Senior PMO Manager: Strategy, Governance & Delivery

Modon

Abu Dhabi

On-site

AED 900,000 - 1,300,000

Full time

19 hours ago

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Job summary

Modon in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Manager – PMO to lead the enterprise PMO, shape product and initiative direction, and embed enterprise risk management across strategic planning and execution.

You will translate priorities into governed portfolios and investable roadmaps, lead cross-functional delivery from discovery through adoption, and provide executives with a trusted, single view of portfolio health and value realization.

Qualifications

8–12 years of progressive experience across product management, project/programme delivery, enterprise PMO, strategy execution or transformation.
Experience establishing or maturing an enterprise-level PMO with intake, prioritization, governance and benefits management.
Demonstrated enterprise risk management experience, including risk frameworks, risk register oversight and executive reporting.
Delivery of multi-million-dirham initiatives in a matrixed environment; real estate, asset management or infrastructure experience desirable.

Responsibilities

Define product visions and multi-year roadmaps; lead structured discovery to validate needs; develop and challenge business cases and investment options; maintain transparent, value-based prioritised roadmaps and backlogs.
Build trusted relationships with executives and sponsors; lead steering committees and governance reviews; navigate ambiguity and resolve conflict; establish clear decision rights and hold stakeholders accountable for commitments.
Lead complex strategic, digital, operational and capital initiatives from mobilization to handover and adoption; select delivery approaches (Agile, hybrid, Waterfall, Kaizen, DMAIC); translate objectives into requirements and scope baselines; govern milestones, dependencies, risks and change control.
Manage interdependencies and sequencing across products and projects; own budget planning, CAPEX/OPEX control and variance management; forecast capacity and resource needs; manage vendors and consultants against outcomes and SLAs.
Lead and mature the enterprise PMO as the central governance and assurance function; maintain an enterprise-wide portfolio view; define KPIs and benefits measures; use delivery data to anticipate risk and drive recovery action; provide executives a single, reliable view of portfolio health.
Develop and maintain the enterprise risk framework, appetite and escalation thresholds; facilitate risk assessments and maintain the corporate risk register; integrate risk insight into strategic and investment decisions with executive reporting.
Partner with business owners on change, readiness and training; establish benefit baselines and track realized value; lead post-implementation reviews; mentor project managers and product owners to build enterprise delivery capability.