Project Director - Data Centre

Currie & Brown; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Currie & Brown in Abu Dhabi, UAE is seeking a Project Director to lead data centre projects within our project management team. You will define delivery plans, manage budgets, and guide the project team to meet client expectations.

You will interact with senior management, liaise with clients and stakeholders, and ensure compliance with Currie & Brown standards. The role requires a bachelor’s degree and a PMP or equivalent certification, plus proven leadership on large-scale data centre programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Experience of leading Data centre projects previously.
• Project management professional certification or accreditation.
• Proven team leader capabilities, behaviours and values.
• PMC Experience during both pre-contract and post-contract phases.
• Knowledge of industry best practice.
• Commercial acumen and the ability to manage relationships with external stakeholders.
• Proven ability as a trusted advisor to the client.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for project definition and delivery.
• Responsible for establishing project delivery plans and appropriate control mechanisms to assure effective delivery of the project.
• Responsible for leading the project team and performance management of the Currie & Brown team.
• Work within established financial systems to independently produce plans and schedules and track and manage budgets, highlighting variances in order to manage and control project delivery targets.
• Use own knowledge and experience of industry best practice to review and manage project processes and policies, providing insightful recommendations that support senior management to improve processes and systems.
• Interact effectively and proactively across the organisation, seeking to develop ways to support collaboration and ensure projects can be delivered to meet customer expectations.
• Advise senior management on progress and issues relating to own project, providing subject matter advice in order to support successful delivery in line with project objectives and strategies.
• Present any business project risks or issues to senior managers (with proposed mitigation) to ensure the project is not adversely impacted, and ensure the delivery of projects to compliant standards.
• Liaise and collaborate with clients and stakeholders, in order to ensure all parties are informed and aware of project progress and expectations.
• Deliver aspects of Currie & Brown’s vision to their respected project(s)

Skills

Leadership

Data centre project experience

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Project Management Professional certification or accreditation

Job description

Currie & Brown is looking for a Project Director to join our project management team in Abu Dhabi, UAE working on Data Centre projects.

What will you be doing?

• Responsible for project definition and delivery
• Responsible for establishing project delivery plans and appropriate control mechanisms to assure effective delivery of the project
• Responsible for leading the project team and performance management of the Currie & Brown team
• Work within established financial systems to independently produce plans and schedules and track and manage budgets, highlighting variances in order to manage and control project delivery targets
• Use own knowledge and experience of industry best practice to review and manage project processes and policies, providing insightful recommendations that support senior management to improve processes and systems
• Interact effectively and proactively across the organisation, seeking to develop ways to support collaboration and ensure projects can be delivered to meet customer expectations
• Advise senior management on progress and issues relating to own project, providing subject matter advice in order to support successful delivery in line with project objectives and strategies
• Present any business project risks or issues to senior managers (with proposed mitigation) to ensure the project is not adversely impacted, and ensure the delivery of projects to compliant standards
• Liaise and collaborate with clients and stakeholders, in order to ensure all parties are informed and aware of project progress and expectations
• Deliver aspects of Currie & Brown’s vision to their respected project(s)

What do you need?

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Experience of leading Data centre projects previously
• Project management professional certification or accreditation
• Proven team leader capabilities, behaviours and values
• PMC ExperienceExperience during both pre-contract and post-contract phases
• Knowledge of industry best practice
• Commercial acumen and the ability to manage relationships with external stakeholders
• Proven ability as a trusted advisor to the client

Our corporate values

At Currie & Brown, we know that when it comes to a good idea, it doesn't matter where it comes from. That's why we take a collaborative, open-door approach to running our business. Our people, from apprentices to senior management, make our company what it is. Everyone in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced, contributes to our success in their own way, and we have fun doing it.

Unlike other companies, we focus on the long term and deliver on our commitments. We take a compassionate and inclusive approach to our work and always invest in the future of our people. Whether it's the desire to work internationally, the urge to develop, or even the curiosity to work in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage, offering guidance, support and the structure to achieve. That's why so many of us have been building successful careers here for so long.

With the backing of our parent company, we are an independent company. Our people are able to make quick and flexible decisions, and work directly with some of the world's best partner brands in our industry through Dar Group.

This mix of our scale and size, our partnerships and our people makes us a true industry leader around the world.