Defence Program Delivery Lead - MRO & Services

Edge Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

EDGE Group in Abu Dhabi seeks a senior program leader to Lead and coordinate Maestral’s scope of work, ensuring MRO, service and logistics deliverables align with the main contract and program plan, interfacing with ADSB and supporting continuity from previous arrangements.

You will work with the Planner to maintain the ADSB schedule, manage risks and changes, document decisions, and provide clear performance updates to governance bodies.

Qualifications

• Experience in defence programmes or service contracts.
• Strong program-management and coordination skills.
• Experience managing customer-facing service delivery and milestones.
• Knowledge of ADSB or UAE naval MRO contracts is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Convert ADSB contractual scope into a detailed workstream plan with activities, milestones, owners and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate day-to-day execution of ADSB scope ensuring timely, complete deliverables.
• Collaborate with Planner to maintain ADSB schedule within the integrated program plan and develop credible recovery actions.
• Act as primary interface with ADSB representatives and document priorities and decisions.
• Coordinate with ADSB Scope of Work Program Manager on interdependencies and hand-offs.
• Maintain risk, issue and change logs; assess impact on cost, schedule, quality and compliance.
• Ensure deliverables and evidence comply with main contract; work with Contracts and Document Control for traceability.
• Provide clear, evidence-based performance updates for governance.

Skills

Defence programmes experience

Program management experience

Stakeholder interfaces

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Logistics, Operations, Project Management or a relevant discipline

Job description

EDGE Group in Abu Dhabi seeks a senior program leader to Lead and coordinate Maestral’s scope of work, ensuring MRO, service and logistics deliverables align with the main contract and program plan, interfacing with ADSB and supporting continuity from previous arrangements.

You will work with the Planner to maintain the ADSB schedule, manage risks and changes, document decisions, and provide clear performance updates to governance bodies.