QNB-Vice President IT Project Management; Qatarization

Job Purpose

Summary:

The incumbent is primarily responsible for managing the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of multiple or large scale IT projects. He is also responsible to set a plan to define the phases to be followed during the implementation of the agreed upon IT projects.

• Compare financial data for practice to that of other practices and seek ways to maximize revenue. Manage and achieve revenue goals set for projects.
• Implements KPI’s and best practices for VP IT Project Management.
• Promote cost consciousness and efficiency and enhance productivity, to minimise cost, avoid waste, and optimise benefits for the bank.
• Act within the limits of the powers delegated to the incumbent and delegate authority to the respective staff and monitor exercise of the same.
• Demonstrate clear understanding of the important factors behind the bank's financial & non-financial performance.

• Maintain relations with the project recipient for progress reporting and project evaluation.
• Develop full scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Collects metrics data (such as baseline, actual values for costs, schedule, work in progress, and work completed) & reports on project progress and other project specific information to stakeholders.
• To assist customers in all their queries on Bank’s product and seek solution to their requests.
• Maintain activities in accordance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with internal departments/units to achieve improvements in turn-around time.
• Build and maintain strong/effective relationships with related departments/units to achieve the Group’s objectives.
• Provide timely/accurate data to external/internal Auditors, Compliance, Financial Control and Risk when required.

• Define portfolio goals to be achieved and measurement methods to track the achievement of the benefits.
• Oversees and develops project managers, senior project managers on stakeholder management, requirements management, resource management, project planning and project tracking.
• Handle situation escalations and provides the management skills and guidance required to achieve breakthroughs and removal of road-blocks to progress.
• Assist in preparing strategies, policies, standards and guidelines of project management and control to deliver the projects assigned objectives within the limited resources, time and budget.
• Controls and monitors “triple constraints”—project scope, time and cost (quality also)—in managing competing project requirements. Handle multiple large and complex projects in parallel.
• Effectively follow the Project Management Methodology while managing the projects.
• Assist in creating project management methodologies for the implementation of all IT related projects within the Group.
• Approve the schedule of projects and work program of each project to be executed as per the budget and ensuring timely vendor selection / procurement of equipment, hardware, software and various resources for the timely completion of projects.
• Direct the successful implementation of the project, including the restructuring of business processes and procedures to deliver efficient and effective operations while utilizing the capabilities of the new system.
• Review project design documents prepared by staff consultants and contractors and ensure they meet QNB and regulatory standards and quality expectations.
• Monitor the efforts of the project team to accomplish the project plan and take action as needed to resolve issues interfering with the successful completion of the project.
• Ensure that quality management is implemented in all IT processes.
• Conduct project risk analysis and maintain project risk profile.
• Identify, log, analyze and manage potential and actual issues and risks, and take corrective action by tackling day-to-day issues head on, and review how more serious issues and risks might impact on scope, schedule, quality and cost.
• Assess the efficiency and the effectiveness of the project and system once implemented, taking appropriate steps to resolve any problems/issue noted.
• Review and provide feedback on the…