Technical Product Manager – Post Merger Integration

Company Description

NeoStats, founded in 2022, is committed to enabling organizations of all sizes to achieve world-class, data-driven transformations. By making such transformations accessible beyond traditional Big4 consulting retainers, NeoStats empowers clients to become competitively data-driven. The company is dedicated to simplifying complex solutions, fostering partnership-driven collaborations, and equipping clients with knowledge. At its core, NeoStats strives to create lasting value by driving business excellence through data insights.

Role Description

As part of the retail bank merger, this role is responsible for owning and managing all technology and technical product elements of the integration programme. The Technical Product Manager bridges the gap between business integration objectives and technical execution — defining the technology roadmap, managing system integration workstreams, and ensuring seamless delivery of core banking, digital, and data migration components across the merging entities

Qualifications

• Proven, hands-on retail bank merger integration experience
• Experience operating or establishing an Integration Management Office (IMO)
• English Fluency (& Arabic Preferred)
• Immediately Available

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Minimum 10 years in project/programme management; minimum 5 years in retail banking M&A / PMI

Core Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Technology Strategy & Roadmap Ownership — Define, own, and execute the technology integration strategy and product roadmap, aligning to the merger's business objectives, regulatory requirements, and IT architecture standards. Prioritise technology workstreams to maximise integration velocity and minimise customer disruption.
• Core Banking & System Integration — Lead the integration of core banking platforms, digital channels, payment systems, and data infrastructure across the two merging entities. Manage vendor relationships with core banking providers, ensuring timely certifications and technical sign-off at each integration milestone.
•  Product Lifecycle Management (SDLC) — Drive end-to-end product delivery using Agile and SDLC best practices — from requirements gathering and technical design, through development, UAT, and live deployment. Maintain integration backlogs, sprint plans, and release schedules in tools such as Jira and Confluence.
•  Stakeholder Engagement & Technical Communication — Act as the primary liaison between senior business stakeholders, engineering teams, IT vendors, and Compliance/Legal. Translate complex technical dependencies into business-friendly language for SteerCo and executive audiences.
•  Data Migration & Quality Assurance — Oversee end-to-end data migration strategy, including data mapping, cleansing, reconciliation, and post-migration validation. Ensure data integrity and regulatory compliance (GDPR, local data residency laws) throughout.
• Risk, Performance & Continuous Improvement — Identify, assess, and mitigate technology risks (integration failures, system downtime, data loss). Monitor live integration performance metrics and iterate rapidly to resolve issues, ensuring system reliability and SLA adherence post-cutover.