SENIOR TECHNICAL LEAD (FMS UPGRADE)

Bank seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Technical Functional Manager for our SAS Upgrade project. In this role, resource will be responsible for overseeing the technical and functional aspects of our SAS FMS application, ensuring its smooth implementation, and driving its ongoing enhancements along with the phases of the project. Resource will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including vendor, business units, IT teams, and other stakeholders, to align bank’s objectives.
Responsibilities:

ANALYTICAL AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS:

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities, with the capability to understand complex business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Attention to detail and ability to identify and resolve issues, ensuring the SAS application meets functional requirements and quality standards.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. A Master’s degree is a plus.
• Proven experience in a technical functional role, specifically in managing enterprise applications, preferably in the SAS FMS or customer engagement domain.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, including Agile or Scrum.
• Proficiency in technical requirements gathering, system analysis, and functional design.
• Experience in working with development teams, conducting testing, and ensuring quality assurance.
• Familiarity with technologies such as web and mobile application development, APIs, databases, and cloud platforms.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively liaise between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and the capability to troubleshoot technical issues.
• Detail-oriented, with a focus on delivering high-quality solutions within specified timelines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing multiple priorities and initiatives simultaneously

Essential skills:

• Proficiency in technical requirements gathering, system analysis, and functional design.
• Working experience on SAS products will be a plus specifically on SAS-FMS Application.
• Experience in working with development teams, conducting testing, and ensuring quality assurance.
• Knowledge of SAS Applications, customer relationship management (CRM), and customer engagement strategies.
• Familiarity with technologies such as web and mobile application development, APIs, databases, open source software and cloud platforms.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively liaise between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and the capability to troubleshoot technical issues.
• Detail-oriented, with a focus on delivering high-quality solutions within specified timelines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing multiple priorities and initiatives simultaneously

Experience:

• Essential: 10+ year’s hands-on experience in handling major application specifically on SAS and application.
• Working knowledge in banking applications like debit card, ATM acquiring, Visa, MasterCard, and payment systems etc. will be a plus.
• Experience in banking environment in the Middle East preferre

• Interacts with the Business Users, production support team, and other internal stakeholders during various phases of the project.
• Coordinate with vendors during all phases of the project.
• Coordinate and perform requirement gathering session with different stake holders of the bank and participate during Project planning as well
• Responsible for technical specification requirement documents to help move project from planning to design phase into development phase.
• Act as internal SME for technical team while being the point of contact by the product vendor as well as bank internal business.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. A Master’s degree is a plus.
• Proven experience in a technical functional role, specifically in managing enterprise applications, preferably in the SAS FMS or customer engagement domain.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, including Agile or Scrum.
• Proficiency in technical requirements gathering, system analysis, and functional design.
• Experience in working with development teams, conducting testing, and ensuring quality assurance.
• Familiarity with technologies such as web and mobile application development, APIs, databases, and cloud platforms.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively liaise between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and the capability to troubleshoot technical issues.
• Detail-oriented, with a focus on delivering high-quality solutions within specified timelines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing multiple priorities and initiatives simultaneously.

Essential skills:

• Proficiency in technical requirements gathering, system analysis, and functional design.
• Working experience on SAS products will be a plus specifically on SAS-FMS Application.
• Experience in working with development teams, conducting testing, and ensuring quality assurance.
• Knowledge of SAS Applications, customer relationship management (CRM), and customer engagement strategies.
• Familiarity with technologies such as web and mobile application development, APIs, databases, open source software and cloud platforms.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively liaise between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and the capability to troubleshoot technical issues.
• Detail-oriented, with a focus on delivering high-quality solutions within specified timelines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing multiple priorities and initiatives simultaneously.

Experience:

• Essential: 10+ year’s hands-on experience in handling major application specifically on SAS and application.
• Working knowledge in banking applications like debit card, ATM acquiring, Visa, MasterCard, and payment systems etc. will be a plus.
• Experience in banking environment in the Middle East preferred