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Open to senior delivery & portfolio leadership

20+ years turning ambiguous, high-stakes programs into live, working reality .

Senior delivery & portfolio leader spanning digital transformation, Agile leadership and team enablement — most recently leading a regulated biometric payments program from concept to live rollout across four markets spanning the GCC and Levant.

At a Glance
20+Years in Delivery
4Markets Across the GCC & Levant
Since 2006Building Digital Products & Platforms
RegionalAgile, PM & Technical Trainer
What I Bring

Delivery leadership across digital transformation, Agile enablement and regulated programs.

Six areas where twenty years of shipping under pressure have actually taught me something.

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Digital Transformation & Program Delivery

Taking ambiguous, high-stakes business requirements from concept through live rollout across product, tech and regulatory teams.

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Agile Leadership & Team Enablement

Trained technical and delivery teams across multiple regional engagements — including a 6-month Scrum program for a 40-person team at Agents on Cloud.

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Regulated FinTech & Biometric Payments

Leading delivery of a next-generation payment scheme built on palm-vein authentication, live across GCC & Levant markets.

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Executive Program & Portfolio Delivery

Owning full lifecycle delivery — planning through go-live — across legal, technical and business workstreams simultaneously.

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Client & Enterprise Consulting

Five years advising enterprise clients including Olayan Group and NMC on product strategy and transformation.

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Team Building & Mentoring

Built and scaled product/engineering functions from the ground up; trained founders and teams across the region.

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Consistently demonstrates innovation, strategic foresight and unwavering dedication — with a remarkable ability to manage complex projects with accuracy.

Ali AlMeshal — Manama, Bahrain, worked with Ziad on different teams
Track Record

Selected roles.

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Feb 2024 — Present
Current

Senior Project Manager

IDCentriq — Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE, North-East Syria
  • Leading digital identity, biometric authentication and payment projects across a multi-country holding group
  • Managing regulatory relationships with central banks and financial institutions through licensing and compliance
  • Coordinating product rollouts and proof-of-concept initiatives for identity and payment platforms
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Jun 2018 — Feb 2024

Digital Products & Technology Consultant

Independent / Freelance — Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE
  • Advised regional clients including Olayan Group (KSA), NMC (Kuwait), United Business Solutions (UAE), and Solfeh (FinTech, Jordan) on digital product strategy
  • Provided technology consultation and in-depth insight to strategize product development for enterprise clients
  • Performed user acceptance testing for third-party vendors, working closely with their technical and operational teams
  • Delivered training for startup founders and teams through regional accelerators including Oasis500, ShamalStart and Orange BIG, covering digital branding, UX/UI and project/product management
  • Delivered hands-on Scrum training to a 40-person technical team for Agents on Cloud over a sustained 6-month engagement, building team-wide Agile fluency from the ground up
  • Delivered 200+ hours of training on Int@j's SheTechs program, supporting women entering Jordan's tech sector
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Mar 2016 — Jun 2018

Head of Products & Technology

iMENA Digital — Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE
  • Closed legacy projects left unresolved for years prior to joining
  • Restructured the organization by merging Technology and Product units
  • Led strategy for regional brands including Samara Ride and Suliman S. Olayan Foundation
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Aug 2012 — Feb 2016

Co-founder / Head of Development

Megillion — United Arab Emirates
  • Co-founded and scaled a digital agency, building the technical team from the ground up
  • Managed key accounts including Qumu Inc., Al Fozan Group and Mobily
  • Led the Outsourcing Quality Control Committee across client delivery
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Jun 2011 — Aug 2012

Digital Development Manager

Unisono — Bahrain
  • Led key projects for TRA, VIVA Bahrain, BMMI and Bahrain National Insurance
  • Evaluated resource requirements and optimized delivery of projects within pre-defined timelines and budgets
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Previous Roles

  • Web Production Manager, eMedia Ventura — Bahrain (Nov 2009 – Jun 2011)
  • Web Developer, Maktoob Inc. — Amman, Jordan (Dec 2008 – Nov 2009)
  • Web Developer, Jordan Aircraft Maintenance Limited — Amman, Jordan (Feb 2008 – Dec 2008)
  • Web Designer (Part Time), Method Corp. — Amman, Jordan (Apr 2006 – Jan 2008)
Latest Writing

Current thinking on regulated FinTech & digital identity.

Jun 2026

Running a FinTech deployment across four countries is a governance and compliance challenge as much as a scheduling one — this piece covers what changes when your stakeholders include a central bank, a biometric vendor, and a product team, each under different regulations.

Managing Multi-Country FinTech Projects ↗
Apr 2025

When the product is someone's identity, every friction point erodes trust — but so does every shortcut. This piece looks at the UX vocabulary needed to design biometric onboarding that is fast, safe, and emotionally reassuring all at once.

Designing for Trust: Biometric UX ↗
In Their Words

What colleagues and clients say.

Let's Talk

Exploring the next senior delivery or portfolio leadership role.

Open to conversations about digital transformation, Agile delivery, or regulated program leadership roles across the GCC, Levant and beyond.