Senior Delivery Manager

Jobskey Search and Selection; Riyad Al Khabra; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced Senior Delivery Manager to oversee portfolio management and team leadership. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of program management experience and a strong grasp of Scrum principles. Duties include client relationship management, support of development teams, and execution of management tasks. This position demands excellent leadership, decision-making skills, and knowledge of agile methodologies, especially within a financial context.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of practical experience as a Delivery/Program manager.
• Proven experience in managing teams of 20+ people.
• Strong understanding of Scrum principles and tools.

Responsibilities

• Execution of portfolio and account management.
• Management of relationships with clients.
• Supporting development teams and their managers.

Skills

Team leadership

Scrum principles

Decision-making

Agile methodologies

Facilitation skills

Communication

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

The Client is one of the largest financial institutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.

Established in 1957, the Bank aims to be the most innovative and trusted financial solutions partner for its clients. The Bank provides a comprehensive range of products and services fully compliant with the Islamic Sharia to meet the needs of both retail and corporate customers, including small and medium-sized enterprises. As well, it plays a leading role in various areas of finance and investment around Saudi Arabia, which is why is distinguished as a leading financier and arranger of syndicated loans in the oil, petrochemicals, and most of the Kingdoms notable infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities:

• Execution of the portfolio management.
• Execution of the account management.
• Management of the relationship with the client.
• Support the development teams and their managers.
• Help the product owners to create and organise the product backlog.
• Development and support Schedule plan based on Program processes.
• Development and support Risk registry based on Program processes.
• Reporting to client's Chapter Leads.
• Providing weekly/bi-weekly/governance reports to main stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Upper-intermediate or higher level of English.
• Experience working in a Middle East market ideally with financial institutions.
• Strong understanding of Scrum principles/artifacts/toles etc.
• experience in Scrum processes establishment with further adjustments.
• proven experience in managing teams of 20+ people.
• 5+ years of practical experience as a Delivery/Program manager.
• Roadmap creation techniques. Schedule management. Risk registry techniques.
• Understanding of software development standards, tools, and frameworks to foster engineering maturity principles within the team.
• Experienced in creating and/or evolving best practices and processes related to Value delivery.
• Proven ability to conduct effective retrospectives and personal devotion to continuous improvement of team performance.
• Advanced practical facilitation skills (deep understanding of facilitation session stages, artifacts, goals, and techniques).
• Good skills in decision-making, leadership, team building, coaching and motivating, communication, cultural awareness, and negotiating.
• Good understanding of PMO Knowledge areas.
• Experience in scaled agile frameworks (i.e. LESS, SAFE, Spotify, other) is an advantage.
• Understanding of different software methodologies - SCRUM, Agile, RUP, Waterfall.
• Jira administration. Ability to manage Boards/Projects.

Higher Education:

• Master's Degree.

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