Senior Associate - PMO

Aldar Academies; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Aldar Academies in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced PMO leader to drive the EPMO strategy, services and governance for high-impact initiatives.

You will establish frameworks for project management, align initiatives with the corporate strategy, and lead cross-functional teams through the full lifecycle, risk management and performance reporting.

Strong communication with Business Owners and sponsors is essential to uplift project quality and ensure timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Min 4+ years of experience in Project Management Office role.
• Experience managing the complete lifecycle of a project with teams of 5–25 people.
• Experience in PMO for Real Estate sector or corporate departments in a holding structure.
• Led implementations from ideation to post closing of initiatives in CX, Procurement, HR, Marketing, Data, Innovation and Process Improvement.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end process of identifying, developing, prioritizing and implementing strategic projects.
• Establish frameworks to manage initiatives, including methodologies, tools, and organizational structures.
• Prioritize initiatives for implementation and ensure alignment with the strategy.
• Determine key steps and milestones for implementing initiatives in coordination with the Business Owners.
• Identify the interdependencies between initiatives, and manage risks and escalation on the singular and aggregate levels.
• Report project progress, achievements interdependencies, risks and challenges to Management.
• Manage the assigned EPMO manpower to the initiatives and conduct regular manpower planning and allocation.
• Set up priorities to tasks and categorize them according to previously set standards.
• Maintain the organizational structure and roles within the initiative's ecosystem.
• Provide support to the business owners and sponsors in uplifting the quality of project plans and other project & initiative artifacts.
• Review quality, performance reports and perform Quality Assurance on all initiative's deliverables/outputs.
• Manage and monitoring change requests and ensure that they adhere to the approved policies.
• Define the training needs of the initiative teams, recommend the necessary training courses, and monitor the effectiveness and results of these courses.
• Support in the delivery and monitoring of ad hoc strategic and special business projects.
• Conduct research, analysis and other strategic activities in collaboration with the Strategy team as required by the business from time to time.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Strategic Planning

Research and Analysis

AI prompting and document production

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Management

Job description

Job Purpose

• Drive successful implementation of the EPMO team's strategy, services and deliverables
• Establish frameworks and standards for Project and Program Management
• Support delivery and monitoring of ad hoc strategic and special projects

Roles And Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end process of the identification, development, prioritization and implementation of the highest impact / most strategic projects and programs in the organization
• Establish frameworks to manage initiatives, including methodologies, tools, and organizational structures
• Prioritize initiatives for implementation and ensure alignment with the strategy
• Determine key steps and milestones for implementing initiatives in coordination with the Business Owners
• Identify the interdependencies between initiatives, and manage risks and escalation on the singular and aggregate levels
• Report project progress, achievements interdependencies, risks and challenges to Management
• Manage the assigned EPMO manpower to the initiatives and conduct regular manpower planning and allocation
• Set up priorities to tasks and categorize them according to previously set standards
• Maintain the organizational structure and roles within the initiative's ecosystem
• Provide support to the business owners and sponsors in uplifting the quality of project plans and other project & initiative artifacts
• Review quality, performance reports and perform Quality Assurance on all initiative's deliverables/outputs
• Manage and monitoring change requests and ensure that they adhere to the approved policies
• Define the training needs of the initiative teams, recommend the necessary training courses, and monitor the effectiveness and results of these courses
• Support in the delivery and monitoring of ad hoc strategic and special business projects
• Conduct research, analysis and other strategic activities in collaboration with the Strategy team as required by the business from time to time

Qualification And Experience

RELATED YEAR OF EXPERIENCE

• Min of 4+ years of experience in Project Management Office Role
• Experience of managing the complete lifecycle of a project with project teams of 5 to 25 people

FIELD OF EXPERIENCE

• Experience in managing PMO the Real Estate sector or corporate departments in a holding strucuture
• Led implementations from ideation to post closing of initiatives in discplines such as CX, Procurement, HR, Marketing, Data, Innovation and Process Improvement

Technical And Interpersonal Skills

• Project Management
• Leadership Skills
• Strategic Planning
• Research and Analysis
• A.I. prompting and document production skills are highly advantageous

QUALIFICATION

Bachelor's degree in Business Management or other relevant fields

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