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Lead the TCOE setup and governance, ensuring alignment with enterprise QA objectives, test policies, and tools.
• Define and manage test strategy, test governance framework, and metrics across projects in the banking domain.
• Work closely with QA leads, business stakeholders, delivery managers, and external vendors to drive testing excellence.
• Manage the planning and execution of functional, regression, performance, security, and automation testing across various programs.
• Establish and enforce best practices in test processes, tools, environment management, and defect triaging.
• Drive implementation of test automation frameworks, test data management, and reusable assets.
• Track test progress, risks, and dependencies across portfolios using dashboards, KPIs, and QA scorecards.
• Conduct regular QA reviews, audits, and process maturity assessments (e.g., TMMi).
• Support capacity planning, budgeting, and resource management for the TCOE.
• Ensure test environments and tools are provisioned and maintained in coordination with infra and dev teams.
• Report regularly to senior leadership on quality metrics, risk posture, and delivery timelines.

Qualifications

• PMP / Prince2 / Agile PM certification
• ISTQB Advanced Test Manager or equivalent

Essential skills

• Proven experience managing enterprise testing programs or TCOE implementations in the banking or financial services industry.
• Strong knowledge of banking domains such as core banking, digital channels, lending, cards, payments, treasury, or risk.
• Experience with test management tools (e.g., HP ALM, JIRA, TestRail), and automation tools (e.g., Selenium, UFT, Tosca).
• Hands-on experience with Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD-based delivery models.
• Strong project management skills - planning, budgeting, risk management, stakeholder communication.

Desired skills

• Strong leadership and team-building skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Analytical and decision-making capabilities
• Ability to manage ambiguity and work under pressure

Job ID: 78833204

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Job Location

Net Salary per month

$2,343

Cost of Living Index

47 /100

47

Median Apartment Rent in City Center

(1-3 Bedroom)

$1,109-$2,047

$1,578

Safety Index

75 /100

75

Utilities

Basic

(Electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage for 915 sq ft apartment)

$57-$213

$104

High-Speed Internet

$67-$80

$76

Transportation

Gasoline

$2.31

Taxi Ride

(1 mile)

$3.01

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