Project Director - Data Centre

Currie & Brown; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A project management firm is seeking an experienced Project Director with Data Centre expertise to oversee large projects in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The role involves directing project delivery, managing stakeholder relationships, and leading project teams. Ideal candidates will hold a relevant degree and have extensive experience in project management, including strong leadership and contract administration skills. This position offers the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment with a focus on long-term development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Project management professional certification or accreditation.
• Previous experience leading large scale Data Centres.
• Proven ability to manage, motivate and lead large teams.
• Strong pre-contract and post-contract experience.
• Excellent contract administration experience.
• Leading project management expert.
• Experience of managing stakeholders at executive level.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for delivery of large scale and complex projects.
• Responsible for project definition and delivery.
• Lead a large team, setting objectives, managing performance.
• Responsible for establishing project delivery plans.
• Manage multiple consultants and contractors.
• Produce plans and schedules, manage budgets.
• Implement and manage project processes and policies.
• Present business project risks to senior managers.
• Liaise with clients and stakeholders about project progress.
• Analyse complex information to advise clients.
• Provide strategic advice as a technical expert.
• Assure compliance with contracts concerning service scope.
• Develop and manage team leaders.
• Translate business objectives into operational targets.
• Talent development and succession planning.
• Deliver aspects of the company’s vision to projects.

Job description

Overview

Currie & Brown are looking for a Project Director with Data Centre experience to join our team in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Roles at this level will direct and manage the delivery of large and complex Data Centre projects, manage relationships with senior stakeholders and provide leadership role to project teams.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for delivery of large scale and complex projects
• Responsible for project definition and delivery
• Lead a large team, setting objectives, managing performance and ensuring that staff have the necessary skills to deliver the project objectives
• Responsible for establishing project delivery plans and appropriate control and governance mechanisms to assure effective delivery of the project
• Manage multiple consultants and contractors
• 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 implement and manage project processes and policies. Provide insightful recommendations that may support any improvement to processes and systems
• 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 key stakeholders, in order to ensure all parties are informed and aware of project progress and expectations
• Analyse and review complex information from a range of data sources, in order to identify how different options may impact project delivery and advise clients and internal stakeholders on potential implications and mitigations
• Act as a technical expert within own projects, providing strategic advice to other senior managers, in order to support successful delivery in line with project objectives and strategies
• Assure compliance with contracts in terms of project delivery parameters and scope of service
• Develop and manage team leaders
• Translate business objectives into operational financial targets, producing clearly defined business cases, plans and schedules for projects, and taking responsibility for meeting the profit and budgetary targets of the project
• Talent development and succession planning
• Deliver aspects of Currie & Brown’s vision to their respected project(s)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Project management professional certification or accreditation
• Previous experience leading large scale Data Centre's
• Proven ability to manage, motivate and lead large teams
• Strong pre-contract and post-contract experience
• Excellent contract administration experience
• Leading project management expert
• Experience of managing stakeholders at executive level

About Us

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.