Senior Leadership Opportunities
Program Director, Senior Program Manager, and transformation leadership opportunities.
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Turning complex challenges into measurable results.
A senior program management and technology leader with experience across enterprise software, engineering, consulting, and large-scale business transformation
🌐 Global Presence (EU / USA / Gulf)
Experience at a glance
16+Years of experience
21+Global companies
31+Projects delivered
8+Countries / markets
Ways to work together
Senior leadership or consulting
I welcome conversations about suitable senior roles and consulting assignments.
Consulting & Contract Assignments
Program leadership, delivery governance, cutover readiness, and enterprise transformation assignments.
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About me
Strategic oversight, hands-on delivery.
I combine structured program leadership with practical execution to help organizations align stakeholders, manage dependencies, navigate change, and deliver meaningful outcomes across complex technology and transformation initiatives.
What I bring
- International and cross-functional collaboration
- Program/Cutovers governance, planning and delivery discipline
- Stakeholder, risk and dependency management
- Consulting mindset with a focus on business outcomes
Core capabilities
What I bring to complex programs
A practical blend of leadership, governance, technical program coordination and transformation delivery.
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Program & Portfolio Leadership
Complex initiatives, stakeholder alignment, delivery governance and dependencies.
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Engineering & Technology
Structured execution across technical teams, workstreams and enterprise platforms.
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Digital Transformation
Change delivery, risk management, operational readiness and measurable outcomes.
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Cutover & Deployment
Testing coordination, deployment planning, go-live readiness and transition support.
How I can help
Problems I help solve
Practical leadership for complex programs, business change, and technology delivery.
Complex programs need control
Program governance, planning, risk and dependency management.
Go-live is approaching
Cutover planning, readiness coordination and execution oversight.
Teams need alignment
Cross-functional coordination and stakeholder management.
Transformation needs delivery leadership
Structured delivery management across business and technology.
Professional journey
Organizations and engagements
Selected Engagements/Employment
IFS
Director Program Management
IKEA
Program/Cutover Manager
IBM
Delivery Project Executive
Liberty IT
Delivery Lead Consultant
HCL Tech
Cutover Manager Consultant
Alshaya Group
Cutover Manager Consultant
Procore
Test Consultant
iHorizons
Test Manager Consultant
Castra
Program/Cutover Manager
Selected projects
Projects and delivery highlights
Selected projects delivered through different organizations
Skype (IBM)
Project Manager
CIB (IBM)
Delivery Project Executive
Banque Misr (IBM)
Test Lead
Access Bank Plc Nigeria (IBM)
Test Manager Consultant
Etisalat Misr (IBM)
Project Manager
Orange (IBM)
Test Consultant
ooredoo (iHorizons)
Test Consultant
Petroject (IBM)
Project Manager
Sharjah e-Government (IBM)
Project Manager
IKEA (IBM)
Program/Cutover Manager
AVON (IBM)
Test Consultant
Core skills
Skills and competencies
LinkedIn recommendations
What colleagues and clients say
Recommendations from colleagues and clients; more recommendations are available on LinkedIn Profile.
LinkedIn recommendation
Easy going, fast and efficient comes into my mind when I think about our work together at IKEA Digital. I have had the great pleasure to work with Ahmad in his role as cutover…
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Bekdash is a great colleague to work with. As an IT consultant, he has been managing IT setup activities across multiple teams for key initiatives at IKEA. His networking skils and drive to work…
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Bekdash, you are one of the best project managers that I have worked with, very organized & focused. You have created a peaceful and good environment for the team members to work on a…
LinkedIn recommendation
I've got the pleasure of working together with Bekdash as a Cutover manager at IKEA. Bekdash is well organized and brings structure and order to a project. Bekdash is easy to work with and…
LinkedIn recommendation
I hade the pleasure to have Bekdash in my team. He was very engaged and I could really trust that he was on top of things and and eager to help out despite the…
LinkedIn recommendation
I have had the pleasure to work with Bekdash at Ikea in the multichannel area. Bekdash is one of the best recourse you can have in your team! Always in a good mood and…
LinkedIn recommendation
Reliant and meticulous, and always prepared to walk the extra mile to safeguard target deadlines
LinkedIn recommendation
I used to communicate with freelancers in different specialists, however dealing with Ahmed was extremely different of showing an outstanding dedication and terrific professionalism. In addition, he has keens to show a full respect…
LinkedIn recommendation
Ahmed is one of the most alive & bright people to work with, he was the rock star of the project. He's super smart and knows how to be successful, he owns his goals…
LinkedIn recommendation
Bekdash.. was one of the best and organized employes I have worked with, He was reporting to me directly and he used to do most of the reports for the accounts, he was accurate,…
Let's discuss what's next.
For senior leadership opportunities, consulting contracts, or programme-based assignments, please get in touch.