Project Manager, Mena Contract Assignment

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Job Description

We're Checkout.com

Checkout.com is one of the most exciting and valuable fintechs in the world, with our Series D taking our valuation to $40 billion. Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We’re the strategic payments partner for some of the best known fast-moving brands globally such as Patreon, Binance, SHEIN, Grab, Henkel, Wise, Sony Electronics and many others. Purpose-built with performance and scalability in mind, our flexible cloud-based payments platform helps global enterprises launch new products and create experiences customers love. And it's not just what we build that makes us different. It's how.

We empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That’s why we’re number 9 on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and on Glassdoor’s list of Top 10 fintechs to work for. And we’re just getting started. We’re building diverse and inclusive teams around the world — because that’s how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners. And we need your help. So, join us to build tomorrow, today.

Project Manager at
Checkout.com:
Checkout.com is seeking a project manager to join its Operations function to help manage a diverse range of complex projects across the MENAP region. It's a crucial role with an opportunity to have an impact and will be granted trust and autonomy to deliver results.

Acting as PMO to the MENAP leadership team, you'll drive the delivery of complex, cross-functional, transformational projects (e.g., real-estate projects, HR projects, regulatory projects, data migration projects, etc.). You'll play a vital role in initiatives that will help accelerate our growth in the UAE and across the MENAP region.

The successful candidate will be able to handle multiple areas of responsibilities with minimal supervision, demonstrating excellent critical judgment with a hands-on approach. This is an exciting and fast-paced role with the opportunity to make a real impact and to work with an inspiring, dynamic FinTech.


About You

  • Previous experience in project management with an outstanding track record of delivering various projects end-to-end and ensuring continuous improvement.
  • Ability to operationalize conceptual thinking and designs.
  • Bias for action, excellent attention to detail, and relentless commitment to follow-through.
  • Ability to identify risks and create sound mitigation plans, even in ambiguous circumstances
  • Passionate about data and able to translate large amounts of data into insights and solutions.
  • Ability to work in a highly matrixed structure, leadership skills, and being comfortable in different roles, sometimes supporting and sometimes leading.
  • Ability to convey ideas and recommendations in a clear, compelling, and succinct way in written and verbal communications, effectively influencing a wide variety of audiences
  • Use of best-practice project management framework, methodologies, and tools
  • Preference for Project Management Certification (PMP, Prince 2, PPM, etc.)

Key Responsibilities

  • To align across, you'll be required to facilitate cross-team discussions and project tracking meetings, ensuring you have representation from all contributing teams and having input and the right steer from key partners. Strong communication skills are key as you'll need to report on the progress of your projects to a range of partner groups, including Checkout.com senior management.
  • Mobilizing programs, developing project plans, managing kick-off processes, and ensuring initiatives progress and remain on track to deliver key achievements.
  • Ensuring that project governance is in place (e.g., project charter, steering committees, status reports, etc.)
  • You will be responsible for projects involving working with cross-functional distributed teams ranging from Product, Operations, Finance, Commercial, and many more.
  • You'll help all project contributors understand the problem statement and identify their high-level scope.
  • A big challenge with complex cross-team projects is the management of dependencies and ensuring we have the right sequencing in place. Here you'll apply organizational skills to create a delivery plan. Where required, you'll phase out deliverables to make work achievable.
  • You'll display empathy in balancing deadlines and resource constraints but will not shy away from driving outcomes where progress stalls.
  • Relationship-building and negotiation skills will help you understand and advance the product strategy and ensure alignment and achievement of company objectives.
What we stand for

At Checkout.com, everything starts with our values, including the experience we offer our people.

#Aspire
We supercharge your professional growth with career development programs and leadership training. You can learn your way, with tailored pathways and online platforms. And be inspired at relevant conferences.

#Excel
We don't stop at 'good' here. We strive for excellence amongst our teams every day and recognize colleagues who take it to the next level through our quarterly peer-nominated Hero awards.

#Unite
We're proud of our global connections and inclusive environment. So we champion this through our colleague-led community groups and celebrate many cultural events together.

Want to see us in action?

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More about Checkout.com
Our technology makes payments seamless. We provide the fastest, most reliable payments in more than 150 currencies, with in-country acquiring, world-class fraud filters and reporting, through one API. And we can accept all major international credit and debit cards, as well as popular alternative and local payment methods. Checkout.com launched in 2012, and we now have a team of 1800 people across 19 international offices. To date, we’ve raised a total of $1.8 billion, with our Series D valuing us at $40 billion.

We believe in equal opportunities

We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However you identify. And whichever payment method you use.

Our clients come from all over the world — and so do we. Hiring hard-working people and giving them a community to thrive in is critical to our success.

When you join our team, we’ll empower you to unlock your potential so you can do your best work. We’d love to hear how you think you could make a difference here with us.
We want to set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable. We’ll be happy to support you.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1450791
  • Industry
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  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Education
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