Project Lead

Visioneers; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 279,000 - 390,600; Full time

Job summary

Visioneers is seeking a Project Lead to oversee flagship initiatives in the UAE. This role involves managing projects from scoping to delivery while ensuring strong client relationships. The successful candidate will need 5-8 years of project management experience, particularly with government or institutional clients, and must be fluent in Arabic and English. Strong budgeting and stakeholder management skills are essential, along with proficiency in project management tools. Join us to help drive impactful projects at Visioneers.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of project management experience in media, creative, events, or government communications.
• Strong track record with institutional or government clients in the UAE.
• Ability to manage ambiguity and build structure.

Responsibilities

• Lead group-wide projects from planning to delivery and sign-off.
• Act as the main contact between clients, internal teams, and vendors.
• Manage project budgets and track milestones effectively.

Skills

Project management

Bilingual communication (Arabic and English)

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Tools

Microsoft project management tools

Job description

About the Role

As Project Lead for Visioneers, you will own the end-to-end delivery of flagship, multi-brand initiatives — coordinating across our portfolio including New Media Academy, ArabCast, Wasl, Al Mal Channel, and Emirates Loves. This is a high-visibility role sitting within the Business Development function, supporting the commercial pipeline and ensuring that won mandates are delivered to the standard that retains and grows client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead group-wide projects from scoping and resource planning through to final delivery and client sign‑off, across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Act as the single point of accountability between institutional clients (government entities, ministries, strategic partners), internal brand teams, and external vendors.
• Build and maintain master project plans and reporting dashboards for leadership visibility.
• Manage project budgets end‑to‑end, including milestone tracking, PO issuance, and vendor payment coordination with Finance and Procurement.
• Facilitate cross‑functional alignment across content, production, creator, and digital teams — removing blockers and escalating risks proactively.
• Represent Visioneers in client‑facing project governance meetings with professionalism and cultural fluency.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of project management experience, with at least 3 years in media, creative, events, or government communications.
• Proven track record managing multi‑stakeholder projects with institutional or government clients in the UAE.
• Confident operating in ambiguity — able to build structure where none exists.
• Fluent in Arabic and English (written and spoken); bilingual client communication is a daily requirement.
• Proficient in project management tools; comfortable with Microsoft tools and software.