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IT Project & Program Management — Reliable from Kickoff to Go-Live

Senior IT delivery leadership for complex initiatives: project and program management, interim product ownership, requirements, governance, and project recovery—with experience in regulated environments.

Experience
10+ Years
Certified
PMP® · PSPO II · FOCP
Focus
Banking, Payments, Capital Markets & Cloud
VERIFIED EXPERTISE

Certified Expertise

Clear delivery standards, defined roles, and real accountability—so complex programs stay transparent and controllable, including in regulated environments.

EXPERIENCE
10+ years in IT project delivery
BUDGET
Program budgets up to €5M+
TEAMS
Teams up to 30 FTEs in projects

INTERNATIONAL CLIENT BASE

Banking
Insurance
Payments & FinTech
Capital Markets
Regulated Industries
Tech & SaaS
PROJECT DELIVERY2023

PMP®

Project Management Professional

PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

FINOPS2023

FOCP

FinOps Certified Practitioner

FOCP — FinOps Foundation / The Linux Foundation

PRODUCT2023

PSPO II

Professional Scrum Product Owner™ II

SCRUM.ORG

SERVICE MANAGEMENT2023

ITIL® 4

ITIL® 4 Foundation

PeopleCert (AXELOS framework)

CLOUD2022

AWS CCP

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

AMAZON WEB SERVICES

AGILE2022

CSM®

Certified ScrumMaster®

SCRUM ALLIANCE

SCALED AGILE2021

SAFe®

Certified SAFe® Agilist (SA)

SCALED AGILE, INC.

PROCESS2018

LSSYB

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

DELOITTE CONSULTING (INTERNAL TRAINING PROGRAM)

Methods & Frameworks: Scrum · Kanban · PRINCE2 · Lean · FinOps

Business Analysis & GenAI

USER STORY MAPPINGRequirements Engineering (IREB CPRE-aligned)AI USE CASE DEVELOPMENTFEASIBILITY ANALYSISStakeholder Management (BABOK® Guide)
01 - SERVICES

Core Competencies

IT project management, program management, interim management, product ownership, requirements engineering, and project recovery—tailored to your delivery reality.

IT Project Management

Delivery governance, risk control, and stakeholder alignment for complex IT initiatives in regulated environments. PMP-certified.

IT Project Management (PMP®)

Interim Product Owner

Backlog governance, prioritization, and stakeholder alignment for agile delivery teams. PSPO-II-certified.

Interim Product Owner

Program Management

Coordinating parallel projects with cross-cutting governance, budget control, and consolidated reporting.

Program Management

Requirements Engineering

Business specifications, interface documentation, and testable requirements for regulated IT projects.

Requirements Engineering

Who I Work With

So we both know from the start whether a collaboration makes sense.

Ideal for

  • IT managers with complex transformation projects
  • Program managers who need governance and structure
  • Organizations preparing for system migrations or platform replacements
  • Organizations with regulatory or compliance requirements
  • Agile teams looking for an experienced product owner

Not Ideal For

  • Seed-Stage Startups Without Established Structures
  • Inquiries without a clear project mandate or defined goals/outcomes
  • Projects Without Clearly Defined Decision Structures

Special focus: Regulated environments (banking, insurance, payments, capital markets)

Case Studies

Selected real-world project contexts, anonymized and distilled to the essentials.

CORE BANKINGGOVERNANCE

Test Governance During Core System Migration

European Bank – Regulated Environment

SITUATION

A core system migration lacked binding test and release processes. Responsibilities across organizational units were unclear.

ROLE

Project Manager for Test and Release Governance

OUTCOMES

  • Test and release governance introduced and operationalized
  • Stakeholder alignment structured across multiple units
  • Documentation prepared for regulatory evidence
CONTEXT
Regulated
FOCUS
Governance

1 / 5

All case studies are anonymized. Content and roles are accurately represented.

ABOUT ME

Senior Expertise.
Directly from the Founder.

I am Mustafa Faiz Qadria - Founder and Managing Director of MFQ Consulting. I help organizations in financial services and regulated industries manage complex IT programs with structure and deliver them reliably - from core banking and payments to cloud FinOps and regulatory initiatives.

My expertise combines three strategic roles: IT project management (PMP-certified) for programs exceeding €5M, Product Ownership (PSPO II) for agile delivery teams, and Business Analysis for requirements engineering, GenAI use case identification, and regulatory implementations (DORA, BaFin, GDPR).

How I Work

  • Clarity over buzzwords: clear goals, scope, and accountability.
  • Governance that holds up: decisions, risks, and dependencies made visible.
  • Stakeholder alignment on a peer-to-peer basis—with clear, direct communication.
  • Documentation and evidence that work in regulated environments.
Mustafa Faiz Qadria
“I'm brought in when clarity, structure, and execution matter.”
- Mustafa Faiz Qadria
CLIENT FEEDBACK

What Clients Say

Clear structure from day one, traceable documentation. Exactly what we needed for sign-off.

Project Lead

Financial Services, Germany

Took over steering when the program was stuck. Calm, structured approach—just a plan and clear communication.

Head of IT

Insurance, DACH Region

Pragmatic, reliable, and straightforward. The kind of consultant you want on complex engagements.

Head of Digitalisation

Major Bank, Europe

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