AVP, Project Governance & Commercialization

JOB SUMMARY / INTRODUCTION
Lead the governance and commercialization agenda for PWBB&PCBG, ensuring initiatives are prioritized, governed and translated into measurable business value. The role establishes transparent portfolio controls, strengthens executive decision-making, and drives benefits realization through disciplined planning, stakeholder alignment and commercialization of transformation outcomes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the governance framework for the Transformation portfolio, including initiative intake, prioritization, stage gates, decision rights, escalation routes and closure criteria.
• Maintain an integrated portfolio view covering scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, budgets, benefits and resource requirements across transformation initiatives.
• Establish and run governance forums with clear agendas, decision papers, action logs and follow-through, ensuring timely escalation and closure of critical matters.
• Develop robust business cases and commercialization plans that articulate customer impact, strategic alignment, financial value, implementation requirements and measurable outcomes.
• Partner with Finance and business owners to validate initiative economics, baseline benefits, track value realization and address gaps against approved commitments.
• Drive prioritization of the transformation pipeline using transparent criteria such as strategic value, customer impact, regulatory urgency, delivery feasibility, risk and return.
• Coordinate across Business, Digital, Technology, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Finance and other enabling functions to resolve dependencies and accelerate delivery.
• Provide concise, decision-oriented reporting to the Transformation Lead and senior governance forums, highlighting progress, value delivered, material variances and required interventions.

REQUIREMENTS / QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Technology or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in transformation, strategy, portfolio governance, program management, business planning, consulting or commercialization, preferably within banking or financial services.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex cross-functional portfolios, executive governance, business cases, financial tracking and benefits realization.
• Strong command of portfolio governance, program management disciplines, risk and issue management, financial analysis and benefits realization.
• Ability to convert complex information into clear executive insights, decision papers and concise management reporting.

Preferred / Beneficial

• Postgraduate qualification and/or recognized project, program or portfolio management certification is desirable.
• Arabic is an advantage.
• Experience with portfolio reporting and visualization tools is desirable.