Role Purpose

The Project Manager – Group Asset Management PMO Office is responsible for establishing and operating a central Program Management Office (PMO) to govern, coordinate, and control delivery of the firm’s 2030 Strategy Programs.

The role provides end-to-end program oversight, ensuring strategic initiatives are translated into clearly defined workstreams, delivered on time and within budget, and aligned with regulatory, operational, and investment management objectives.

A critical component of this role is the selection, onboarding, and management of external consultants, including specialist firms engaged to define Business Requirements, Target Operating Models (TOMs), and transformation deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

Program & PMO Governance

• Establish and operate a fit-for-purpose PMO framework covering governance, planning, reporting, risk, issue, dependency, and financial management.
• Define program standards, templates, controls, and delivery cadence suitable for a multi-year strategic transformation.
• Maintain an integrated master program plan across all 2030 strategy initiatives and workstreams.
• Ensure strong alignment between strategic objectives, regulatory requirements, and execution priorities.

Consultant & Vendor Management

• Support the procurement, selection, and onboarding of external consultants and specialist vendors.
• Define scopes of work, milestones, deliverables, and success criteria for consulting engagements.
• Act as the central coordination point for consultants, ensuring consistency of outputs, avoidance of duplication, and adherence to PMO standards.
• Monitor consultant performance against agreed timelines, deliverables, quality, and budgets.

Business Requirements & Delivery Oversight

• Oversee the development of Business Requirements, ensuring they are complete, prioritized, traceable to strategy, and suitable for implementation.
• Coordinate inputs from business, operations, compliance, risk, technology, and investment teams.
• Identify and manage dependencies across requirements, operating model changes, and implementation phases.

Stakeholder Management & Executive Reporting

• Produce concise, decision-ready reports for senior management and governance forums.
• Facilitate program steering committees, design authorities, and executive checkpoints.
• Act as a trusted interface between executive sponsors, business leaders, consultants, and delivery teams.

Education & Experience Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as a Project Manager within a banking environment.
• Proven delivery of end-to-end project and program lifecycles.
• Strong experience delivering projects within Asset Management, Wealth Management, or Private Banking.
• Well-versed in Waterfall and Agile project delivery methodologies.
• Demonstrated expertise in process mapping, process re-engineering, and customer journey analysis within Asset & Wealth Management.
• Proven experience delivering change management initiatives, from business case creation through UAT coordination, test planning, and execution.
• Operational or transformation experience within the asset management industry.
• Strong stakeholder management capability, engaging effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging across seniority levels and functions.
• Fluency in English; Arabic language skills preferred.

Key Competencies

• Strategic Program & PMO Leadership
• Asset & Wealth Management Domain Expertise
• Consultant & Vendor Management
• Governance, Risk & Regulatory Alignment
• Change Management & Transformation Delivery
• Executive Communication & Reporting
• Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management