PMO & Portfolio Leadership Director

Black Pearl Consult; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Pearl Consult in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Head of Programme & Portfolio Management to lead the PMO, govern and monitor a diverse project portfolio, and align initiatives with organisational strategy.

You will focus on governance, portfolio visibility, resource planning, and executive reporting, building standards, processes, and capability across the PMO team to drive delivery excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Experience leading PMO or similar governance functions.
• PMO governance, project controls, resource planning, and executive reporting experience.
• Ability to analyse complex project information and present clear recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the PMO strategy, structure, policies, and governance framework.
• Establish project management standards, approval stages, responsibilities, and escalation procedures.
• Support project prioritisation and resource planning against objectives and capacity.
• Oversee consolidated reporting on scope, schedules, costs, risks, and dependencies.
• Review delivery performance, challenge deviations, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Ensure executive decision papers contain clear options, recommendations, and impacts.
• Coordinate governance committee reviews and track decisions and follow-up actions.
• Strengthen risk, issue, dependency, and change control processes.
• Facilitate issue resolution involving multiple departments.
• Ensure governance records are accurate and complete.
• Oversee resource demand and capacity reporting to identify constraints.
• Support benefits tracking, project closure, and transition to business ownership.
• Lead and develop the PMO team through coaching and capability building.
• Improve PMO practices, tools, and reporting through lessons learned.

Skills

PMO leadership

Governance

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Project controls

Resource planning

Executive reporting

Team development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or related

PMP/PgMP certification

Postgraduate qualification in Management (advantage)

Job description

Black Pearl Consult in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Head of Programme & Portfolio Management to lead the PMO, govern and monitor a diverse project portfolio, and align initiatives with organisational strategy.

You will focus on governance, portfolio visibility, resource planning, and executive reporting, building standards, processes, and capability across the PMO team to drive delivery excellence.