Executive Strategy & Portfolio Delivery Lead

Roads and Transport Authority; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Roads and Transport Authority in Abu Dhabi seeks a senior leader to oversee strategy, governance, and portfolio management across sector projects. You will advise the CEO on opportunities, trends, and risks, aligning initiatives with government directions to drive institutional excellence and long-term targets.

The role emphasizes cross‑functional leadership, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement to enhance efficiency, sustainability, and delivery outcomes within a complex public

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in Business Administration.
• Certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2; Program Management Professional (PgMP); Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
• 14+ years of experience for a Master’s degree; 12+ years for a Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Ensure sector projects align with the Authority’s strategic plan and government directions, surface gaps with mitigations.
• Provide strategic advice to the CEO on global opportunities, trends, and risks affecting the project portfolio.
• Analyse strategic gaps and prepare high-level strategic reports for the CEO; propose enhancements to sector policies.
• Lead governance across all projects to ensure compliance with institutional standards.
• Develop sector strategic initiatives for sustainability and growth.
• Supervise sector projects from ideation to delivery including scope, schedule, budget, and benefits realization.
• Monitor program performance and report deviations with recovery actions to the CEO.
• Align operational workstreams through coordination with department managers and project owners.
• Manage relationships with government entities and external partners to unblock delivery.
• Lead operational meetings and prepare briefs, documents, and presentations for the CEO.
• Review budgets and resource utilization; provide financial and technical recommendations.

Education

Bachelor’s/ Master’s in Business Administration

Job description

Roads and Transport Authority in Abu Dhabi seeks a senior leader to oversee strategy, governance, and portfolio management across sector projects. You will advise the CEO on opportunities, trends, and risks, aligning initiatives with government directions to drive institutional excellence and long-term targets.

The role emphasizes cross‑functional leadership, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement to enhance efficiency, sustainability, and delivery outcomes within a complex public