Programme & Transformation Manager

Black Pearl Consult; Dubai; On-site; AED 502,000 - 725,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Pearl Consult in Dubai seeks a Programme & Transformation Manager to lead complex transformation efforts across multiple workstreams. The role focuses on coordinating planning, budgets, governance, and reporting with senior leaders and external partners to ensure timely delivery.

Ideal candidates bring strong analytics, change-management experience, and a track record of implementing digital solutions within large programmes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, economics, or finance.
• Eight years’ experience (six with a master) in consulting or advisory roles.
• Experience with large capital programmes and cross-functional governance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an integrated programme plan with milestones and dependencies.
• Consolidate budgets with Finance and track changes and costs.
• Prepare executive presentations and steering committee reports.
• Coordinate governance meetings and capture actions and approvals.
• Identify risks and coordinate mitigation plans across workstreams.
• Support vendor sourcing, evaluation, and contracting.
• Collaborate with IT, Procurement, and business functions to implement digital solutions.
• Drive process improvements across programme streams.

Skills

Integrated planning

Budgeting

Risk management

Executive reporting

Stakeholder coordination

Change management

Education

Bachelor’s in Engineering

Bachelor’s in Business Administration

Bachelor’s in Economics or Finance

Master’s in Management or MBA (preferred)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Programme management platforms

Job description

Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Posted on 10/14/2026

Black Pearl Consult is looking for a Programme & Transformation Manager in the UAE. We are seeking a professional with consulting or advisory experience who can bring structure, coordinate multiple projects and stakeholders, track programme progress, and deliver clear reporting across a complex transformation programme.

You will coordinate programme planning, budgets, governance, and transformation activities. Working with senior leaders, project owners, and external partners, you will maintain visibility of progress, address delivery risks, and support informed decisions.

This opportunity suits someone who has handled varied consulting engagements and combines analytical skills with practical experience implementing change.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain an integrated programme plan covering projects, milestones, approvals, and dependencies.
• Work with Finance to consolidate budgets, monitor expenditure, and track approved changes and cost allocations.
• Prepare executive presentations, steering committee reports, decision papers, and progress updates.
• Coordinate governance meetings and maintain action, decision, and approval records.
• Identify risks affecting timelines, budgets, and compliance, and coordinate mitigation plans.
• Support negotiations and manage interfaces with suppliers, advisers, and strategic partners.
• Work with business functions, IT, and Procurement to evaluate, pilot, and implement digital solutions.
• Identify and implement process improvements across programme workstreams.
• Support vendor sourcing, evaluation, and contracting with Procurement.
• Identify programme resource needs and coordinate the recruitment or sourcing of required capabilities.

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or a closely related discipline.
• Minimum eight years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree, or six years with a master’s degree.
• A master’s degree in Management, Engineering Management, or Business Administration is preferred.
• PMP, PgMP, MSP, or PRINCE2 certification is preferred.
• Consulting or advisory firm experience is preferred, with exposure to varied projects and complex programmes.
• Relevant experience managing or supporting large capital programmes.
• Strong skills in integrated planning, budgeting, risk management, and executive reporting.
• Understanding of capital project development, including feasibility, approvals, procurement, and financial close.
• Experience coordinating commercial interfaces, external partners, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Practical knowledge of process improvement, digital tools, vendor evaluation, and programme resourcing.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and programme management platforms.

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