Project Manager

Technology Innovation Institute; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Abu Dhabi is looking for a dedicated manager to oversee the delivery of AI-enabled software solutions. The role involves coordinating cross-functional teams and managing agile delivery processes. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in software and AI program management, and familiarity with tools like Jira, Confluence, and GitHub. Key responsibilities include defining project scopes, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring delivery predictability. This position is suited for a flexible and execution-focused individual who thrives in a startup environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing software and AI programs in a product environment.
• Experience with agile delivery methodologies.
• PMP/PRINCE2/Scrum certification is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Define scope, outcomes, and success metrics.
• Build and maintain integrated delivery plans.
• Run agile delivery cadence including planning and reviews.
• Own risks and change control processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional streams and external partners.

Skills

Software and AI project management

Agile delivery (Scrum or Kanban)

Stakeholder alignment

Risk management

Coordination of cross-functional teams

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

CI/CD tools

Power BI

Job description

Job Role

A dedicated startup is being formed to industrialize and scale a secure, AI-enabled, multi-source decision-support software offering. The platform is a multi-sensor fusion and agentic AI solution connecting to diverse data sources (for example geospatial layers, imagery, video, and other operational signals). This role will support the delivery of a scalable product and contribute to establishing the processes, standards, and collaboration practices required for sustainable growth.

Own end-to-end delivery of platform and product initiatives spanning software engineering, geospatial workflows, LLM-enabled capabilities, and agentic orchestration. Drive execution, governance, risk management, and stakeholder alignment from discovery to release.

Job Responsibilities

• Define scope, outcomes, success metrics, and release plans (MVP to iterations)
• Build and maintain integrated delivery plans: milestones, dependencies, resourcing, and critical path
• Run agile delivery cadence: planning, standups, reviews, retros, and roadmap alignment
• Own RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Decisions), change control, and escalations
• Coordinate cross-functional streams: platform, data and GIS, ML and LLM, UI and visualization, DevOps and MLOps
• Align stakeholders on priorities, sequencing, and trade-offs; keep delivery predictable and transparent
• Coordinate external partners and vendors (APIs, SDKs, data sources, model contributors)
• Support PR and PO follow-up where needed to unblock delivery (with procurement and finance)
• Support contract and SOW coordination: consolidate inputs, manage versions, route for review with Legal and Procurement
• Support recruiting: role prioritization inputs, interview loop coordination support, onboarding readiness
• Operate in startup mode: execution-first, flexible, able to pivot while keeping control of priorities
• te cross-functional streams: platform, data and GIS, ML and LLM, UI and visualization, DevOps and MLOps

Qualifications and Experience

• 5+ years managing software and AI programs in a product environment
• Experience with agile delivery (Scrum or Kanban)
• PMP/PRINCE2/Scrum certification is a plus
• Tools (examples)
• Jira/Linear and Confluence/Notion
• GitHub/GitLab and CI/CD dashboards
• Miro and Power BI (optional)
• KPIs
  • Release predictability and milestone adherence
  • Risk closure rate and reduction of delivery blockers
  • Cycle time and throughput (team-level)
  • Quality leakage (defects after release)
  • Stakeholder satisfaction