Lead IT Program Manager — One‑Person PMO for Transformation

Confidential Company; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Company in Dubai seeks an Experienced IT Program Manager to lead the IT PMO and oversee a portfolio of strategic IT and digital transformation initiatives across the Group.

The role is a one-person PMO responsible for governance, delivery oversight, stakeholder management, vendor coordination, budgeting, risk management, and ensuring successful outcomes across concurrent initiatives.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years IT project/program management experience.
• Proven track record managing multiple concurrent technology and business transformation initiatives.
• Experience establishing or running PMO governance, project controls, and portfolio reporting.
• Experience in diversified business environments is preferred, especially Real Estate, Construction / Contracting, Facilities Management, Retail, and Hospitality.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of strategic IT and business transformation projects.
• Establish PMO standards, governance frameworks, controls, and reporting.
• Develop and manage project plans, budgets, timelines, resources, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Maintain IT project portfolio, roadmap, prioritization process, and executive reporting cadence.
• Provide regular portfolio dashboards, steering committee updates, and management presentations.
• Coordinate business stakeholders, technology teams, vendors, consultants, and implementation partners.
• Drive user adoption, change management, training readiness, and benefits realization.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, integration, and operational efficiency.
• Manage third-party deliverables, project performance, documentation, and governance compliance.
• Ensure project alignment with security, audit, data protection, and quality standards.

Skills

PMO Governance

Budgeting

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Vendor Coordination

Change Management

Benefits Realization

Portfolio Reporting

End-to-End Delivery

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related discipline

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Yardi Voyager

SAP Ariba

SAP SuccessFactors

Salesforce CRM

Microsoft 365

Power BI

Power Platform

SharePoint

Entra ID

ServiceNow

ManageEngine

Job description

Confidential Company in Dubai seeks an Experienced IT Program Manager to lead the IT PMO and oversee a portfolio of strategic IT and digital transformation initiatives across the Group.

The role is a one-person PMO responsible for governance, delivery oversight, stakeholder management, vendor coordination, budgeting, risk management, and ensuring successful outcomes across concurrent initiatives.