Head of IT PMO

Dubai Aviation Corporation; Dubai; On-site; AED 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Dubai Aviation Corporation is seeking an experienced IT PMO Leader to drive the IT portfolio across planning, budgeting, governance and delivery, ensuring investments align with business strategy and maximize value.

The role requires extensive experience in large IT portfolio programs, strategic partnerships, and leadership to optimize resources and drive execution with executive visibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or Engineering; MBA preferred.
• Fluent in English and strong leadership skills.
• 10–12 years of experience in large IT portfolio programs.
• PMI/ITIL certification; Six Sigma accreditation an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead IT PMO and oversee the IT portfolio planning, budgeting, governance and delivery.
• Ensure alignment of technology investments with business strategy.
• Provide executive visibility on portfolio health and performance.
• Oversee resource demand, vendor management and cross-project dependencies.
• Drive process improvement, data-driven governance and automation.

Skills

IT Portfolio Management

Strategic Planning

Stakeholder Communication

Governance & Compliance

Leadership

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or Engineering

MBA preferred

Job description

MAIN OBJECTIVE OF ROLE

To lead the IT PMO and oversee the IT portfolio across planning, budgeting, governance, delivery and performance, ensuring technology investments are strategically aligned, effectively prioritized and successfully delivered, while maintaining portfolio health, resource optimization, investment governance and executive visibility to maximize business value from IT investments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports annual IT planning, demand consolidation, portfolio prioritization, CAPEX/OPEX budgeting and investment allocation recommendations.
• Establishes PMO standards, governance and delivery methodologies, ensuring projects are managed against approved scope, budget, timelines and outcomes.
• Maintains clear visibility of portfolio health, including delivery, financials, risks, dependencies and key constraints, driving timely intervention and escalation.
• Reviews business cases, investment prioritization and CAPEX approval submissions, ensuring strategic alignment, financial justification and value.
• Oversees resource demand, capacity and allocation across projects and IT Lines of Business, optimizing internal and external resources against portfolio priorities.
• Governs the IT Change Request (CR) portfolio, ensuring changes are assessed, prioritized, resourced, funded and tracked through delivery.
• Supports IT Vendor Management function in collaboration with Procurement, overseeing vendor performance, commercial management, contracts and renewals, and external resource requirements across the project lifecycle.
• Oversees portfolio-level risks, issues and cross-project dependencies, ensuring effective mitigation, resolution and escalation.
• Reviews portfolio performance and benefits to drive reprioritisation, resource or funding reallocation, re-scoping or closure where required.
• Provides senior leadership with concise portfolio insights, forward-looking risks and recommendations to support timely decision making.
• Enhances PMO processes, tools and capabilities, leveraging data, automation and emerging technologies to improve governance, efficiency and decision-making.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree (3+ years)
• Specialization in IT or Engineering.MBA preferred.
• Fluent in English
• Experience in managing large IT portfolio projects.Experience in developing strategic partnerships.Experience in workforce planning and management for large IT organization.
• Years with qualifications: 10 - 12 years
• PMI / ITIL certification.SIX Sigma accreditation an advantage.

COMPETENCIES

• Customer Focus
• Teamwork
• Effective Communication
• Personal Accountability & Commitment to achieve
• Resilience & Flexibility (Can do attitude)
• Decision Making
• Inspiring & Developing Others
• 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.