Senior Programme Manager – Financial Services & Investment Technology📣 Job Ad

About the Role

emagine is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to lead strategic transformation initiatives within the Financial Services and Investment Technology sector. This full-time, onsite role is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The position involves collaboration with leading financial technology providers and major financial and investment organizations across the Middle East. The role is critical for driving complex, multi-vendor programmes, overseeing cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery across all phases.

This consulting assignment offers potential for future opportunities, including relocation to Doha, Qatar. The role requires navigating complex stakeholder environments and ensuring alignment between business objectives and technology delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage large-scale business and technology transformation programmes within the Financial Services sector.
• Drive end-to-end project delivery, including planning, execution, governance, risk management, and implementation.
• Establish and maintain robust project governance frameworks, including steering committees and executive reporting structures.
• Manage programme budgets, financial forecasting, resource planning, and vendor performance.
• Lead change management activities to ensure successful business adoption and stakeholder engagement.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with executive sponsors, C-level stakeholders, and client leadership teams.
• Coordinate delivery efforts across geographically distributed teams, third-party vendors, and multiple workstreams.
• Monitor programme risks, dependencies, and issues, implementing mitigation strategies.
• Ensure strategic alignment between business objectives and technology delivery outcomes.
• Provide regular progress updates to internal leadership and client stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of extensive Programme and Project Management experience, with a proven track record of delivering complex enterprise initiatives.
• Strong experience delivering projects within the Financial Services industry, with a focus on the buy-side.
• Demonstrated experience working with Asset Management, Investment Management, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension Funds, Private Banking, Capital Markets, and Government-backed investment entities.
• Extensive experience working for consulting firms, system integrators, or technology vendors in the delivery of strategic programmes.
• Proven success in managing large, geographically dispersed teams across multiple countries and locations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex stakeholder environments involving executive leadership and external partners.
• Experience delivering projects within the Middle East, with an emphasis on Saudi Arabia.
• Experience operating and delivering projects in highly regulated environments.

Required Skills

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• Financial Services
• Investment Technology
• Asset Management
• Investment Management
• Capital Markets
• Sovereign Wealth Funds
• Pension Funds
• Government Investment Entities
• Private Banking
• Business Transformation
• Technology Transformation
• Governance
• Risk Management
• Change Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Vendor Management
• Relationship Management
• Team Leadership
• Cross-functional Team Management
• Middle East Market Expertise
• Saudi Arabia Market Expertise
• Regulated Environments Expertise
• SimCorp Dimension (preferred)
• Investment Platform Transformations (preferred)
• Front-to-Back Office Implementations (preferred)
• Operating Model Changes (preferred)
• Investment Operations (familiarity preferred, including IBOR, ABOR, Fund Accounting, Portfolio Management, Custody)
• Agile Methodologies
• Waterfall Methodologies
• Hybrid Delivery Methodologies

Work Environment and Location

This is a full-time consulting assignment based onsite in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role requires current residence in Saudi Arabia or a willingness to relocate to Riyadh. Flexibility to support future regional projects, including potential opportunities in Qatar, is expected.