Project Manager

Arabic Speaking Project Manager

Turkiye, İstanbul  |  Hybrid |  Definite Term  | 

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead a multi-workstream digital transformation program involving Business Analysts, a distributed development team and an external solution provider.

The Project Manager will own integrated planning, governance and day-to-day delivery coordination, ensuring that all workstreams progress against agreed scope, timelines and quality expectations. This is a hands-on, client-facing role requiring strong delivery ownership and coordination across multiple stakeholders, partners and time zones.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s degree in related fields.
• Fluent in Arabic and English, both spoken and written — mandatory
• Minimum 7 years of project or program management experience
• Proven experience leading enterprise digital transformation or application delivery projects
• Experience managing multiple parallel workstreams and distributed delivery teams
• Strong experience coordinating external solution providers, vendors and development teams
• Ability to manage project scope, timelines, resources, risks, dependencies and change requests
• Strong understanding of requirements, development, testing, UAT and business sign-off processes
• Experience working with multinational and cross-cultural teams
• Comfortable working across different time zones, including regular collaboration with development teams
• Able to travel frequently to the Middle East
• Strong client-facing communication, governance and stakeholder-management skills
• Experience in procurement, finance, budgeting or invoice-management projects is a plus
• Public-sector transformation experience is a plus
• PMP, PRINCE2 or an equivalent project-management certification is an asset

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Own the integrated project plan, milestones and delivery schedule across all workstreams
• Lead the overall delivery cadence, including status meetings, steering updates and action tracking
• Coordinate the Business Analysts and consolidate workstream-level progress into a single project view
• Act as the primary coordination point between client stakeholders, the solution provider and the development team
• Ensure that requirements, development, testing and business sign-offs progress in line with the project plan
• Manage cross-workstream dependencies and resolve resource or scheduling conflicts
• Maintain the project RAID log, covering risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies
• Track scope, deliverables, decisions and change requests, assessing their impact on timelines and resources
• Escalate critical issues early, supported by clear impact assessments and recommended actions
• Monitor the solution provider’s commitments, deliverables and outstanding actions
• Coordinate development capacity and priorities across workstreams
• Oversee integrated testing and UAT readiness, including defect resolution and stakeholder sign-off
• Prepare and present clear project status reports to client and internal leadership
• Support delivery readiness, transition and project closure activities
• Represent the project on-site with the client and solution provider as required

KEY SKILLS

Project & Program Management · Integrated Delivery Planning · Multi-Workstream Coordination · Stakeholder Management · Vendor & Solution Provider Management · Risk & Issue Management · Scope & Change Control · Resource Planning · UAT Governance · Executive Reporting · Cross-Timezone Delivery · Arabic/English Bilingual Communication

iSoftStone is a global IT service and consulting company that creates value and drives success through technology solutions, service excellence, and digital innovation. We specialize in web and application development, software testing and support, data and content management, digital experience, accessibility, and data for machine learning and AI. With 20 delivery centers and more than 90,000 employees worldwide, iSoftStone is proud to serve some of the world’s most well-known businesses, including 90+ Fortune Global 500 companies.

Visit us at https://www.isoftstoneinc.com.

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