Delivery Program Manager

Greetings,

We have an immediate opening for a Delivery Program Manager at Synechron in Abu Dhabi.

• Role: Delivery Program Manager
• Experience: 18+ Years
• Location: Abu Dhabi
• Employment type: Full-time
• Domain: Banking

About Company

Synechron is a global technology consulting firm that helps leading organizations accelerate digital transformation through innovation, expertise, and agility. With more than 16,700 professionals across around 60 offices in over 22 countries, we combine deep industry knowledge with advanced capabilities in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and data engineering.

Our regional teams, supported by strategic delivery centers, provide scalable, cost-efficient solutions tailored to local markets. Through our award-winning Synechron FinLabs accelerators and strategic partnerships with AWS, Microsoft, Databricks, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, we enable clients to innovate fast and lead with confidence.

For more information on the company, please visit our website or LinkedIn community.

Synechron: Technology and AI Consulting for Business

Synechron is an innovative global consulting firm delivering industry-leading digital solutions to transform and empower businesses.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Synechron's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) program, Same Difference, was developed because we believe in a culture of listening, respect, and opportunity.

We each bring unique backgrounds, thoughts, talents, and experiences with us to work every day, and we know that by embracing them, we are creating an even greater Synechron. The best way to build a strong team is to value individual differences.

So, it doesn't matter where you're from or what you've had to do to get here – if you have the skills, enthusiasm, and drive to make your mark, we'll support you like we support each other. Choose a career with us and let's pursue innovation, together.

Job Descriptions

Generic Accountability

• Drive portfolio planning, prioritization, capacity management, and investment governance to align initiatives with business strategy and organizational objectives.
• Monitor digital portfolio health, delivery progress, budgets, risks, dependencies, and resource utilization across all initiatives within the portfolio.
• Lead digital portfolio governance forums, steering committees, and management reviews by providing accurate portfolio status, performance metrics, and decision support.
• Ensure compliance with project delivery methodologies, PMO standards, funding approvals, audit requirements, and portfolio management processes.
• Collaborate with business sponsors, product owners, service owners, delivery teams, finance teams, and senior leadership to resolve risks, escalations, and strategic delivery challenges.
• Track portfolio financials, including funding utilization, forecasts, budgets.
• Govern demand intake and portfolio optimization activities, balancing strategic priorities, regulatory requirements, resource capacity, and delivery constraints.
• Drive continuous improvement of portfolio management practices, reporting, governance processes, and delivery effectiveness.
• Prepare business case documents by liaising with IT and business stakeholders and obtaining necessary approvals and ensuring the delivery is met within the business intended timelines

Specific Accountability

• Customer Focus
• Ensure Accountability
• Business Insight
• Fosters Innovation
• Collaborates
• Courageous
• Instills trust
• Demonstrates self-awareness
• Technical Proficiency
• Operational Planning
• Effective Communication
• Develop and coach talents
• Ownership and Accountability
• Leadership / Servant Leadership

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• PMP, Agile project management, or equivalent
• 10+ years of function experience
• Domain experience (Banking/ Finance)
• Proven experience in portfolio level and program management managing strategic level initiatives
• Has the ability to work on the portfolio level supporting the project prioritization to achieve the highest business value
• Participates in discussions and activities regarding IT project funding, resourcing and prioritization while advocating for the business as it relates to programs and projects
• Facilitates request intake and ideation process
• Understands, evaluates and manages risks to the portfolio
• Manages one or more business programs and projects
• Responsible for aligning programs, projects to strategic objectives and goals of respective service line working closely with Product owner, service owner and portfolio lead
• Works with PMs and engage with Technology, training, PMO and Heads of department to ensure successful implementation of projects and programs
• Plans and designs the programs and projects and proactively monitors its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action
• Manages dependencies and interfaces between projects
• Ensures there is allocation of common resources and skills within the program's individual projects
• Works together with the service lines and domains to have successful program delivery
• Guides and mentors, the project managers in managing the risks / issues related to their respective projects
• Works with and provide regular updates to Sr. Business executives and IT executives regarding the portfolio
• Good Communication and Vendor Management skills
• Guides / coaches and grows team of project managers, project leads to become successful and achieve organization objectives