Senior Bank Programme Lead - Open Banking (Jeddah)

Tarabut Gateway; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Tarabut Gateway in Jeddah seeks a Project Manager to run major bank programmes in Saudi Arabia, partnering with tier-1 banks to bring products to market quickly. You will own client relationships and collaborate with product and commercial teams across the business.

This role is based in Jeddah, reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, with regular travel to Riyadh and Bahrain. You’ll manage programme plans, weekly cadences, risk, and go-live gates across teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in project or programme management, with banks or financial institutions in KSA
• Senior client relationships experience; growth of accounts
• Proactive, hands-on, able to drive stalled workstreams to completion

Responsibilities

• Own programme plans: milestones, dependencies and risks in a single source of truth
• Own the client relationship; be the first call for the bank
• Run weekly cadence with bank counterparties; manage minutes and actions
• Investigate delays, stay with issues until resolved
• Spot expansion opportunities in live programmes and scope follow-on work
• Manage milestone gates and go-live with the compliance team
• Identify risks early and present options for mitigation
• Your first 90 days: deliver plan and cadence, hit first milestone, establish RAID log

Skills

Project management

Banking experience

Client relationship management

Stakeholder coordination

Risk management

Arabic fluency

Job description

Tarabut Gateway in Jeddah seeks a Project Manager to run major bank programmes in Saudi Arabia, partnering with tier-1 banks to bring products to market quickly. You will own client relationships and collaborate with product and commercial teams across the business.

This role is based in Jeddah, reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, with regular travel to Riyadh and Bahrain. You’ll manage programme plans, weekly cadences, risk, and go-live gates across teams.