Technical Delivery Lead

• Own delivery of a large-scale banking technology program end-to-end scope plan quality timeline and budget
• Select and apply the right delivery approach for the engagement Agile Scaled Agile hybrid or gated SDLC including working within the clients own delivery framework
• Govern change control: assess impact negotiate and secure client approval for scope changes in line with contractual commitments
• Own the commercial health of the engagement forecast versus actual effort burn and delivery efficiency
• Run delivery governance that people actually use: steering committees status reviews risk and dependency management
• Drive delivery across distributed teams and a multi-vendor client ecosystem keeping quality and pace consistent across locations
• Own release readiness cutover planning go-live hypercare and post-production stabilisation.

• Understand the architecture of what you are delivering well enough to question it integration patterns API design system dependencies without owning the design yourself
• Interrogate estimates and tell a realistic plan apart from an optimistic or a padded one
• Judge technical risk and sequence the work accordingly: integration dependencies data migration environment readiness and non-functional requirements
• Ensure the test strategy is adequate for the release risk SIT UAT and the regression depth that banking release cycles demand
• Act as the delivery counterpart to solution architecture: turn design decisions into plan cost and risk and bring delivery reality back into design discussions
• Hold the delivery team and its technical counterparts to what they commit to in their own language.

• Act as the primary delivery contact for client executives business owners and technology leadership
• Build trusted relationships grounded in delivery credibility not reporting cadence
• Keep delivery aligned with the clients business priorities and regulatory commitments
• Surface delivery risks and issues early and manage escalations through to closure.

• Lead coach and mentor the delivery team business analysts engineers test leads and scrum masters across a multi-cultural multi-location setup
• Partner with solution architects and product owners so that solution decisions hold up against business priorities and regulatory standards
• Set the delivery culture: accountability transparency collaboration and continuous improvement.

• 8 years in technology delivery with a substantial part of it in banking financial services or fintech either in-house at a bank financial institution or fintech or delivering consulting and integration projects for them
• A technical foundation you can still use you came up through engineering integration or technical business analysis and you can follow a system design discussion without a translator
• A track record of owning a banking technology program end-to-end through go-live and stabilisation
• Practical understanding of API-led and integration-heavy delivery: API management and gateway platforms microservices event-driven flows and core banking integration
• Experience across more than one delivery methodology not a single-framework background
• Familiarity with the Saudi regulatory environment as it affects delivery SAMA frameworks (cyber security outsourcing business continuity cloud Open Banking) NCA controls and data residency and personal data protection obligations
• Experience delivering in distributed multi-cultural teams and multi-vendor client environments
• Strong communication negotiation and conflict resolution skills with proven ability to engage senior client stakeholders
• Fluent in English
• Based in Riyadh KSA.

• Fluent in Arabic and/or Turkish
• Experience in a digital bank or fintech environment with short release cycles
• Experience with regulator-driven or audit-driven delivery programs
• DevSecOps observability and modern engineering practice exposure.

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