PMO Analyst - AI and Portfolio Analytics

AlFuttaim; Dubai; On-site; AED 156,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Al-Futtaim is hiring a PMO Analyst - AI and Portfolio Analytics in Dubai to govern projects, monitor portfolio performance, and deliver executive dashboards. The role combines analytics, automation, and AI-enabled reporting to strengthen forecasting and decision support across multiple initiatives.

Ideal candidates have 3–7 years of PMO or portfolio analytics experience, advanced Excel, and Power BI skills, with familiarity in AI tools for project delivery improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in business, engineering, finance, IT or data analytics.
• 3–7 years in PMO, project management, or portfolio management.
• Strong governance, status reporting and performance-tracking skills.
• Advanced Excel, Power BI experience and data analytics proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, governance, tracking, and reporting across the project portfolio.
• Maintain project plans, milestones, delivery schedules, action trackers, and dashboards.
• Monitor projects against scope, schedules, budgets, resources, KPIs, and delivery commitments.
• Consolidate project information into clear management and executive reports.
• Develop portfolio updates covering progress, constraints, risks, and milestones.
• Support governance meetings and portfolio reviews with reliable data.

Skills

Power BI

Advanced Excel

SQL

Python

Power Automate

Generative AI

AI tools

Stakeholder management

PMO

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, IT, Data Analytics

Tools

Power BI

Job description

PMO Analyst - AI and Portfolio Analytics

Job Snapshot

Role: PMO Analyst - AI and Portfolio Analytics

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Professional Services

Function: Project-Program Management

Experience: 3-7 years

Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview

PMO Analyst - AI and Portfolio Analytics in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Professional Services opportunity with Al-Futtaim combining project governance, portfolio analytics, business intelligence, and AI-enabled automation. Al-Futtaim is hiring an analytical PMO professional to monitor project performance, develop executive dashboards, identify portfolio risks, automate reporting, and apply generative AI and data tools to improve project delivery and management decision-making.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates

City: Dubai

Industry: Professional Services

Function: Project-Program Management

Salary: 14000-22000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The PMO Analyst turns project and portfolio information into reliable management intelligence. Working across multiple initiatives, the role brings structure to planning, governance, performance tracking, risk visibility, and executive reporting while introducing automation that reduces manual PMO effort. The position has a strong technology dimension, using Power BI, advanced Excel, AI tools, and potentially Power Automate, SQL, and Python to strengthen forecasting, reporting quality, and portfolio-level decision support.

Key Responsibilities

• Support planning, governance, tracking, and reporting activities across the project portfolio.
• Maintain project plans, milestones, delivery schedules, action trackers, and portfolio dashboards.
• Monitor projects against approved scope, schedules, budgets, resources, KPIs, and delivery commitments.
• Consolidate project information into clear management and executive-level status reports.
• Prepare accurate portfolio updates covering progress, achievements, constraints, risks, and upcoming milestones.
• Support governance meetings, steering committees, and formal portfolio reviews with reliable data and documentation.
• Track actions, issues, risks, dependencies, and decisions through to resolution or closure.
• Follow up with project stakeholders when delivery commitments or reporting requirements are at risk.
• Ensure projects comply with established PMO governance standards, templates, processes, and reporting requirements.
• Analyze portfolio data to uncover performance trends, emerging risks, delivery gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Build and maintain Power BI dashboards that provide management with meaningful portfolio visibility.
• Use advanced Excel to analyze project information, create structured reporting models, and support forecasting.
• Define practical KPIs and metrics for measuring project health, portfolio performance, and delivery effectiveness.
• Translate complex project data into concise recommendations for management.
• Conduct scenario analysis covering timelines, costs, resources, capacity, and expected delivery outcomes.
• Improve the accuracy, consistency, and efficiency of recurring PMO reporting.
• Identify reporting and data-management activities suitable for automation.
• Use AI tools to accelerate project reporting, meeting summaries, documentation, analysis, and risk identification.
• Develop practical generative AI use cases that improve PMO productivity without compromising reporting quality.
• Explore AI-enabled approaches to forecasting, risk analysis, issue identification, and management insights.
• Apply Power Automate or similar tools to streamline repetitive workflows where appropriate.
• Use SQL, Python, or other data technologies where required to improve analysis and reporting automation.
• Review existing PMO workflows and recommend process improvements based on measurable inefficiencies.
• Develop standardized templates, dashboards, workflows, trackers, and reporting mechanisms.
• Support PMO maturity initiatives and promote consistent project management practices across the organization.
• Monitor emerging AI and automation capabilities relevant to project and portfolio management.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor 's degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Information Technology, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.
• 3-7 years of experience in a PMO, project management, portfolio management, business analysis, or comparable environment.
• Strong practical background in project governance, status reporting, and performance tracking.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel capability for structured analysis, forecasting, and management reporting.
• Hands-on experience with Power BI or a comparable business intelligence platform.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to identify patterns, risks, and performance gaps from complex data.
• Experience developing meaningful project and portfolio KPIs.
• Familiarity with forecasting and scenario analysis covering cost, resources, schedules, and delivery.
• Exposure to AI or automation solutions within a business environment is highly valuable.
• Experience with Power Automate, SQL, Python, or related automation and data tools is advantageous.
• Comfortable experimenting with generative AI for practical project management applications.
• Experience supporting enterprise transformation or project portfolio management programs is beneficial.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, traditional, and hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-PMOCP, or another relevant project management certification is advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder communication and presentation capability.
• Detail-focused while retaining a clear understanding of broader business objectives.
• Proactive problem solver who can turn analysis into practical recommendations.

Skills Set

• Project Management Office
• Portfolio management
• Project governance
• Project performance tracking
• Portfolio analytics
• Power BI
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Executive dashboards
• KPI development
• Management reporting
• Project forecasting
• Scenario analysis
• Budget tracking
• Resource analysis
• Risk tracking
• Issue management
• Dependency management
• Action tracking
• Generative AI
• AI-enabled reporting
• AI risk analysis
• Workflow automation
• Power Automate
• SQL
• Python
• Data analysis
• Process improvement
• Project portfolio management
• Agile
• Scrum
• Hybrid project management
• PMP
• PRINCE2
• PMI-PMOCP
• Stakeholder management

Why Join Us

This position provides a distinctive combination of PMO, analytics, automation, and emerging AI responsibilities rather than limiting the analyst to traditional project reporting. The successful professional can build expertise in portfolio intelligence, executive decision support, Power BI, generative AI, and automated project governance while contributing to technology-enabled ways of working. Al-Futtaim 's scale and diversified operations also provide exposure to complex projects and transformation initiatives with opportunities for progression into senior PMO, portfolio management, transformation, and program leadership roles.

About the Company

Al-Futtaim is a diversified privately held regional business headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Established in the 1930s, the group operates across automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare, employing a substantial multinational workforce across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Its broad portfolio and partnerships with international brands create an environment where project governance, digital transformation, analytics, and technology-enabled business improvement play an important role in continued growth.