Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure & Urban Development

slihrms; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

slihrms is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure programs and strategic advisory assignments across major urban developments and national initiatives.

You will direct project leadership and governance, coordinating planners, engineers, economists, environmental specialists, and digital experts to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with the highest quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Direct and manage complex multidisciplinary projects from inception through completion, ensuring delivery on schedule, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Develop project execution plans, manage project risks, and oversee resource allocation across multiple workstreams.
• Lead integrated teams comprising planners, engineers, economists, environmental specialists, digital experts, and project controls professionals.
• Ensure effective coordination between technical disciplines and project stakeholders.
• Routinely resolve complex project issues and drive decision-making at both strategic and operational levels.
• Monitor project performance and ensure achievement of financial, technical, and client satisfaction objectives.
• Lead the development of city-wide and regional infrastructure strategies aligned with growth, economic development, sustainability, and resilience objectives.
• Advise clients on infrastructure investment planning, prioritization frameworks, phasing strategies, and capital expenditure programs.
• Develop strategic infrastructure plans covering transportation, wet utilities, dry utilities, district energy, digital infrastructure, and integrated urban systems.
• Lead the preparation of business cases, feasibility studies, option assessments, infrastructure funding studies, and implementation roadmaps.
• Provide strategic advice to government entities, developers, municipalities, and infrastructure authorities.
• Support clients in establishing governance structures, operating models, policies, and performance management frameworks for infrastructure delivery.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients, government stakeholders, infrastructure authorities, developers, investors, and strategic partners.
• Serve as a senior client interface and trusted advisor throughout project delivery.
• Facilitate executive workshops, steering committees, stakeholder consultations, and strategic reviews.
• Identify client needs and proactively develop solutions that create long-term value and strengthen client relationships.
• Represent the company in high-profile client engagements, industry forums, conferences, and professional networks.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities within the infrastructure and land development sectors.
• Lead proposal development, tender submissions, technical methodologies, and commercial negotiations.
• Contribute to market growth strategies and key account management initiatives.
• Support strategic positioning with government agencies, major developers, and infrastructure authorities.
• Participate in bid interviews and client presentations while promoting the full range of company services and integrated solutions.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of project managers, planners, engineers, and advisors.
• Foster a collaborative, innovative, and client-focused culture.
• Support recruitment, succession planning, and talent development initiatives.
• Act as a mentor to emerging project leaders and technical professionals.
• Promote knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across teams and projects.
• Manage project financial performance including budgets, forecasts, profitability, and resource utilization.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Ensure commercial compliance with contracts and project governance requirements.
• Support leadership in achieving business performance metrics and growth targets.
• Maintain effective project controls, reporting systems, and quality assurance processes.
• Champion a strong health, safety, and quality culture.

Job description

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex multidisciplinary infrastructure programs and strategic infrastructure advisory assignments across large-scale urban developments, cities, and national initiatives. The successful candidate will combine extensive project management expertise with a strong understanding of city-wide infrastructure systems, including transportation, utilities, digital infrastructure, sustainability, resilience, and urban development planning. The role requires the ability to advise public and private sector clients on long-term infrastructure strategies, investment priorities, implementation roadmaps, governance frameworks, and delivery models. The candidate will act as a trusted advisor to clients while leading multidisciplinary teams in the development and delivery of strategic studies, infrastructure master plans, business cases, policy frameworks, and major program initiatives. They will be responsible for technical leadership, client engagement, commercial management, business development, and the successful delivery of projects aligned with the company's strategic objectives.

Your role

Project Leadership and Delivery

• Direct and manage complex multidisciplinary projects from inception through completion, ensuring delivery on schedule, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Develop project execution plans, manage project risks, and oversee resource allocation across multiple workstreams.
• Lead integrated teams comprising planners, engineers, economists, environmental specialists, digital experts, and project controls professionals.
• Ensure effective coordination between technical disciplines and project stakeholders.
• Routinely resolve complex project issues and drive decision-making at both strategic and operational levels.
• Monitor project performance and ensure achievement of financial, technical, and client satisfaction objectives.

Strategic Infrastructure Advisory

• Lead the development of city-wide and regional infrastructure strategies aligned with growth, economic development, sustainability, and resilience objectives.
• Advise clients on infrastructure investment planning, prioritization frameworks, phasing strategies, and capital expenditure programs.
• Develop strategic infrastructure plans covering transportation, wet utilities, dry utilities, district energy, digital infrastructure, and integrated urban systems.
• Lead the preparation of business cases, feasibility studies, option assessments, infrastructure funding studies, and implementation roadmaps.
• Provide strategic advice to government entities, developers, municipalities, and infrastructure authorities.
• Support clients in establishing governance structures, operating models, policies, and performance management frameworks for infrastructure delivery.

Client and Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients, government stakeholders, infrastructure authorities, developers, investors, and strategic partners.
• Serve as a senior client interface and trusted advisor throughout project delivery.
• Facilitate executive workshops, steering committees, stakeholder consultations, and strategic reviews.
• Identify client needs and proactively develop solutions that create long-term value and strengthen client relationships.
• Represent the company in high-profile client engagements, industry forums, conferences, and professional networks.

Business Development

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities within the infrastructure and land development sectors.
• Lead proposal development, tender submissions, technical methodologies, and commercial negotiations.
• Contribute to market growth strategies and key account management initiatives.
• Support strategic positioning with government agencies, major developers, and infrastructure authorities.
• Participate in bid interviews and client presentations while promoting the full range of company services and integrated solutions.

Team Leadership and People Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of project managers, planners, engineers, and advisors.
• Foster a collaborative, innovative, and client-focused culture.
• Support recruitment, succession planning, and talent development initiatives.
• Act as a mentor to emerging project leaders and technical professionals.
• Promote knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across teams and projects.

Commercial and Risk Management

• Manage project financial performance including budgets, forecasts, profitability, and resource utilization.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Ensure commercial compliance with contracts and project governance requirements.
• Support leadership in achieving business performance metrics and growth targets.
• Maintain effective project controls, reporting systems, and quality assurance processes.

Health, Safety and Quality

• Champion a strong health