Product Project Manager

About PayTech Group

PayTech Group is seeking a Product Project Manager to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is crucial for leading the successful delivery and launch of new products and enhancements within the Consumer Banking portfolio.

Role Purpose

The Product Project Manager is responsible for overseeing the entire lifecycle of product launches, from initial planning through to market readiness and post-launch analysis. This involves ensuring seamless coordination across various departments including business, technology, operations, risk, compliance, marketing, and external partners to bring products to market efficiently and within defined scope and timelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end planning and execution of new product launches, portfolio enhancements, and strategic initiatives.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, launch roadmaps, and milestone trackers.
• Coordinate launch activities across business, technology, operations, risk, compliance, finance, and marketing teams.
• Drive project execution to ensure delivery against agreed timelines, scope, and business objectives.
• Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and escalation processes throughout the product lifecycle.
• Coordinate all launch readiness activities, ensuring products are operationally, commercially, and technically prepared for market launch.
• Work closely with Marketing and Product teams to support go-to-market strategies, customer propositions, and launch campaigns.
• Develop launch checklists, readiness assessments, and post-launch monitoring frameworks.
• Ensure product documentation, operational procedures, and customer communications are completed prior to launch.
• Support the development of business cases, financial models, and investment proposals for new products and initiatives.
• Track business case assumptions, launch costs, and expected business benefits.
• Analyze product performance, customer adoption, portfolio growth, and commercial outcomes post-launch.
• Identify opportunities to enhance product performance and customer experience.
• Act as the central point of coordination between Product, Technology, Operations, Digital, Risk, Compliance, Finance, Customer Experience, and Marketing teams.
• Drive alignment on project priorities, deliverables, resource requirements, and launch timelines.
• Facilitate working groups, project forums, and stakeholder updates.
• Ensure timely resolution of project blockers and escalation of critical issues.
• Coordinate approvals across Risk, Compliance, Legal, Fraud, Operations, and Regulatory teams.
• Ensure all product launches meet internal governance requirements and applicable regulatory standards.
• Support product due diligence, risk assessments, process reviews, and operational readiness activities.
• Track closure of launch prerequisites, controls, and audit requirements.
• Monitor project progress, launch readiness status, and key delivery milestones.
• Prepare executive updates, steering committee materials, and leadership presentations.
• Develop project dashboards and KPI reporting for launch performance.
• Conduct post-launch reviews, lessons learned sessions, and benefits realization tracking.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in product project management or a similar role.
• Demonstrated ability to lead end-to-end product delivery and launch initiatives.
• Strong understanding of consumer banking products and the associated regulatory landscape.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role involves working within a dynamic environment, coordinating with various internal and external stakeholders to achieve product launch objectives.