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Program Manager
GTN
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
Manager
3 weeks ago
Program ManagementProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementRisk ManagementChange ManagementCapital Markets
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About the Role
GTN seeks a Program Manager to drive strategic initiatives and governance in the Middle East. The role involves end-to-end accountability for complex cross-functional programs, including New Product Approval process implementation.
Key Skills for This Role
Program ManagementProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementRisk ManagementChange ManagementCapital Markets
Responsibilities
- Own and manage programmes and projects from initiation, execution to closure, with full accountability for scope, timelines, and outcomes
- Translate strategic and commercial objectives into clear, executable programme plans with defined milestones, dependencies, and success metrics
- Oversee multiple workstreams concurrently, ensuring prioritisation and alignment across teams
- Lead the implementation and ongoing management of the New Product Approval (NPA) process across the organisation
- Act as the central point of coordination for new product initiatives, ensuring appropriate stakeholder input, approvals, and documentation
- Ensure new products progress through governance stages in a controlled, transparent, and timely manner
- Provide visibility to senior management on NPA pipeline status, risks, and decision points
- Facilitate senior level workshops, working sessions, and steering discussions to drive alignment and decision making
- Proactively manage senior stakeholders across Product, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Finance, and Sales
- Prepare high quality executive level materials including programme updates, dashboards, decision papers, and presentations for the CEO and leadership team
- Identify delivery risks, interdependencies, and constraints early, implementing mitigation plans proactively
- Monitor programme performance using appropriate frameworks, tools, and dashboards
Requirements
- 10+ years' experience in management consulting (Big 4 preferred) or equivalent programme leadership roles
- Proven experience managing complex, multi stakeholder programmes with senior executive visibility
- Strong experience within Capital Markets (Banking, Trading, Brokerage, Fintech, etc.) and knowledge of trading products
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision making capabilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience producing C suite level deliverables
- Highly organised, detail oriented, and comfortable operating in fast paced, evolving environments
- Proficiency with project and programme management tools; strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile/Scrum) desirable but not mandatory
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About GTN
- GTN is a FinTech powered brokerage business operating through its regulated subsidiaries.
- Backed by NTG Global Holdings Limited (Dubai), International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group, and SBI Ventures Singapore.
- GTN provides a multi market, multi asset class trading platform for institutional clients on a B2B and B2B2C model.
- Global team of over 500 people, with regulated subsidiaries in London, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the USA.
About the Role
- The Programme Manager will play a critical role in driving the successful delivery and governance of strategic initiatives across GTN Middle East.
- End to end accountability for complex, cross functional programmes, ensuring initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with strategic, commercial, and regulatory objectives.
- Key responsibility: implementation, operation, and ongoing oversight of the New Product Approval (NPA) process.
- Suits a senior programme professional with strong judgement, structured thinking, and autonomy.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and manage programmes and projects from initiation, execution to closure, with full accountability for scope, timelines, and outcomes.
- Translate strategic and commercial objectives into clear, executable programme plans with defined milestones, dependencies, and success metrics.
- Oversee multiple workstreams concurrently, ensuring prioritisation and alignment across teams.
- Lead the implementation and ongoing management of the New Product Approval (NPA) process across the organisation.
- Act as the central point of coordination for new product initiatives, ensuring appropriate stakeholder input, approvals, and documentation.
- Ensure new products progress through governance stages in a controlled, transparent, and timely manner.
- Provide visibility to senior management on NPA pipeline status, risks, and decision points.
- Facilitate senior level workshops, working sessions, and steering discussions to drive alignment and decision making.
- Proactively manage senior stakeholders across Product, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Finance, and Sales.
- Prepare high quality executive level materials including programme updates, dashboards, decision papers, and presentations for the CEO and leadership team.
- Identify delivery risks, interdependencies, and constraints early, implementing mitigation plans proactively.
- Monitor programme performance using appropriate frameworks, tools, and dashboards.
Requirements
- 10+ years' experience in management consulting (Big 4 preferred) or equivalent programme leadership roles, with exposure to large scale transformation initiatives.
- Proven experience managing complex, multi stakeholder programmes with senior executive visibility.
- Strong experience within Capital Markets (Banking, Trading, Brokerage, Fintech, etc.) and knowledge of trading products.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision making capabilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience producing C suite level deliverables.
- Highly organised, detail oriented, and comfortable operating in fast paced, evolving environments.
- Proficiency with project and programme management tools; strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile/Scrum) desirable but not mandatory.
Why Join Us?
- Join a dynamic and fast growing team building the infrastructure that connects investors around the world to global markets.
- Work with innovative partners and talented colleagues across trading, technology, and product teams in a fast growing, international environment.
- Opportunity to make a real impact in the future of fintech and global investing.
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