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About NeoStats

NeoStats, established in 2022, is a data and analytics firm offering contemporary solutions. Headquartered in the UAE with bases in India and the UK, our mission is to create lasting competitive advantage for clients by transforming them into world-class, data-driven organizations. We enable structural transformations in analytics through our expertise, partnership approach, and end-to-end implementation.

Role Summary

NeoStats is seeking a Cards Consulting Program Lead to oversee the end-to-end delivery of a large cards transformation program. This role, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, covers consumer and corporate cards, CVM, analytics, governance, controls, product launch, digital enablement, and portfolio optimization. The successful candidate will act as a senior strategic advisor and hands-on program lead, managing cross-functional teams and engaging C-level stakeholders to ensure measurable commercial, operational, customer, and risk-management outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex cards consulting programs across multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment to objectives, timelines, budget, quality, and benefit realization.
• Establish and manage governance routines, including steering committees, working groups, RAID management, escalation, dependency tracking, and executive reporting.
• Support the execution of cards strategy across consumer, corporate, and SME segments, focusing on spend growth, activation, retention, engagement, profitability, and CVM.
• Oversee product launches, CVP enhancements, feature upgrades, pricing changes, loyalty/rewards improvements, campaign execution, and portfolio interventions.
• Structure business problems into clear workplans, hypotheses, analytical requirements, and decision-ready outputs for senior leadership.
• Lead cross-functional teams, both internal and external, to provide business-focused solutions and recommendations that drive client value.
• Identify and mitigate delivery, operational, compliance, financial, technology, and customer risks, ensuring alignment with business, technical, control, and SAMA regulations.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior clients and stakeholders through clear executive updates, steering materials, recommendations, and decision support.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates for this role should possess 5-10 years of experience in senior consulting and program leadership. Essential qualifications include:

• Extensive experience in problem structuring, C-level stakeholder management, governance, risk/dependency management, analytics-led decision-making, and execution oversight.
• Proven ability to lead complex, multi-stakeholder programs from strategy through governance, execution, launch, and benefit realization.
• Strong cards expertise across consumer, corporate, and SME segments, including portfolio management, CVM, product launch, loyalty, digital servicing, analytics, and performance optimization.

Required Skills and Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of cards, CVM, product launch, digital banking, and SAMA regulations.
• Excellent consulting, analytical, and communication skills, including business case development and C-level stakeholder engagement.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional delivery, risks, dependencies, controls, and change across business, technology, operations, risk, compliance, and analytics teams.
• Understanding of regional payments trends.

Work Type and Location

This is a contract position located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.