IT Solutions - Development Head
Job Description
JOB PURPOSE:
The role holder is responsible for leading the Information Technology projects for new systems and technologies as well as implementing quality assurance standards and measures for the IT services.
Core Responsibilities:
- Plans resource availability for Information Technology projects
- Manages all aspects of project delivery
- Directs team strategies such as knowledge sharing, rotation across technologies / applications, observatory studies of business operations.
- Ensures that the support requests are solved within budget and meet defined expectations.
- Oversees evaluation and selection of vendors in alignment with business needs.
- Directs the scheduling of cost and quality management during execution of project involving vendors.
- Aligns program plan for all the large initiatives in IT.
- Manages project resources including technology, people and logistics, planning and project schedules.
- Oversees the design, configuration and testing of new processes
- Oversees and manages implementation of IT projects and ensures timely rollout.
- Develops and oversees quality assurance processes, best practices, methodologies and measures
- Ensures adherence to established Quality Assurance (QA) standards
- Ensures timely updates/maintenance of the system software.
- Defines goals and key performance indicators for all direct reports
- Manages the direct reports by evaluating their performance, providing feedback on an ongoing basis
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
- PMP, CAPM, CGEIT, CISSP or other recognized IT Certification
- Minimum 10 years of experience in IT and banking
- In-depth knowledge of the IT products and services
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies and approaches and best practices in the field
- In-depth knowledge of software quality control methodologies and quality control standards and guidelines
- Fluency in English and Arabic
Job ID 518941000023949149