# Enterprise Transformation Program Lead

**Company**: Visa
**Location**: Dubai, AE
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

This position is responsible for leading the enterprise transformation program for one of the major banking clients, accountable for end-to-end outcomes across the client life cycle , from contract to delivery alignment, mobilization through to go-live and scale.

Own executive stakeholder alignment, program governance, delivery quality, and time-to-value, partnering with Sales, Product, Engineering, InfoSec, and other internal stakeholders to ensure commitments are met or exceeded.

**Basic Qualifications:**

- 10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Russian speaker is highly desirable

- 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD

- Over 15 years of experience in technology-driven financial services, with a strong focus on leading large-scale implementation and transformation projects for global fintech's and banks.

- Detailed technical knowledge of payments ecosystem in GCC countries, more specifically implementation and certification of Jaywan and AEP Switch in UAE

- Technical knowledge of payments and banking platforms operating in the cloud in a microservice architecture, with REST/JSON API’s and data streaming.

- Educational background in solutions architecture and software engineering. Cloud certifications are a plus.

- Having completed a core banking, payments transformation implementation from contract signature to production live.

- Expertise in building and scaling high-performing teams, with a hands-on leadership style that emphasizes mentorship, empowerment, and a culture of accountability.

- Proven ability to deliver complex, multi-market projects on time and within scope, leveraging advanced project management methodologies (Agile, Lean, and hybrid models) and a pragmatic, results-oriented approach.

- Recognized for forging strong, trust-based relationships with C-level executives, clients, and cross-functional partners, ensuring alignment and transparency throughout the implementation lifecycle.

- Adept at translating business strategy into actionable plans, optimizing processes, and driving continuous improvement through data-driven decision-making and KPI management.

## Skills

### Required
- payments technology
- program governance
- project management
- solutions architecture
- software engineering

### Nice to have
- Russian
- Jaywan and AEP Switch implementation
- cloud certifications
- microservice architecture
- REST/JSON API’s
- data streaming

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