Ramy Samy
Riyadh,KSA
Summary
Experienced Product Manager skilled in team and stakeholder coordination and leadership. Builds rapport and constructive relationships to achieve project objectives. Engages cross-functional teams to achieve product function and performance improvements within deadlines.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Channel Manager, Digital Retail Product Owner
Digital Transformation, Al Rajhi Bank KSA
Riyadh, 01
12.2020 - Current
- Strategy development: Assist in developing and implementing product strategy and roadmap. Translate product ideas and vision into actionable work for development team, including use cases, workflows, epics, stories, tasks, and product wireframes.
- Projects: Manage projects from initiation to completion and market live.
- Market Intelligence & Analysis: Aware of industry trends best practices and emerging technologies in digital banking.
- Business Development: Assist in developing and enhancing product offerings by introducing new features and optimizing existing process.
- Support: Develop, optimize and maintain product support by close coordination with IT Systems development, IT Production and Customer Support teams.
- Projects & Achievements: Digitalize current branch products such as apply, execute, pre-sales services and post sales services for both mortgage & Auto lease. Established new digital products such as Marketplace, integration with 3rd parties and cash purchase.
- Auto & Mortgage Finance Digital Solution, Digital Remittance, Open Banking & Digital Capabilities Specialist.
- Develop Business requirements documents, business rules & User Stories.
Sr. Engagement Manager
Al Rajhi Bank KSA
01.2019 - 11.2020
- Lead Mobile/Tablet App Development.
- Collaborate with multiple teams (Onsite & Offshore) to set the software's technical direction, system design and implementation plan.
- Foster positive relationships with customers as their primary point of contact.
- Help clients implement services and plan projects effectively.
- Ensure that contract terms and conditions are met.
- Manage invoices and bills for assigned customers.
- Identify upselling and cross-selling opportunities.
Sr. Project Manager
08.2018 - 12.2018
- Microsoft Qatar Partner Lead M365 Delivery project for Almost 90+ governmental institutions in Qatar starting from tenant creation, Azur AZ Deployment, Enablement and Rollout phase.
- Meet customers and educate them on M365 products, benefits and capabilities to encourage them for faster transformation and to move from on prim to cloud.
- Maintain progress and report to MS with updates and challenges where support is required to meet target.
Sr. Enterprise Project Manager
Vodafone Qatar
04.2015 - 07.2018
- Program/Project life cycle accountability & governance (Scope, cost, timeline, quality, risk, resources...etc) and apply Change request management whenever required
- Business oriented, solving project pain points, focusing on win-win methodologies
- Communicate/report progress to stakeholders timely
- Meeting projects objectives, deadlines, budget...etc
- Advocate lead and mentor team members
- Constantly improving internal process with PMO team to best serve work needs and client's requirements
- Team & Vendor Management insuring smooth delivery.
Program Manager
Huawei UAE
03.2010 - 03.2015
- Delivering first LTE (4G) Project in UAE with Etisalat
- Lead Modernization Project with 100 Million value in
- Dubai to upgrade core & sites to Huawei 4G latest technology
- Responsible of delivery fixed network projects in Etisalat across all emirates
- Developed a risk mitigation strategy that eliminated redundant efforts and decreased unnecessary resources
- Presales support presenting best solution to customer
- Contract review/validation to assure commitments delivering as per contracted deliverables
- Revenue recognition and acceptance with customer
- Manage/Deliver interconnected projects within the program in coordination with PMO
- Address customer issues with speed and efficiency.
Project Manager
Ericsson Africa
08.2008 - 01.2010
- Deliver the first 3G project in Ghana with MTN.
Project Engineer/Coordinator
Ericsson Africa
03.2006 - 07.2008
- Ethiopia Deliver the 100 sites Expansion project in Ethiopia with
Education
Scrum Master - Agile
IScrum.Org
Riyadh09.2022
Agile Methodology Foundation Vodafone Qatar - Agile
Vodafone Qatar
Doha08.2017
Six Sigma (Green Belt) Foundation Vodafone Qatar - Six Sigma
Vodafone Qatar
Doha06.2016
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified Project Management - Project Management
PMI
Dubai05.2013
Bachelor of Science - Telecommunication
Minufiya University
Menof11.2004
Skills
- Budget and Cost Control
- Process Improvement
- Resource Management
- Vendor Relations
- Project Planning
- Risk Mitigation
- Business planning
- Project budgeting
- Financial management
- Product development
- Agile and Scrum methodologies
- Backlog management
- User stories
- Sprint planning
- High-value project management
- Business analysis
- Business development
- Product launches
Languages
Arabic
Native
English
Proficient
C2
Certification
- Certified Associate in Project Management
- Certified Project Management Professional
Timeline
Sr. Channel Manager, Digital Retail Product Owner
Digital Transformation, Al Rajhi Bank KSA
12.2020 - Current
Sr. Engagement Manager
Al Rajhi Bank KSA
01.2019 - 11.2020
Sr. Project Manager
08.2018 - 12.2018
Sr. Enterprise Project Manager
Vodafone Qatar
04.2015 - 07.2018
Program Manager
Huawei UAE
03.2010 - 03.2015
Project Manager
Ericsson Africa
08.2008 - 01.2010
Project Engineer/Coordinator
Ericsson Africa
03.2006 - 07.2008
Scrum Master - Agile
IScrum.Org
Agile Methodology Foundation Vodafone Qatar - Agile
Vodafone Qatar
Six Sigma (Green Belt) Foundation Vodafone Qatar - Six Sigma
Vodafone Qatar
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified Project Management - Project Management
PMI
Bachelor of Science - Telecommunication
Minufiya University
- Certified Associate in Project Management
- Certified Project Management Professional
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