Digital Program Manager

About the role

A Digital Program Manager position based in Kuwait City, advertised on a job search platform. The role acts as the main link between business stakeholders and the IT development team, turning business needs into development work and tracking projects through to release.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the primary coordination point between business stakeholders and the IT development team.
• Understand business objectives, priorities and operational requirements, and prepare workflow and project requirement documentation.
• Translate business requests into clear functional requirements and actionable development tasks.
• Coordinate with design and development teams so requirements are implemented correctly.
• Manage and track project tasks, enhancements and bugs using Jira and Confluence.
• Coordinate development, testing, UAT, feedback and releases.
• Monitor timelines, deliverables, dependencies, risks and pending approvals, ensuring issues are resolved within agreed timelines.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business and IT.
• 3-6 years of experience in digital project management, product management, business analysis or a similar role.
• Experience working with websites, mobile applications and technology teams.
• Strong business analysis and requirements documentation skills.
• Excellent communication, analytical, organisational and stakeholder management skills; able to manage multiple priorities independently.

Required skills

• Good understanding of APIs and system integrations and the SDLC.
• Hands-on experience with project management tools.