dubai, dubai, United Arab Emirates Unknown Posted 21 days ago
Manager – Corporate PMO
Job Description
MAIN OBJECTIVE OF ROLE
To manage strategic project investments from consolidating and governing tasks and activities of various operations, commercial, support functions and external stakeholders, required for driving an overarching corporate PMO function.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Develops an overarching project plan for each strategic initiative and investment including consolidating aspects of all departmental plans.
Coordinates the comprehensive collation of all tasks and activities to ensure successful completion of projects including those of external stakeholders.
Directs and manages regular status review of each project whilst ensuring task and activity owners report back on progress accurately and in a timely manner.
Conducts project performance and progress reviews, escalating delays or non-performance issues for corrective action and/or appropriate performance recovery measures to get projects back on track.
Ensures project timelines are stress tested for significant changes in delivery by stakeholders to assess impact on overall project completion and mitigation alternatives.
Develops appropriate governance mechanisms for all projects including setting up Steering & Working Group and ensure they are managed and/or informed at regular intervals on progress.
Validates and assesses business cases for each project under management and ascertain benefits would be realized and proven by quantitative and qualitative KPI’s defined for each project.
Fosters close collaboration between Corporate PMO and Business Unit Project Managers to streamline project execution and ensure use of consistent methodologies.
Develops and maintains a portfolio view of projects as ready reference for Chief’s and SVP’s update at short notice.
Ensures project governance framework and processes for large corporate wide projects as defined by the Corporate Project Management office are adhered to.
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s Degree (3+ years)
Degree in any discipline and professional qualification or equivalent.
Fluent in English
Demonstrable experience in effectively managing projects, with a proven ability to plan, execute, and achieve desired outcomes within specified timelines.
MS Project would be a advantage
7 – 9 years
A project management certification of PMI, PROSCI or other would be preferred.
COMPETENCIES
Customer Focus
Team work
Effective Communication
Personal Accountability & Commitment to achieve
Resilience and Flexibility (Can do attitude)
Inspiring & Developing Others
Decision Making
Strategic Thinking
Business Acumen
ISR REQUIREMENTS
Reads and complies with the ISR policies of the Company and diligently reports any weakness or incidents to the respective Line Manager or the Information Security team. Completes all required ISR awareness sessions and follows associated guidelines in the day-to-day business operations.