About This Job:
Company Name:
Ozone API

Location:
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Category:
Programmer

Description:
About Ozone API:
This journey began when the founding team of Ozone API got together to oversee the development and implementation of the transparent banking blueprint in the United Kingdom. We created the Ozone API framework because we recognised the enormous potential and the substantial technical difficulties banks faced. Its purpose is to simplify open finance and assist banks and other financial institutions in adjusting to and prospering in this new environment.
We are a vibrant, rapidly expanding technological company with a global presence. Our experience is unparalleled, and our technology is at the forefront of the market. We've assembled a fantastic team, but with open financial transactions now taking place globally, the fun is only getting started. We are expanding rapidly and are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic about making a significant impact and working for a company that is dedicated to doing what is necessary and putting in a lot of effort to do them correctly.
As a hands-on program manager, you will report to the Head of Delivery and be in charge of the daily delivery of continuing design, deployment, management, and support for the UAE API Hub and the UAE Open Finance standards.

Background:
For background, the conditions for the UAE's open finance program have been established by the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). This initiative will be run by Nebras, a special purpose corporation established by CBUAE to run open finance in the United Arab Emirates, starting in 2025.
This program's scope and methodology are the most ambitious to date in any market worldwide. Numerous banks, financial institutions (LFIs), and licensed outside service providers (TPPs) are expected to come into scope over the five-year gradual implementation of innovative new use cases.

Interested In?
• Providing a clear, market-leading offering with enormous potential on a global scale.
• A significant part in our company's future development and prosperity.
• Share options in a growing company that is already seeing rapid expansion.
• Bonuses that are competitive and performance-based.
• Modern, flexible work schedules, work-life balance, and approaches.

Key Responsibilities:
Open Finance Standards Delivery:
• Using Agile or other appropriate approaches, create and oversee comprehensive project plans, making sure they are in line with the customer, collaboration members, and Ozone API team members. Encourage frequent reviews to monitor development and make necessary adjustments to plans.

Ozone API Platform Delivery:
• Arrange, plan, and supervise the implementation of every new API Hub release, making sure that it complies with the most recent standards and limiting downtime. Ensure timely and correct execution by putting risk management procedures into place and keeping all stakeholders informed of deployment status.
• Plan and supervise each LFI's environment deployment in the API Hub, making sure that it satisfies their unique technical and business requirements. Aim for scalability to support the program's future growth and progressive adoption.

External Stakeholder Management:
• Create and distribute weekly status reports that address all delivery operations, the status of service level tickets, and SLA the time taken to respond in accordance with stakeholder needs. Assure data accuracy and use reporting insights to propel ongoing service delivery improvement.
• Actively participate in the documentation at the program level, such as keeping precise and useful plans for projects and RAID logs. Make sure that reporting facilitates strategic decision-making and is in line with the program's overarching goals.

Internal Stakeholder Management and Collaboration:
• Work together with the regional general manager and global head of delivery to plan, lead, and monitor customer reviews. Make certain that client input is recorded, monitored, and integrated into delivery schedules and strategic objectives.
• Work together with the technical (including QA) and assistance teams to guarantee that problems and defects are promptly resolved within predetermined SLAs. Analyse the underlying causes of persistent problems, use the results to suggest process enhancements, and monitor and report trends in SLA compliance and resolution.
• To guarantee smooth delivery, address inter-team dependencies, and stimulate creativity in achieving program objectives, cultivate efficient cooperation among Ozone API teams, technologies vendors, partners, and clients.

Success milestones:
First Three Months:
• Finish transferring the CBUAE program in its entirety from the Head of Delivery.
• Designed to serve as the customer's main point of contact.
To guarantee internal cooperation and program success, cultivate a good rapport with each internal team.

First Six Months:
• Establish yourself as the client's go-to technical connection manager for all matters.
• Efficient continuous management of all deliveries to fulfil all important/contractual client deadlines.
• Outstanding history of completing big, intricate programs in the banking, finance, and/or payments industry
• Outstanding communication and documentation abilities, including the capacity to explain technical ideas to stakeholders who are not technical.
• Outstanding program and project management expertise and abilities.
• At least five years of experience managing projects or products.
• A minimum of one accredited project management credential.
• Proficient knowledge of agile development techniques.
• Excellent time-management and organisational skills, including the capacity to set priorities and adhere to deadlines.
• A track record of successfully juggling personal capacity and delivery constraints with exacting client expectations.
• The capacity to operate both independently and cooperatively with a variety of senior stakeholders, both inside and outside the company.
Fluent Arabic speaking and writing abilities are advantageous, as are outstanding English communication skills.
• It would be advantageous to have prior start-up experience.
• The ability to work on-site in Abu Dhabi is required.

Working for Ozone API:
We are a cooperative, cross-functional group of professionals who value and respect individual knowledge.
You'll fit right in if you're decisive, creative, and enjoy bringing out the best in people as well as making things happen. We don't have time for dishonest politicians or delegators. Our motivation is the excitement of the journey, and we are in it together.