Project Manager (Technical Saudi)

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	نوع العقد	دوام كامل
	طبيعة الوظيفة	بالموقع
	الموقع	الرياض

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About the Role

Onftech is seeking a Project Manager (Technical) to join its technology team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves leading the end-to-end delivery of banking and fintech projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget. The Project Manager will serve as a primary liaison with bank teams and manage various technical and regulatory aspects of project execution.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the delivery of banking/fintech projects, including payment systems, AML, Open Banking, and regulatory integrations.
Define project scope, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
Establish and maintain project governance frameworks and reporting structures.
Act as the primary point of contact for bank/fintech clients and manage communication with senior stakeholders (IT, business, compliance, regulators).
Conduct steering committees, status meetings, and executive reporting.
Collaborate with architecture, development, QA, DevOps, and integration teams.
Understand system architectures (API-based, microservices, on-prem/cloud deployments) and ensure proper integration with bank systems (Core Banking, Payment Systems, Regulatory APIs).
Review technical designs and ensure alignment with project objectives.
Ensure solutions comply with regulatory frameworks (*, SAMA, Open Banking, AML/KYC requirements) and coordinate certification, testing, and regulatory approval processes.
Manage the delivery of regulatory-driven changes (*, Tanfeeth waves, reporting requirements).
Identify project risks, implement mitigation strategies, and manage issues, escalations, and dependencies across teams, maintaining RAID logs.
Develop detailed project plans, sprint plans, and release schedules, tracking progress using tools such as Jira, Confluence, and MS Project.
Oversee UAT, SIT, and production deployment phases, ensuring adherence to SDLC, QA processes, and security standards.
Validate deliverables against functional and non-functional requirements and coordinate testing cycles and sign-offs with clients.
Manage scope changes, ensure proper change control processes, and assess the impact of changes on timeline, cost, and resources.
Support commercial discussions for out-of-scope requests.

Technical Coordination and Support

Provide on-site coordination during SIT and UAT phases.
Validate test cases against project requirements.
Support defect triage and tracking.
Monitor test execution progress and document testing outcomes.
Facilitate knowledge transfer sessions and prepare release documentation.
Manage release configurations.

Qualifications and Experience

2-5 years of experience in project management, preferably within the banking or fintech sector.
Demonstrated ability to lead end-to-end project delivery.
Experience with payment systems, AML, Open Banking, and regulatory integrations is preferred.
Familiarity with project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and MS Project.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role requires on-site presence for coordination activities during key project phases.