Head of ePMO
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About the Role
myZoi, a CBUAE-regulated fintech, is hiring a Head of ePMO to own the end-to-end governance framework for product and enterprise portfolios. The role requires 12-15 years in senior program management, PMP/PgMP certification, and experience in regulated fintech or financial services.
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Responsibilities
- Ensure initiative prioritisation across both portfolios remains anchored to myZoi's strategic objectives and annual business plan
- Own, refine, and enforce the structured intake and prioritization framework across product and enterprise portfolios
- Maintain a real time view of engineering capacity across delivery squads and surface prioritisation conflicts proactively
- Track the cost, timeline, and value delivery of every active initiative
- Own the single source of truth for all active initiatives across both portfolios
- Govern operational and procurement initiatives end to end
- Maintain portfolio visibility across transformational strategic initiatives without assuming delivery ownership
- Coordinate with the CTO on engineering capacity decisions and with the CFO on procurement governance
- Own a live slippage log with root cause categorisation for every deadline and budget movement
- Identify systemic delivery patterns and bring structured recommendations to leadership
- Flag forward risks 2–4 weeks before they materialise and drive accountability for recovery
- Produce and own a distinct monthly portfolio status report for each of the CPO and CSO
Requirements
- 12 15 years in senior program management, portfolio governance, or enterprise PMO roles
- Proven experience governing multiple concurrent portfolios with differentiated governance models
- Direct experience designing and enforcing structured intake, classification, and gate approval processes in high velocity environments
- Background in a regulated fintech, payments, or financial services environment; familiarity with CBUAE or equivalent central bank regulatory obligations strongly preferred
- Experience managing upward across multiple C suite stakeholders simultaneously in a matrix or dual reporting environment
- Hands on familiarity with agile delivery environments and squad level capacity planning
- Commercial orientation — able to frame governance and prioritisation decisions in business value terms
- PMP or PgMP required
- MSP Practitioner and SAFe SA or SPC strongly preferred
- MoP, PMI ACP, or PRINCE2 Practitioner an advantage
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About myZoi
- myZoi is a CBUAE regulated fintech on a mission to deliver financial inclusion for the underbanked workforce in the UAE and beyond.
- We serve employers, employees, and migrant workers across payroll, remittance, cards, and value added financial services — operating at the intersection of regulatory complexity, product ambition, and rapid growth.
About the Role
- As Head of EPMO you will be the central governance and delivery control function for myZoi's product and enterprise portfolios.
- This is a high authority, high visibility role that sits at the heart of how myZoi decides what to build, what to fund, and how to deliver.
- You will own the end to end governance framework across two distinct portfolios — the product delivery pipeline and the enterprise initiative register.
- This is not a coordination role and it is not a reporting role. The right candidate builds governance systems, enforces them under pressure, and walks into every leadership meeting already knowing the answer.
What You Will Own
- Ensure that initiative prioritisation across both portfolios remains anchored to myZoi's strategic objectives and annual business plan
- Own, refine, and enforce the structured intake and prioritization framework across product and enterprise portfolios
- Maintain a real time view of engineering capacity across delivery squads — surface prioritisation conflicts, swap recommendations, and capacity constraints to the CPO and CSO proactively
- Track the cost, timeline, and value delivery of every active initiative
- Own the single source of truth for all active initiatives across both portfolios
- Govern operational and procurement initiatives end to end
- Maintain portfolio visibility across transformational strategic initiatives without assuming delivery ownership
- Coordinate with the CTO on engineering capacity decisions and with the CFO on procurement governance
- Own a live slippage log with root cause categorisation for every deadline and budget movement
- Identify systemic delivery patterns and bring structured recommendations to leadership
- Flag forward risks 2–4 weeks before they materialise and drive accountability for recovery
- Produce and own a distinct monthly portfolio status report for each of the CPO and CSO
What We Are Looking For
- 12 15 years in senior program management, portfolio governance, or enterprise PMO roles
- Proven experience governing multiple concurrent portfolios with differentiated governance models across product delivery and enterprise programs
- Direct experience designing and enforcing structured intake, classification, and gate approval processes in high velocity environments
- Background in a regulated fintech, payments, or financial services environment — familiarity with CBUAE or equivalent central bank regulatory obligations strongly preferred
- Experience managing upward across multiple C suite stakeholders simultaneously in a matrix or dual reporting environment
- Hands on familiarity with agile delivery environments and squad level capacity planning
- Commercial orientation — able to frame governance and prioritisation decisions in business value terms, not just process compliance
- PMP or PgMP required
- MSP Practitioner and SAFe SA or SPC strongly preferred
- MoP, PMI ACP, or PRINCE2 Practitioner an advantage
- Familiarity with UAE regulatory environment (CBUAE, SVF licensing) preferred
The Kind of Person Who Will Thrive Here
- You hold governance boundaries with authority and without apology — even when the pressure comes from senior product or engineering leadership.
- You know the difference between owning governance and owning delivery, and you never confuse the two.
- You bring commercial judgement to prioritisation decisions, not just process discipline.
- You are comfortable maintaining oversight of exploratory and transformational programs without needing to govern their delivery.
- You communicate differently to different audiences — operationally detailed with delivery teams, concise and decisive with executives.
- And you are genuinely forward looking — you surface risks before they become problems, not after.
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