Team Leader-Project and Design Management

GHD; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in professional services seeks a dynamic Team Leader for their Design & Project Management team in Abu Dhabi or Dubai. This role combines technical oversight, people management, and business development within a strategic team that delivers superior client outcomes across diverse projects.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in project management and leadership roles.
• Expertise in stakeholder engagement and team development.
• Ability to manage complex projects with financial responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Design & Project Management team ensuring high quality outcomes.
• Manage client relationships and oversee project performance.
• Develop and implement business strategies for project success.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Project Management

Business Development

Team Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Description

With more than 14000 people around the globe GHD is one of the worlds leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water energy and resources environment property and buildings and transportation. Serving clients across five continents and the Pacific region GHD people share a passion for exceeding the expectations of our clients and contributing to their success.

About the Role:

GHD is looking for a dynamic and driven Team Leader to lead our growing Design & Project Management team within our Project & Programme Management business group. Based in either Abu Dhabi or Dubai this is a leadership role that blends technical oversight people management and business development in one of GHDs most strategic and high-impact teams.

Responsibilities

• Leads by example in personal conduct and professional oversight of all project aspects. Ensures clients vision is achieved.
• Seeks to understand all projects needs and client requirements to make informed decisions.
• Is responsible for the overall performance of the project (contractual financial and technical).
• Optimizes resources required for project delivery and actively support staff professional development.
• Plans directs and supervises all operations including in a large complex project with greater risk and complexity and significant financial impact.
• Successfully develops strategy prepares proposals negotiates contracts and executes project.
• Acts as primary point of contact with client and has full responsibility for project delivery.
• Undertake monthly reviews and fulfill all the quality systems requirements for own projects.

As Team Leader you need to ensure high quality technical delivery continuous business development activities and own team management.

• Manages workload of own team(s) and collaborates with counterparts across Regions to secure work for underutilized team members as needed.
• Collaborates with own technical discipline or Service Line globally to secure additional projects needed to maintain own team members and personal utilization as well as sharing knowledge between regions and service lines.
• Provides specialist knowledge and advice. Resolves issues across multiple projects through the support of the project-based resources.
• Supports the Business Group by building and leading a high performing team.
• Works closely with the Business Group leadership to oversee team performance resource requirements manage absences and system tasks.
• Posses a sense of responsibility for own actions faces challenges openly while understanding the needs of others to achieve successful outcomes.
• Stakeholder Management: Develop and implement stakeholder engagement strategies and plans across the program to identify relevant stakeholders to create mutually supportive working relationships and to ensure that each stakeholder has an appropriate share of voice at both project and program levels.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Develop stakeholder engagement by identifying stakeholders; by finding out their needs issues and concerns; and by reacting to these needs issues and concerns to support the communication of business information and decisions.
• Budgeting: Develop and/or deliver budget plans with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Capital Planning: Manage a substantial portion of the organizations capital planning function ensuring careful identification of growth opportunities thorough financial evaluations of capital expenditures and strategic prioritization of projects.
• Leadership and Direction: Identify and communicate the actions needed to implement the functions strategy and business plan within the business area or department; explain the relationship to the broader organizations mission vision and values; motivate people to commit to these tenets and do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
• Performance Management: Manage and report on the performance of a substantial diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold individuals accountable for achieving them; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.
• Organizational Capability Building: Use the organizations formal development framework to identify the teams individual development needs. Plan and implement actions including continuing professional development specified by professional or regulatory institutions to build their professional capabilities. Provide informal training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
• Business Planning: Contribute to the development of annual and longer-term business plans; forecast performance against business key performance indicators (KPIs); develop business cases for key activities/projects; and estimate the financial and human resources required to deliver performance targets.
• Policy Development and Implementation: Develop procedures and interpret and apply policy for area of expertise to achieve specified outputs or advise the wider business on application of policy then monitor implementation of those procedures within the organization.
• Portfolio Management: Initiate and lead the governance and delivery of a program or group of significant projects within a function using an appropriate project management methodology to give assurance that intended outcomes are identified and achieved.
• Strategic Partnering: Manage specific segments of strategic partnering identifying and establishing beneficial relationships with partners and effectively negotiating partnering agreements.
• Functional Strategy Formation: Contribute to the formation of a key element of functional strategy through specialist expertise and insights to ensure that the strategy meets business needs.
• Project Management: Manage a portfolio of major projects in line with overall project management strategy.