About Arvind
- Information Technology Program Manager / Business Partner with 22 years experience: Business Analysis |Quality Assurance and Testing | Project Management |Resource Management | Stakeholder Management | RiskManagement | Managing on-site and offshore cross-functional teams
- IT Delivery experience: Domain Consulting | Pre-sales | Proposals / SoW | Business Requirements | SolutionDesign | Resource Planning and Allocation | Delivery Management for BAU changes/enhancements, standalone projects, Integration and Transformation programs
- End-to-end Test Management: Test Strategy | Planning and Execution | SIT | UAT | Non-functional Testing
- Specialist Banking Technology experience: Core Banking | Retail Banking | Digital Channels | Corporate Banking | GlobalTransaction Banking | Global Markets | Investment Banking | Regulatory Compliance | Support functions
- PMP Certified | Program Management | Integration and Transformation | Business Requirements Assurance |System Integration Testing (SIT) | User Acceptance Testing (UAT) | Global Delivery Model | PMO Governance |Identity & Access Management | Data Integrity & Governance | MS Office 365 | HP QC | JIRA | Waterfall |Agile / Hybrid
- Golden Visa holder based in Abu Dhabi | keen to leverage my Banking Ops and Technology Delivery experience with mutually beneficial assignments (short or long-term contracts)
- Open to remote as well as on-site work
English
Native or bilingual
Tamil
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Abu Dhabi Island and Internal Islands City (up to 50km), Dubai (up to 10km)
Experience
- First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)Project Manager - Data Governance & Privacy EnablementJanuary 2026 - Today (5 months)Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
- Information Technology Program Manager / Business Partner with 22 years experience: Business Analysis | Quality Assurance and Testing | Project Management |Resource Management | Stakeholder Management | Risk Management | Managing on-site and offshore cross-functional teams
- IT Delivery experience: Domain Consulting | Pre-sales | Proposals / SoW | Business Requirements | Solution Design | Resource Planning and Allocation | Delivery Management for BAU changes/enhancements, standalone projects, Integration and Transformation programs
- Specialist Banking Technology experience: Core Banking | Retail Banking | Corporate Banking | Global Transaction Banking | Global Markets | Investment Banking | Regulatory Compliance | Support functions
- PMP Certified | Program Management | Integration and Transformation | Business Requirements Assurance | System Integration Testing (SIT) | User Acceptance Testing (UAT) | Global Delivery Model | PMO Governance | Identity & Access Management | Data Integrity & Governance | MS Office 365 | HP QC | JIRA | Waterfall | Agile / Hybrid
- Independent Consultant - Banking TechnologyFreelanceDIGITAL AND ITJune 2024 - December 2025 (1 year and 6 months)Abu Dhabi Island and Internal Islands City, United Arab EmiratesAvailable for short / long-term / FTE assignments in Banking Technology Delivery / QA / Domain Consulting roles
- Information Technology Program Manager / Business Partner with 22 years experience: Business Analysis | Quality Assurance and Testing | Project Management |Resource Management | Stakeholder Management | Risk Management | Managing on-site and offshore cross-functional teams
- IT Delivery experience: Domain Consulting | Pre-sales | Proposals / SoW | Business Requirements | Solution Design | Resource Planning and Allocation | Delivery Management for BAU changes/enhancements, standalone projects, Integration and Transformation programs
- End-to-end Test Management: Test Strategy | Planning and Execution | SIT | UAT | Non-functional Testing
- Specialist Banking Technology experience: Core Banking | Retail Banking | Corporate Banking | Global Transaction Banking | Global Markets | Investment Banking | Regulatory Compliance | Support functions
- PMP Certified | Program Management | Integration and Transformation | Business Requirements Assurance | System Integration Testing (SIT) | User Acceptance Testing (UAT) | Global Delivery Model | PMO Governance | Identity & Access Management | Data Integrity & Governance | MS Office 365 | HP QC | JIRA | Waterfall | Agile / Hybrid
- First Abu Dhabi BankService Delivery Manager / Program Test ManagerDIGITAL AND ITNovember 2017 - May 2024 (6 years and 6 months)Abu Dhabi Island and Internal Islands City, United Arab Emirates• Service Delivery Manager - Rollout of Enterprise Architecture tools Stakeholder Engagement for Data Capture Tool adoption across Group Technology Service Lines End-user training and support External (vendor) and internal liaison Tool Enhancements Data Quality for decision-making• Program Test Manager - International Integration and Transformation End-to-end Test Management Planning, execution and governance UAT for multi-country Regulatory Compliance systems implementation• Execution Lead - Operations Integration FGB-NBAD post-merger integration UAT management for Personal Banking Operations Data Migration Functional Enhancements Upstream and downstream integration points
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Education
- Generative AI Overview for Project ManagersProject Management Institute2025Generative AI Overview for Project Managers
- The Agile Certified Practitioner TrainingUDEMY2023The Agile Certified Practitioner Training