Senior Principal Project Manager, Complex Delivery

Analog; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Analog is seeking a highly experienced Principal Project Manager to lead and orchestrate complex delivery programs in Abu Dhabi. You will coordinate milestones, dependencies, and critical paths across parallel streams, working closely with the PMO to maintain momentum.

You will maintain RAID logs, drive risk mitigation, governance forums, and proactive client and stakeholder engagements to ensure timely delivery and alignment with budget and scope.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience as a senior or principal project manager on large, complex delivery programs.
• Strong command of critical path planning, dependency management, and RAID discipline.
• Direct experience managing client-side dependencies on programs with multiple parallel workstreams.
• Demonstrated comfort working closely with a PMO, and a structured approach to governance and reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with clients, delivery teams, and leadership.
• A calm, organized, and methodical approach, particularly under pressure.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Planning and Delivery: Own the planning of milestones, dependencies, and critical path in conjunction with the PMO.
• Risk and Dependency Management: Maintain robust RAID logs, ensuring risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies are visible and actively managed.
• Stream Alignment: Ensure parallel delivery streams remain synchronized with the overall plan, resolving any conflicts in priority or resources.
• Reporting and Governance: Conduct regular program reporting and governance forums, providing clear, honest, and timely status updates.
• Client and Stakeholder Management: Proactively manage client-side dependencies, driving necessary decisions and inputs to maintain delivery momentum.
• Collaboration: Build strong, collaborative relationships with client counterparts to facilitate swift and direct issue resolution.
• Financial and Scope Alignment: Coordinate closely with program finance controllers and principal product managers to ensure alignment across plan, budget, and scope.
• Risk Escalation: Escalate risks and blockers early, presenting clear options and solutions rather than just problems.

Skills

Senior Project Manager

Critical path planning

RAID discipline

Stakeholder management

Governance & reporting

Job description

Analog is seeking a highly experienced Principal Project Manager to lead and orchestrate complex delivery programs in Abu Dhabi. You will coordinate milestones, dependencies, and critical paths across parallel streams, working closely with the PMO to maintain momentum.

You will maintain RAID logs, drive risk mitigation, governance forums, and proactive client and stakeholder engagements to ensure timely delivery and alignment with budget and scope.