About the Company SWORD Group, being a leader in IT software solutions and services, has 4000 + IT/Digital & Software specialists present over 5 continents to accompany you in the growth of your organization in the digital age. SWORD is present in the MEA region through its offices in KSA, UAE, Lebanon, and Cyprus counting more than 450 skilled consultants in the region. As a leader in technological and digital transformation, SWORD Group has since the year 2000 acquired a solid reputation in software solutions and in complex IT & business project management. With SWORD you have the guarantee of strong close and qualified local commitment, the aim of which is to automate your business processes and optimize/maximize the usage of business data.
About the Role We are looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead the delivery of enterprise digital projects, with specific experience in Liferay DXP implementations. The ideal candidate should combine strong project management, technical understanding, and stakeholder management skills, with proven experience managing at least two Liferay projects from planning through implementation and go-live. The role requires close collaboration with customers, business teams, architects, developers, QA, infrastructure teams, and third-party vendors to ensure projects are delivered successfully within the agreed scope, timeline, quality, and budget.
Responsibilities Manage the full project lifecycle from initiation, planning, and requirements gathering through development, testing, UAT, deployment, go-live, and support transition. Define and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, budgets, resource allocation, dependencies, risks, and deliverables. Coordinate activities between business, technical, infrastructure, security, QA, and external teams. Lead project meetings, status meetings, workshops, and steering committee updates. Track project progress and proactively manage risks, issues, blockers, and dependencies. Manage scope and change requests and assess their impact on timeline, resources, and cost. Ensure requirements are clearly understood and translated into actionable technical deliverables. Review and coordinate BRDs, functional specifications, technical designs, test plans, UAT activities, deployment plans, and project documentation. Manage customer expectations and maintain effective communication with key stakeholders and senior management. Ensure proper project governance, reporting, documentation, approvals, and sign-offs. Coordinate production deployments, go-live readiness, handover, knowledge transfer, and transition to support. Work with technical leads and architects to ensure the proposed solutions meet functional, technical, security, performance, and integration requirements.
Liferay-Specific Experience Proven experience managing at least two Liferay implementation projects. Good understanding of Liferay DXP architecture and implementation lifecycle. Familiarity with key Liferay capabilities such as: CMS, Liferay Objects, Workflow, Roles and Permissions, Forms, Search and Elasticsearch, REST APIs / Headless APIs, SSO, LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, OIDC, or similar integrations, service builders, themes, fragments, and client extensions. Ability to communicate effectively with Liferay architects and developers and understand technical discussions related to integrations, environments, deployments, performance, security, and infrastructure. Experience coordinating Liferay environments such as Development, QA, UAT, Staging, and Production. Understanding of enterprise integrations between Liferay and external systems. Ability to identify when requirements can be delivered using standard Liferay capabilities versus when custom development is required. Experience with Liferay upgrades, migrations, or cloud deployments is a plus.
Required Qualifications & Experience Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field. Typically 7+ years of overall IT experience, including significant experience in technical project management, IT project delivery, or technical leadership. Proven experience managing enterprise web portals, digital platforms, or digital transformation projects. At least two successfully delivered Liferay projects in a Project Manager or Technical Project Manager capacity. Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile/Scrum methodologies. Strong understanding of web applications, APIs, integrations, databases, infrastructure, security, and deployment concepts. Experience managing multidisciplinary technical teams. Strong risk, issue, dependency, and change management capabilities. Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills. Experience working directly with enterprise or government customers.
Saudi Market Requirements / Preferred Experience Previous experience delivering IT or digital transformation projects in Saudi Arabia is preferred. Experience working with Saudi government entities or large enterprises is an advantage. Understanding of Saudi government project environments, governance, security, compliance, and approval processes is preferred. Ability to work effectively with Arabic- and English-speaking stakeholders.
Preferred Certifications Any of the following would be an advantage: PMP, Scrum Master / Agile certification, Liferay certification or demonstrated Liferay DXP experience, ITIL.
Why Work with us? Opportunity to work on cutting-edge cloud projects impacting enterprise-scale systems. Enjoy a Hybrid/Remote Work Environment. Being part of a Dynamic and Supportive Environment focused on Employee Wellness. Gain International Exposure and Multicultural