PMO Manager- Real Estate/ Construction Projects

Abu Dhabi Capital Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced Project Manager to develop and oversee strategic project charters. The role includes monitoring timelines, ensuring quality assurance, and leading multidisciplinary teams in construction and real estate projects. Qualified candidates should have over 10 years of experience and strong financial and strategic planning skills. This position offers an opportunity to shape project outcomes and align them with corporate goals.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in construction, real estate, or capital projects.
• At least 7 years in financial project management within the construction domain.
• Proven track record in end-to-end project delivery and performance management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee ADCG’s strategic project charters and plans.
• Provide the early voice on project planning, risks, and challenges.
• Monitor and control project budgets, ensuring timely delivery.

Skills

Project Management

Financial Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Strategic Planning

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Brief: Develop and oversee ADCG’s strategic project charters and plans across construction, real estate, and capital projects. Track timelines and performance against targets, ensuring QA/QC across the full project lifecycle. Establish a robust Project Management framework and align workstreams across Group and subsidiaries, working closely with real estate entities to drive timely and high-quality delivery.

Core Responsibilities

• Participate in early evaluations of projects to understand the strategic objectives, particularly within construction, real estate, and large capital projects.
• Provide the early voice on project planning, risks, and challenges across the full development lifecycle (design, tendering, procurement, execution, QA/QC).
• Develop a comprehensive project plan (in conjunction with corporate and subsidiary teams) which includes all work stream and functional team tasks to achieve success.
• Lead all aspects of project plan working with a team of functional champions from across the Group companies.
• Work closely with the real estate subsidiaries, ensuring alignment and driving timely delivery of projects to the expected quality standards.
• Monitor status and rapidly identify risks and issues pertaining to a project, succinctly communicate those issues to the appropriate teams, and work the issues to resolve before project value deteriorates.
• Report on progress to the executive management and key stakeholders and be the single point of contact for all stakeholders.
• Manage stakeholder relationships; identify and establish partnerships with stakeholders to build support and secure sponsorship.
• Develop PMP best practices for ADCG.
• Manage other cross-functional project teams of various sizes based on company need; proactively communicate integration issues as they arise and provide follow-up on outstanding items with appropriate team members.
• Communicate project priorities, monitor, and escalate unresolved issues.
• Assist in developing strategies and action plans to improve and standardize all aspects of the project.
• Identify and implement technology and services to enable process changes and implement them throughout ADCG and its subsidiaries.
• Develop & update PM framework, Policies, Procedures.
• Monitor and control project budgets.

Strategic Responsibilities

• Ensure that ADCG has a sound PM plan linked to its vision and mission that meets stakeholder requirements, and manage the systems to continuously review PMO performance and take timely action to review the plan and the process as required to enhance results.
• Apply deep engineering knowledge (preferably Civil Engineering) to ensure technical and operational rigor across all capital projects.
• Embed quality assurance and quality control standards across project design, development, procurement, and execution stages to ensure compliance and operational excellence.
• Provide technical oversight and ensure alignment of project execution with industry best practices in construction and real estate.

Experience & Core Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (preferably Civil), Project Management, Business, Finance, or related discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years’ experience in construction, real estate, or capital projects, with at least 7 years in financial project management within the construction domain.
• Proven track record in end-to-end project delivery, performance management, and execution against strategic objectives.
• Strong capability in financial and business analysis, including modelling, controls, and translating insights into decisions.
• Recognised for leadership and influence, with the ability to drive multidisciplinary teams, manage stakeholders, and ensure subsidiary alignment.
• Skilled in strategic planning and organisational execution, mapping business objectives into actionable results while managing complexity.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with strong collaboration, presentation, and relationship-building abilities.
• Technically proficient in Microsoft Office; fluent in English (Arabic preferred).