Oracle Banking Project Manager - Egypt (Contractor)

Responsibilities
Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering scope, milestones, resources, budgets and dependencies.
Define deliverables, acceptance criteria and governance arrangements with business and technology stakeholders.
Coordinate requirements workshops, fit-gap assessments and solution decisions across banking operations, finance, risk, compliance and IT.
Manage implementation workstreams covering product configuration, extensions, interfaces, reporting and operational readiness.
Oversee integrations with banking channels, payment systems, general ledger and other enterprise applications, coordinating API, middleware, batch and interface delivery.
Lead data migration planning, including mapping, cleansing, trial migrations, data quality validation, reconciliation and business sign-off.
Oversee system integration testing, user acceptance testing and performance testing, ensuring effective defect prioritisation and resolution.
Maintain project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, driving mitigation, contingency planning and timely escalation.
Manage scope changes through documented impact assessments and formal approval processes.
Manage implementation partners and vendors against statements of work, contractual commitments, delivery milestones and quality expectations.
Lead progress meetings and coordinate delivery using Waterfall, Agile or hybrid methodologies, as appropriate.
Act as the primary project contact for bank stakeholders, Oracle product and support teams, implementation partners and third-party system integrators.
Manage stakeholder expectations, resolve competing priorities and communicate effectively with senior executives and business unit leaders.
Provide clear reporting to sponsors and steering committees on delivery progress, financial performance, risks and decisions required.
Coordinate user training, process changes, operating procedures and transition to production support.
Lead cutover rehearsals, go-live readiness reviews, contingency planning and post-go-live stabilisation.
Ensure applicable regulatory, information security, access control, audit and business continuity requirements are addressed throughout delivery.
Required Qualifications and Skills
12–20 years of relevant professional experience, including demonstrated experience leading core banking implementation or transformation projects.
Hands-on project delivery experience with Oracle Banking Products, including Oracle FLEXCUBE.
Strong understanding of banking processes, including customer onboarding, accounts, deposits, lending, payments and financial reconciliation.
Experience managing complex integrations, data migration, testing and production cutover.
Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams, cross-functional teams and external implementation partners.
Strong project planning, budgeting, resource management, risk management and stakeholder communication skills.
Ability to translate technical and functional issues into clear business impacts, options and decisions.
Experience managing vendor commitments, statements of work and change requests.
Strong leadership, negotiation, conflict resolution and escalation management skills.
Proficiency with MS Project, Jira or equivalent project delivery tools, with experience using collaboration and reporting tools such as Confluence, Excel or Power BI.
Experience working within Waterfall, Agile or hybrid delivery environments.
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Preferred Qualifications
PMP, PRINCE2 or an equivalent project management certification.
Experience delivering at least one Oracle FLEXCUBE implementation through go-live and stabilisation.
Experience with legacy core banking replacement, multi-country rollouts or phased implementations.
Experience working with Oracle product teams or Oracle FLEXCUBE implementation partners.
Exposure to regulatory requirements, audit controls, information security and business continuity in banking environments.
Experience supporting organisational change, user adoption and operational readiness during banking transformation programmes.