Vice President – Technology, Transformation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Take ownership and manage the technology change portfolio for designated Mashreq Groups.

• Collaborate with Group leadership on investment planning, governance of delivery, portfolio performance, value realization, and future forecasting.

• Ensure a unified source of truth from demand and budget creation through initiation, execution, closure, and benefits realization.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to Group Heads and senior stakeholders.

• Identify risks, dependencies, delivery constraints, and value leakage within the portfolio; facilitate resolutions and escalate significant issues.

• Provide Project Quality Assurance across the assigned portfolio.

• Mentor and train Project Managers while directly leading selected critical projects when necessary.

• Align transformation initiatives with Mashreq’s strategic objectives and goals.

• Establish criteria for prioritization and advise on investment trade-offs, capacity limitations, synergies, and sequencing.

• Lead or coordinate the initiation, planning, estimations, benefits articulation, and preparation of business cases.

• Review Executive Summaries and grant sign-off from the Transformation Office.

• Monitor and report on the roadmaps of transformation initiatives at both Mashreq and Group levels.

• Define and implement communication strategies for updates on progress and outcomes.

• Optimize the allocation of talent, technology, and financial resources.

• Ensure projects adhere to Mashreq’s Methods and contribute to the development of delivery methodologies.

• Track project scope, schedule, costs, milestones, resources, risks, dependencies, and benefits.

• Produce reporting for Group portfolios and contribute to bank-wide Technology Projects reporting.

• Forecast portfolio performance, delivery milestones, financial utilization, emerging risks, and year-end results.

• Conduct structured project health checks and ensure remediation is tracked to completion.

• Resolve issues that span across projects and functions in collaboration with stakeholders.

• Define, track, and validate both financial and non-financial benefits throughout delivery and post-go-live phases.

• Provide functional leadership to Project Managers and support assignments based on their complexity, risk, and critical nature.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 15 years of relevant professional experience.

• Extensive experience in banking/financial services technology transformation, portfolio, program, and project delivery.

• Proven governance and ownership of large, complex portfolios consisting of 100+ projects with a total investment exceeding AED 100m (or equivalent).

• Strong expertise in CAPEX/OPEX portfolio planning, budgeting, financial forecasting, investment prioritization, and delivery performance management.

• In-depth practical experience in portfolio/program/project governance, baseline management, RAID and dependency management, executive reporting, quality assurance, and recovery of challenged initiatives.

• Comprehensive understanding of benefits management and value realization, including defining measurable outcomes, ownership, baselining, and tracking.

• Demonstrated ability to advise and influence Group Heads/C-level stakeholders, constructively challenge senior leaders, and drive decisions across organizational boundaries.

• Experience in leading, coaching, and assuring Project Managers while fostering consistent adherence to enterprise delivery methodologies.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to transform complex portfolio data into forward-looking executive insights and actionable recommendations.

• Bachelor’s degree in technology, business, engineering, finance, or a related field is required.

• A Master’s degree is preferred.

• Preferred certifications in project/program/portfolio management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, or equivalent); equivalent demonstrable experience may be taken into account.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexibility to work remotely (RW).

• Opportunities for professional development through coaching, training, and knowledge transfer.

• Chance to contribute to Mashreq’s Delivery Methods and to continually enhance delivery capabilities.