Technical Project Manager

What we’re all about.

It isn’t often you get to be part of a tech company that, since 2016, has been innovating the data analytics market in ways no-one else can. Our technology started out in FinTech, helping tackle serious criminal activity. Now, its potential is virtually limitless. Working at Quantexa isn't just intellectually stimulating. We’re a real team. Collaborating and constantly engineering better and better solutions. We’re ambitious, we think things through and we’re on a mission to discover just how far we can go. Nearly half of our colleagues come from an ethnic or religious minority background. We’re made up of people from 60+ nationalities who speak over 20 languages. As a diverse mix of individuals, we make one big unstoppable team.

If our incredible culture sounds like you, we’d love you to join us.

The opportunity.

As a Technical Project Manager, you will oversee the planning, execution and successful end-to-end delivery of implementation projects to our clients. You will join a wider Delivery team of engineers, analysts, data scientists and architects focused on achieving the best outcomes for our clients.

You will be part of the Project Management practice, a global network of project and programme management professionals within Quantexa, a group designed to support your career development and ensure you fulfil your full potential.

As well as working with some of the largest and most prestigious organisations in the world, you will also be working hand in hand with our delivery partner network, which includes the big four consultancies as well as major systems integrators.

What you’ll be doing.

• You will take full ownership of the delivery of Quantexa projects end-to-end, putting your arms around all aspects, actively mitigating risks and issues, driving high standards of quality and best practice and being in full control of the costs, timelines and scope.
• You’ll drive successful outcomes - delivering projects in the most optimal way that realise maximum value to our clients.
• Managing the commercial and financial aspects of your projects, working with our clients to agree contracts for professional services, using both Time and Materials (T&M) and Fixed Priced constructs.
• Coaching and mentoring your technical teams to ensure they have the skills and capabilities necessary to produce high quality deliverables to our clients.
• Working and learning with a high degree of autonomy with minimal supervision, seeking and knowing when to engage the rest of the Quantexa organisation for support.
• You will devise critical strategies to successfully manage your project stakeholders, both from the client as well as Quantexa leadership. Requirements

What do I need to have?

• You are an accomplished project management professional with strong leadership skills and a track record of delivering complex projects with excellent outcomes.
• You are an expert on project methodologies and approaches such as Agile, can apply them to maximum effect and you appreciate how these methodologies and approaches can scale to multiple teams and functions.
• You have broad stakeholder management experience either as a supplier delivering to clients, such as a consultancy or professional services organisation, or within a client-side environment.
• You have experience of delivering large and complex data-driven projects through the full software lifecycle.
• You have a good understanding of the technical aspects that impact the project outcomes and can grasp technical issues and devise mitigation strategies to address them.
• You have a strong appreciation of the business purpose and drivers of your projects and direct the team to ensure that achieving them is paramount.
• You are adept at operating in complex multi-team environments where you harness your skills and knowledge to influence other teams to deliver the best overall outcome.
• You demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills, critical thinking and the ability to devise delivery solutions to address client challenges.
• Exhibit strong technical communication skills with demonstrable experience of working in rapidly changing client environments.
• Have an excellent appreciation of what makes a high quality, operationally stable system and how to streamline all areas of development, release, and operations to achieve this.
• You are a self-starter and bring a great deal of determination, initiative and tenacity to your projects.
• Proficiency in speaking Arabic at a fluent/native level is mandatory.
• Comfortable traveling within the UAE and across the Gulf region as required for business needs and client engagements.Ideal candidates will also:

• Have worked on a variety of complex data orientated projects for financial services, government, and telco clients.Benefits

Our perks and quirks.

What makes you Q will help you to realize your full potential, flourish and enjoy what you do, while being recognized and rewarded with our broad range of benefits.

We offer:

• Competitive salary
• Company bonus
• 22 days annual leave, plus national holidays + your birthday off!
• Private Healthcare with Daman, including dental & optic cover
• Regularly bench-marked salary rates
• Well-being days
• Volunteer Day off
• Work from Home Equipment
• Free Calm App Subscription #1 app for meditation, relaxation and sleep
• Continuous Training and Development, including access to Udemy Business
• Spend up to 2 months working outside of your country of employment over a rolling 12-month period with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy
• Employee Referral Program
• Team Social Budget & Company-wide Socials Our mission

We have one mission. To help businesses grow. To make data easier. And to make the world a better place. We’re not a start-up. Not anymore. But we’ve not been around that long either. What we are is a collection of bright, passionate minds harnessing complexities and helping our clients and their communities. One culture, made of many. Heading in one direction – the future.

It’s all about you.

We want you to feel welcome, valued, and respected—because it’s your individuality and passion that make you Q. We see that, and we celebrate it. That’s why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment, continuously improving to ensure everyone belongs. Our recruitment process is designed to be inclusive and accessible. If you need any reasonable adjustments or accommodations, please let our Talent Acquisition Team know—we’re happy to assist.

No matter your race, beliefs, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity, or abilities—whoever you are—if you're a passionate, curious, and caring human eager to push the boundaries of what’s possible, we want to hear from you.

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