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Provide thought leadership and direction across diverse products in Retail Banking (Core banking solutions, Teller, Customer Onboarding, Loan Origination and Islamic Banking) covering countries in Europe, MEA and APAC.Specific responsibilities include the provisions and evolution of Retail Banking SolutionsManage discrete 'units' and project teams to achieve the following:- Identify retail banking market requirements and produce competitive analysis- Deliver product roadmap and… Show more Provide thought leadership and direction across diverse products in Retail Banking (Core banking solutions, Teller, Customer Onboarding, Loan Origination and Islamic Banking) covering countries in Europe, MEA and APAC.Specific responsibilities include the provisions and evolution of Retail Banking SolutionsManage discrete 'units' and project teams to achieve the following:- Identify retail banking market requirements and produce competitive analysis- Deliver product roadmap and release planning- Review development status and make sure progress is on track and product quality is up to expectation.- Stack Rank roadmap items by addressable opportunity size- Own the customer offering from enablement to execution (end-to-end PLM)- Manages the ongoing performance against the P&L targets- Develop and implement go-to-market strategy with Sales and Pre-sales.- Engage with Retail Banking customers/prospects for requirement validationPart of the responsibility is to support project implementation and present to prospect/existing customers products value features and roadmap, also to work with Sales and Pre-Sales to improve win rate on key Opportunities and increase cross-sell and up-sell. Show less

Senior Manager - Software Development leading 200+ staff (PMs, Analysts, Designers, Programmers, Configuration Controllers, and QC). Responsible for all type of software development (analysis, design, development and testing) related to ITS banking applications (Core, Islamic, Investment, Branch Automation, Trade Finance, Internet Banking, Call Center)Manage multiple development projects focusing on quality and timely delivery.Participate in creating our company banking product road map… Show more Senior Manager - Software Development leading 200+ staff (PMs, Analysts, Designers, Programmers, Configuration Controllers, and QC). Responsible for all type of software development (analysis, design, development and testing) related to ITS banking applications (Core, Islamic, Investment, Branch Automation, Trade Finance, Internet Banking, Call Center)Manage multiple development projects focusing on quality and timely delivery.Participate in creating our company banking product road map as per the current and future market requirements; this includes competitor analysis, new trends, country specific requirements and customer requirements for our product portfolio.Full responsibility for department P&L and budget (multi-million dollars)Working in business development to develop and generate new business opportunities (acquisition of new projects and project bids) from our banks in Kuwait, Bahrain and Malaysia. Main accountabilities are:* Understands, identifies and translates bank needs into offering.* Build and maintain excellent relationship with client.* Manage proposal development process and maintain the time-lines for the proposal team.* Communicate new product development and future roadmap to the bank by planning and preparing presentations.Working knowledge of the implementation of ISO9000-1 &ISO9000-3 and CMMI level 5 emphasis in Banking and Finance Show less

• Senior Functional Consultant responsible for implementing Core Banking, Islamic Banking and Trade Finance applications in Kuwait Finance House (KFH) in Kuwait. Duties involved business requirement analysis for all the bank requirements, follow up with the development and finally make sure that the delivery addresses the customer requirements.

Customer profitability Module OFSA - Banking consultantSenior Functional Consultant responsible for the implementation of OFSA application in Rajhi Bank in Riyadh - Saudi Arabia and in CIB (Commercial International Bank) - Egypt

• Senior Application System Analyst responsible for managing the implementation of Phoenix Banking System application at United Bank Limited (UBL).Phoenix Banking System is an integrated financial client/server application for the banking industry. Duties involved providing consulting services for London Bridge Software Ltd in London UK, managing ITSoft resources and activities through the project besides being the functional consultant for Phoenix GL.• Working in pre-sales activities… Show more • Senior Application System Analyst responsible for managing the implementation of Phoenix Banking System application at United Bank Limited (UBL).Phoenix Banking System is an integrated financial client/server application for the banking industry. Duties involved providing consulting services for London Bridge Software Ltd in London UK, managing ITSoft resources and activities through the project besides being the functional consultant for Phoenix GL.• Working in pre-sales activities and workshops to demo Phoenix Banking System for Banks in Egypt and Middle East.• Implementation consultancy for Phoenix Core Banking System in many Banks in the middle east (Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK) in Manama, Bahrain, Bank Lebane de Commerce (BLC) in Beirut, Lebanon, Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) in Doha, Qatar)• Implementation of Phoenix Banking System (Deposit and GL module) in Real State Bank of Syria (REB) in Damascus Syria.• Senior System Analyst responsible for managing software development and implementation project of Phoenix banking system required for the Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) in UAE.Duties involved Implementation of the Deposit and GL modules, managing a team of designers and developers, working in the analysis and design required for the localization and customization of new features in the Phoenix system.• Application System Analyst responsible for the development and implementation of Internet Banking project for the Kuwait Finance House (KFH) in Kuwait. Duties involved analysis and design of the required Internet banking transactions and Web site contents.• Senior Software engineer responsible for the development and implementation of Branch Automation Project for the Bank of Kuwait and the Middle East (BKME) in Kuwait.Duties involved working in the implementation of the automation of Teller transactions used by the bank. The project was implemented using ONA Mosaic as front-end and FNS Core Banking system as back end. Show less