Position: Project Manager
Category: Project Manager
English level: upper
Years of experience: 8

- Managing multiple projects/program teams (100+ FTE)
- Establish a Hybrid approach using PMI standards and Agile across the portfolio
- Successfully reduced portfolio costs by 30% through strategic analysis and 
implementation of cost-saving initiatives
- Set up Atlassian management tools (Jira & Confluence)
- Develop cross program SL3 service approach
- Established standardized scope and scheduling processes that were adopted and utilized across the entire bank
Current Program
The Client is one of the largest financial institutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.
The new Bank’s program aims to separate the bank's projects into a new digital department and establish new processes from scratch. This program will facilitate a smooth handover of existing projects and create a comprehensive change management plan. Additionally, the program will kickstart a new portfolio of projects to enhance the bank's digital capabilities.

Responsibilities 
• Managing multiple projects/program teams (100+ FTE)
• Account planning and development
• Establish and maintain change management process
• Managing relationships with stakeholders and vendors
• Accountable for the IT Portfolio processes including planning, portfolio governance, 
project methodology framework, and resource capacity management
• Coach Scrum Master team to embrace an iterative approach, optimize workflows, and 
continuously improve processes.
• Managing SLA’s, incident, risk, and release management processes

Sep 2020 - May 2022 Project description
The cooperation with one of the largest banks in the world presupposed participation in the IT Transformation project to run projects for new technologies with dedicated innovation resources. The project goal was to re-engineer a legacy system to improve performance, functionality, and UI/UX that included the core payment and salary systems. Also, the objective was to implement ISO standards.
Responsibilities 
• Managing multiple projects/program teams (100+ FTE)
• Coached Project Management team to set up Safe and Delivery PMO processes
• Managed 2 projects simultaneously on a daily basis
• Maintained project plans, identified and managed risks, and tracked project reporting 
Key accomplishments
• Set up Hybrid approach using PMI process and Scrum in the portfolio from scratch
• Set up Atlassian management tools (Jira & Confluence)
• Established standardized scope and scheduling processes that were adopted and utilized across the entire bank
• Develop cross program SL3 service approach