Technical Delivery Lead

DefineX; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

DefineX in Riyadh, KSA, seeks a delivery leader with 8+ years in technology delivery, specializing in banking, financial services or fintech. You will own end-to-end programs, manage API-led integrations, and coordinate across multi-location teams and vendors to deliver secure, compliant solutions.

You will engage senior stakeholders, drive delivery governance, ensure regulatory alignment, and maintain schedule, quality and budget throughout go-live and stabilisation phases.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technology delivery with banking/fintech focus.
• Strong ability to follow system design discussions and assess architecture.
• Experience owning banking technology programs end-to-end through go-live and stabilisation.
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (Saudi Arabia) and Open Banking concepts.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of large-scale banking technology programs end-to-end.
• Govern change control, assess impact and secure approvals.
• Lead delivery governance across distributed, multi-vendor teams.
• Drive release readiness, cutover planning, go-live and hypercare.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and executives.

Skills

Technology delivery

Banking/FinTech experience

API-led integration

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Tools

API management

Gateway platforms

Microservices

Job description

Your Impact

Delivery OwnershipOwn delivery of a large-scale banking technology program end-to-end scope plan quality timeline and budget Select and apply the right delivery approach for the engagement Agile Scaled Agile hybrid or gated SDLC including working within the client s own delivery framework Govern change control assess impact negotiate and secure client approval for scope changes in line with contractual commitments Own the commercial health of the engagement forecast versus actual effort burn and delivery efficiency Run delivery governance that people actually use steering committees status reviews risk and dependency management Drive delivery across distributed teams and a multi-vendor client ecosystem keeping quality and pace consistent across locations Own release readiness cutover planning go-live hypercare and post-production stabilisation Technical JudgementUnderstand the architecture of what you are delivering well enough to question it integration patterns API design system dependencies without owning the design yourself Interrogate estimates and tell a realistic plan apart from an optimistic or a padded one Judge technical risk and sequence the work accordingly integration dependencies data migration environment readiness and non-functional requirements Ensure the test strategy is adequate for the release risk SIT UAT and the regression depth that banking release cycles demand Act as the delivery counterpart to solution architecture turn design decisions into plan cost and risk and bring delivery reality back into design discussions Hold the delivery team and its technical counterparts to what they commit to in their own language Client amp Stakeholder ManagementAct as the primary delivery contact for client executives business owners and technology leadership Build trusted relationships grounded in delivery credibility not reporting cadence Keep delivery aligned with the client s business priorities and regulatory commitments Surface delivery risks and issues early and manage escalations through to closure Leadership amp Team ManagementLead coach and mentor the delivery team business analysts engineers test leads and scrum masters across a multi-cultural multi-location setup Partner with solution architects and product owners so that solution decisions hold up against business priorities and regulatory standards Set the delivery culture accountability transparency collaboration and continuous improvement

What You Bring to the Table

8 years in technology delivery with a substantial part of it in banking financial services or fintech either in-house at a bank financial institution or fintech or delivering consulting and integration projects for them A technical foundation you can still use you came up through engineering integration or technical business analysis and you can follow a system design discussion without a translator A track record of owning a banking technology program end-to-end through go-live and stabilisation Practical understanding of API-led and integration-heavy delivery API management and gateway platforms microservices event-driven flows and core banking integration Experience across more than one delivery methodology not a single-framework background Familiarity with the Saudi regulatory environment as it affects delivery SAMA frameworks cyber security outsourcing business continuity cloud Open Banking NCA controls and data residency and personal data protection obligations Experience delivering in distributed multi-cultural teams and multi-vendor client environments Strong communication negotiation and conflict resolution skills with proven ability to engage senior client stakeholders Fluent in English Based in Riyadh KSA 8+ years in technology delivery, with a substantial part of it in banking, financial services or fintech either in-house at a bank, financial institution or fintech, or delivering consulting and integration projects for them,A technical foundation you can still use, you came up through engineering, integration or technical business analysis, and you can follow a system design discussion without a translator,A track record of owning a banking technology program end-to-end, through go-live and stabilisation,Practical understanding of API-led and integration-heavy delivery: API management and gateway platforms, microservices, event-driven flows, and core banking integration,Experience across more than one delivery methodology not a single-framework background,Familiarity with the Saudi regulatory environment as it affects delivery, SAMA frameworks (cyber security, outsourcing, business continuity, cloud, Open Banking), NCA controls, and data residency and personal data protection obligations,Experience delivering in distributed, multi-cultural teams and multi-vendor client environments,Strong communication, negotiation and conflict resolution skills, with proven ability to engage senior client stakeholders,Fluent in English,Based in Riyadh, KSA.Nice to haveFluent in Arabic and/or Turkish,Experience in a digital bank or fintech environment with short release cycles,Experience with regulator-driven or audit-driven delivery programs,DevSecOps, observability and modern engineering practice e xposure.