Project Data Manager

Overview

This role involves managing the complete delivery lifecycle of data platform projects within the banking and financial services sector. The position is located in Dubai and requires working from the office. It demands immediate availability or within 30 days and targets professionals with 10 to 12 years of experience in data project management, with a focus on banking domains.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of data platforms by overseeing the transition from rapid design phases to complex engineering and implementation stages.
• Collaborate with business leaders, domain experts, and data executives to clarify strategic goals, prioritize use cases, and secure organizational support.
• Guide a cross-functional team operating in a hybrid model, ensuring effective coordination among on-site consultants, enterprise architects, and offshore engineers.
• Develop clear scope definitions, manage critical dependencies, and create detailed roadmaps that transform architectural designs into tangible business outcomes.
• Implement governance and delivery frameworks to scale data platform capabilities beyond initial domains, facilitating enterprise-wide data monetization.

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive project management in financial services sectors such as Corporate Banking, Wealth Management, or Markets, with knowledge of bank-level security, data sovereignty, and compliance requirements.
• Proven success delivering large-scale data programs involving cloud data lakes, data warehouses, and data product architectures using platforms like Azure, Databricks, or Cloudera.
• Expertise in enterprise data governance, master data management, data quality assurance, and data cataloging processes.
• Capability to maintain the momentum and stakeholder confidence across multi-phase, long-term projects transitioning from conceptual design to software deployment.

Additional Information

• Role: Data Project Manager for Data Managed Services, handling business as usual (BAU).
• Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• Employment: Full-time, working onsite.
• Experience required: 10 to 12 years.
• Immediate availability preferred, or within 30 days.
• Domain focus: Banking and Financial Services.