Strategic PMO & Portfolio Lead

Miral; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Masarra DMC in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead governance, business analysis, planning, coordination, and delivery of strategic technology and operational initiatives. You will work with business stakeholders, technology teams, vendors, and sponsors to shape requirements and drive initiatives from initiation through implementation, cutover and closure.

This role focuses on PMO governance, demand intake, portfolio reporting, budgets, capacity tracking, and governance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in project management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 7+ years experience managing projects or programmes within complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional project teams and managing project budgets.
• Experience establishing or improving project management or PMO functions.
• Strong experience in PMO governance, demand management, prioritisation, portfolio reporting, and budget and resource tracking.
• Experience in business requirements gathering, process mapping, gap analysis, stakeholder workshops, and User Acceptance Testing.
• Previous experience in tourism, hospitality, destination management, or a related sector.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain project governance standards, processes, templates, and PMO tools.
• Manage demand intake, assessment, and prioritisation based on value, alignment, cost, capacity, dependencies, and risk.
• Maintain portfolio visibility across status, milestones, budgets, resources, risks, and dependencies.
• Support portfolio budget, forecast, resource, and capacity tracking.
• Coordinate project reviews, portfolio reviews, steering committees, and escalations.
• Ensure projects have defined scope, sponsorship, ownership, objectives, benefits, budgets, and success measures.
• Prepare portfolio dashboards and management reports for leadership decisions.

Skills

PMO governance

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Budget and resource tracking

Vendor management

UAT coordination

Change control

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Analytical and problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in project management

Tools

MS Project

JIRA

Smartsheet

Visio

Job description

Masarra DMC in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead governance, business analysis, planning, coordination, and delivery of strategic technology and operational initiatives. You will work with business stakeholders, technology teams, vendors, and sponsors to shape requirements and drive initiatives from initiation through implementation, cutover and closure.

This role focuses on PMO governance, demand intake, portfolio reporting, budgets, capacity tracking, and governance