Analyst PMO

Dautom; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a proactive Analyst PMO to manage small to medium projects while supporting the PMO team. This role involves overseeing project activities, ensuring deliverables are met, and maintaining clear communication with stakeholders. The successful candidate will also assist in quality management and resource planning, contributing to the continuous improvement of project processes. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are eager to enhance your project management skills, this opportunity is perfect for you, offering a chance to grow within a supportive and innovative team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business or equivalent required.
• Experience with project management tools like MS Project, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver projects within scope and timelines.
• Support PMO with project administration and quality checks.
• Provide weekly project status reports to PMO.

Skills

Project Management

Resource Management

Quality Management

Business Operations

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Training Management

Documentation

Demand Management

Continuous Improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or equivalent

Tools

MS Project

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Analyst PMO

Job Description:

Job Objective:

Take overall responsibility for a limited number of small to medium sized projects and provide support to PMO team. Assist the PMO manager in fulfilling tasks in support of the PMO mandate. Shadowing and training with PMO team to enhance and build project management knowledge base. Performing quality control checks with project managers and administration of PPM tool. Assisting PMO Director and Manager in fulfilling any necessary tasks required.

Key Accountabilities:

Direct Project Management

• Manage and deliver projects according to the agreed scope and deliverables.
• Oversee management of activities of the project teams to ensure deliverables are being completed to defined expectations.
• Maintain frequent and detailed communication with all members of the team to ensure clarity at all times.
• Proactively manage foreseen project risks and mitigate issues as they arise, implementing corrective actions.
• Support the project managers by taking on supervised support tasks on larger projects, as and when necessary.
• Manage project administration tasks. Create and maintain project plan via PPM tool.
• Undertake any other project management duties as and when required.
• Work with PMO to ensure alignment of project reporting with the strategic priorities.
• Work with PMO to provide subject matter expertise, advice, and share knowledge with the team members to support their overall development.

Follow PMO Department policies, procedures and controls covering all areas of assigned job responsibilities so that all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled while delivering a quality, cost-effective service.

Training and Continuous Improvement

• Continuously identify improvements related to the job specific responsibilities.
• Attend training sessions to build PM knowledge and experience.

Reporting

Ensure that all reports are prepared timely and accurately and meet the requirements, policies, and quality standards.

Demand Management

• Provide PMO with required information for executing Demand Management Process.
• Update project related templates for PMO review and approval as part of project intake process.

Resource Management

Work with PMO for establishing consolidated Resource Requirements Plan across projects in PPM tool.

Support PMO governance to establish effective stakeholder alignment.

Effectively track project risks, issues and commitments and escalate as and when required.

Project Reporting Management:

Provide weekly reporting on project status to PMO highlighting key updates, escalations, risks, and issues.

Quality Management

Support PMO in conducting project quality reviews for new and ongoing projects.

Undertake compliance checks on projects adherence to PMO standards/methodologies.

Document Management

• Ensure documentation is created and updated as per the agreed list of project deliverables.
• Ensure documents are stored in the document repository as required.
• Establish monitoring of Document Management and provide regular updates to Manager, Director & CTSO.
• Maintain an effective document management and control process.

Work with project team to identify and review dependencies, escalating to the Manager/Director where required.

Benefit Realization

Provide support in producing reports and dashboards to management for benefits realization tracking.

Departmental Responsibility

This position may be assigned to perform any additional tasks or related duties as required by the Line manager and in line with business requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business, Operations Management, Finance or equivalent.
• Competence in IT, particularly in standard project management tools such as MS Project, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Ability to work under pressure and complete projects within a set duration and budget.
• Good knowledge of project management methodologies including Agile preferable.
• Ability to learn quickly in a dynamic fast-paced environment.
• Fluent in English - communicating and writing.
• Excellent communication skills, confident in dealing with stakeholders.
• Proactive, self-driven approach.
• High attention to detail and superior analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Willingness to work with experienced resources to enhance PMO knowledge.

Required Skills:

Working Experience, Project Teams, Resource Management, Clarity, PowerPoint, Quality Management, Business Operations, Templates, Operations Management, Corrective Actions, Checks, Business Requirements, Demand, Deliverables, Continuous Improvement, Problem Solving, Quality Control, Writing, Strategy, Pressure, Administration, Documentation, Finance, Project Management, Business Communication, Training Management.