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IT Project Manager
Company Name (Withheld)
Doha, QAT
Full Time
Senior
2 weeks ago
Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementVendor ManagementRisk ManagementCommunicationLeadership
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About the Role
An IT Project Manager is needed in Doha, Qatar to manage a portfolio of IT projects in banking and financial services. The role requires 8+ years of experience, strong project management skills, and the ability to lead vendor engagements and communicate with stakeholders.
Key Skills for This Role
Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementVendor ManagementRisk ManagementCommunicationLeadership
Responsibilities
- Manage assigned portfolio of projects in accordance with IT project management methodology
- Build and maintain strong relationships with other departments and units
- Build effective communications and manage vendor engagements
- Coordinate between various departments within IT to ensure project progress
- Effectively communicate relevant project information to superiors and peers
- Report project progress and problems to management on a timely basis
- Prepare project initiation, status, and closure reports
- Minimize risk exposure by managing scope and mitigating risk across projects
- Conduct/participate in team and client meetings
- Handle difficult project personnel situations with discretion
- Understand system internals, architecture and limitations for problem solving
- Provide timely and accurate information to auditors and compliance function
Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of experience in managing IT projects in banking and financial services
- Strong project management skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Strong analytical, problem solving, decision making and financial management skills
- Self driven with well developed leadership, motivational and team building skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability and willingness to learn and adapt
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Responsibilities
- Manage assigned portfolio of projects in accordance with the IT Project management methodology to ensure successful execution of the project as measured by set goals and customer satisfaction.
- Build and maintain strong and effective relationship with all other related departments and units to achieve the successful project completion.
- Build effective communications and manage vendor engagements to ensure contractual obligations are met at both ends.
- Coordinate between various departments within IT to ensure the progress of the ongoing projects.
- Effectively communicate relevant project information to superiors and peers.
- Report project progress and problems to management on a timely basis.
- Prepare the project initiation reports, project status reports, project closure reports and all other requisite reports on a timely basis and communicate appropriately.
- Minimize risk exposure by managing the scope and mitigating risk across projects.
- Conduct/participate in team and client meetings, ensure team direction and objectivity.
- Handle difficult project personnel situations directly, using appropriate discretion, and in liaison with the Human Capital function.
- Understand system internals, architecture and limitations in deciding on methods of problem solving.
- Provide timely and accurate information to the external and internal auditors and the Compliance function as and when required.
Requirements
- Minimum 8 years’ experience in managing IT projects in banking and financial services.
- Strong project management skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, decision making and financial management skills.
- Self driven with well developed leadership, motivational and team building skills.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability and willingness to learn and adapt.
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