Project Manager – Strategy & Impact Business Enablement Pasted markdown

Jobgether SRL; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Cross-functional exposure

Professional development

Job summary

Jobgether SRL in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Project Manager - Strategy & Impact Business Enablement to lead strategic initiatives and enable business outcomes. You will work with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to translate complex needs into actionable plans, manage governance, and drive continuous improvement in delivery practices.

The role emphasizes stakeholder engagement, agile/hybrid delivery, and executive-level reporting.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of overall business experience.
• 3–4 years leading projects, programs, or change initiatives.
• PM/PRINCE2 or PMP certification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic projects and business enablement initiatives across the full project lifecycle.
• Define objectives, scope, success measures, risks, dependencies, and delivery plans.
• Facilitate discovery sessions, requirements gathering, and process mapping to establish scope.
• Monitor and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests; escalate as needed.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, leaders, and external partners to align deliverables.
• Prepare executive-level updates, risk assessments, and decision materials.
• Support Agile and hybrid delivery, including backlog and roadmap planning.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across communications, marketing, digital, and events.
• Strengthen governance practices and project management maturity.
• Coach stakeholders on effective delivery and collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Agile delivery

Governance

Risk management

Backlog management

Cross-functional collaboration

Presentation & reporting

Analytical thinking

Education

PM/Business/Marketing/Commerce/Communications/Digital Media education

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Project Manager - Strategy & Impact Business Enablement based in United Arab Emirates.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced project manager to lead strategic initiatives and business enablement projects that drive organizational impact. You’ll oversee projects across the full delivery lifecycle, ensuring alignment with business priorities, clear objectives, and measurable outcomes. Working closely with senior leaders, cross-functional teams, external partners, and subject matter experts, you’ll translate complex business needs into actionable plans. You’ll play a key role in stakeholder engagement, governance, risk management, and executive decision-making. The role combines structured project delivery with Agile and hybrid methodologies, offering opportunities to improve processes and strengthen project management practices. If you thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy bringing people together to deliver meaningful change, this role offers the chance to make a tangible difference.

Accountabilities

• Lead strategic projects, programs, and business enablement initiatives throughout the entire project lifecycle, from initiation and planning to execution, monitoring, implementation, and close-out.
• Define project objectives, scope, success measures, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, schedules, governance structures, and delivery plans.
• Facilitate discovery sessions, requirements-gathering workshops, stakeholder interviews, process mapping, and solution-definition discussions to establish clear business needs and scope boundaries.
• Monitor and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, change requests, and competing priorities, providing recommendations and escalation options to sponsors and governance bodies.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, senior leaders, subject matter experts, vendors, consultants, and external stakeholders to align deliverables, approvals, communications, and project activities.
• Prepare and present executive-level project updates, status reports, risk assessments, options analyses, recommendations, and decision-making materials.
• Support Agile and hybrid delivery approaches through backlog management, roadmap planning, sprint planning, stakeholder reviews, retrospectives, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams that may include communications, marketing, digital, content, events, partnerships, and stakeholder engagement.
• Strengthen project delivery practices, governance processes, requirements-gathering methods, and stakeholder engagement approaches to improve organizational project management maturity.
• Coach stakeholders and teams on effective project delivery, governance, and collaboration practices.

Requirements

• Five to eight years of overall business experience, including at least three to four years leading projects, programs, organizational change initiatives, or business transformation activities.
• Post-secondary education in Project Management, Business Administration, Marketing, Commerce, Communications, Journalism, Digital Media, or a related discipline is preferred.
• A recognized project management certification, such as PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or an equivalent qualification.
• Strong expertise in project planning, execution, monitoring, delivery, and close-out across the full project lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience in requirements gathering, business analysis, scope definition, stakeholder interviews, discovery workshops, and process mapping.
• Proven ability to manage project scope, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, risks, issues, and change requests.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, influencing, facilitation, and consensus-building skills, including the ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Experience with Agile, hybrid, and traditional project management methodologies, including backlog management, roadmap planning, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
• Strong understanding of project governance, executive decision support, organizational change, and business transformation.
• Experience coordinating vendors, consultants, external partners, and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, reporting, and analytical skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly and persuasively.
• Strong organizational skills, critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and project management, scheduling, reporting, collaboration, and backlog management tools.
• The ability to guide stakeholders and teams toward consistent, effective project delivery practices in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

• Remote work: The position is advertised as fully remote.
• Strategic impact: The opportunity to lead high-visibility initiatives aligned with business priorities and organizational objectives.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with senior leaders, subject matter experts, internal teams, vendors, consultants, and external stakeholders.
• Professional development: Opportunities to strengthen project management, business transformation, stakeholder engagement, and governance expertise.
• Continuous improvement: Contribute ideas and recommendations that enhance project delivery processes and organizational effectiveness.
• Diverse project exposure: Potential involvement in communications, marketing, digital, content, events, partnerships, and stakeholder-engagement initiatives.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!