Manager - Assets Governance & Performance

Roads and Transport Authority; Dubai; On-site; AED 280,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai seeks a senior asset governance professional to lead authority-wide asset governance, inventory ownership, valuation, inspections, and investment exploitation to maximise utilisation and data integrity across all assets.

You will oversee land and asset valuation frameworks, coordinate with Finance, GIS data, and external vendors, and drive performance analytics while managing outsourced contractors to ensure timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering required.
• 9+ years experience with a Master’s degree (11+ years with a Bachelor’s).
• Preferred certifications: CAMA, ISO 55001 Implementer/Auditor.

Responsibilities

• Set and approve asset-inventory strategies and plans with senior-management updates.
• Oversee asset registration across regulations and ensure ATS data accuracy.
• Govern land/asset valuation frameworks and coordinate with Finance and GIS teams.
• Lead inspections, asset-condition monitoring, and monthly reporting to leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement of fixed-asset reconciliation and reporting templates.

Skills

Asset governance

Inventory management

Valuation frameworks

Stakeholder coordination

Data accuracy

Education

Bachelor or Master in engineering

Engineering master’s degree

Tools

GIS software

Fixed Assets Register

Finance systems integration

Job description

Job Purpose

• Direct Authority-wide asset governance and performance, owning inventory, registration, valuation, inspections, and investment exploitation to maximise utilisation, revenue, and data integrity across all RTA assets.

Roles and Responsibilities

Strategy

• Set and approve asset-inventory strategies and plans; mandate periodic reporting and senior-management approval updates.
• Monitor acquisitions, use, and disposals across agencies/sectors through planned and unplanned inspections; approve technical/operational status reporting.
• Oversee electronic auctions for asset/material sales and investment-asset rentals in coordination with concerned departments.
• Approve land and asset valuation frameworks; ensure timely updates of valuation result in the relevant systems.
• Govern acquisition, scrapping, and replacement systems; approve technical evaluations, recommendations, and periodic reports.
• Direct the system for exploiting and investing intangible assets and supervise implementation through organisational units.
• Support the Director in planning/overseeing departmental plans and projects and manage outsourced companies’ performance to ensure delivery.
• Review section policies/guidelines and conduct awareness sessions for concerned teams across RTA.

Operations

• Own the periodic inventory-check process; manage physical counts and report results to concerned parties.
• Participate in project-handover committees to ensure accurate registration of created assets per approved procedures.
• Coordinate Authority-wide asset registration across regulations; reconcile the Fixed Assets Register with Finance and ensure ATS attributes accuracy.
• Coordinate with Dubai Municipality/Land Department on land registration/valuation; align internal utilisation plans with approved activities.
• Supervise inspection plans and asset-condition monitoring; ensure observation closure and submit monthly reports to leadership.
• Manage smart-tag implementation on outdoor assets and ensure GIS/location data and asset coding are current and standardised.
• Explore and evaluate investment opportunities for Authority assets to enhance revenue generation.
• Govern asset-performance indicators and analytics; set improvement plans and monitor contractor ATS performance and reporting.

Product/Process Improvement

• Strengthen fixed-asset reconciliation and ATS/registration data quality with Finance; close exceptions and improve templates and reporting.

Physical Working Conditions

• Lead/approve field inspection visits and spot checks; verify asset status and close findings

• Education: Bachelor’s degree/ master’s degree in engineering

  
  

• Experience: 9+ years in case of master’s degree (11+ years in case of Bachelor’s degree)

  
  

• Certifications: (Preferred) -CAMA, ISO 55001 Implementer/Auditor