Transformation Manager-PMO (UAE National)

Tadweer Group; Abu Dhabi Emirate; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Tadweer Group is seeking a senior-focused Transformation Manager to oversee transformation programmes, drive change enablement, and ensure sustainable adoption across functions and subsidiaries. You will work closely with the VP, PMO and a broad range of stakeholders to maintain disciplined reporting and alignment with strategic priorities.

The role emphasizes governance, governance forums, and continuous improvement to deliver measurable benefits and organizational value.

Qualifications

• Minimum a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Project Management, Change Management, Human Capital, Engineering, or related.
• Preferably a master’s degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Change Management, Project Management, or related.
• Professional certifications in change management, project management, agile delivery, process improvement, or transformation (e.g., Prosci, PMP, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma).

Responsibilities

• Lead transformation oversight by monitoring initiatives against scope, milestones, readiness, adoption measures, risks, and benefits.
• Coordinate change readiness, stakeholder readiness, communications inputs, training requirements, adoption risks, and transition planning.
• Provide leadership with clear visibility on transformation progress, barriers, decisions required, and corrective actions.
• Capture lessons learned and recurring change themes to improve transformation delivery approaches.

Skills

Change management

Project management

Transformation management

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Project Management, Change Management, Human Capital, Engineering, or related

Master’s degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Change Management, Project Management, or related

Professional certifications (Prosci, PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Lean Six Sigma)

Job description

To manage transformation oversight and change enablement activities across Tadweer Group’s strategic transformation agenda, ensuring transformation initiatives are planned, monitored, adopted, and reported in a disciplined and integrated manner.

The role supports the VP, Project & Transformation Management Office by tracking transformation progress, readiness, adoption risks, dependencies, issue resolution, and benefits realization across functions and subsidiaries.

The role works closely with project owners, Human Capital, Communications & Awareness, Technology & Digital, Operations, Strategy & Growth, and other stakeholders to ensure transformation initiatives move beyond milestone delivery and achieve sustainable organizational adoption and value.

The key objective of the role focuses on:

• Transformation Oversight: Monitor transformation initiatives against approved scope, milestones, readiness criteria, adoption measures, risks, and benefits expectations.
• Change Enablement: Coordinate change impact assessments, stakeholder readiness, communication inputs, training requirements, adoption risks, and transition planning.
• Integrated Reporting: Provide leadership with clear visibility on transformation progress, barriers, decisions required, and corrective actions.
• Continuous Improvement: Capture lessons learned and recurring change themes to improve transformation delivery approaches across Tadweer Group.

Strategic and Organizational Management

• Translate the transformation agenda into structured workplans, milestones, change-readiness activities, adoption measures, and reporting routines aligned with PMTO and Executive Affairs priorities.
• Support the VP, Project & Transformation Management Office in defining the transformation oversight model, including governance forums, reporting cadence, escalation channels, and readiness checkpoints.
• Partner with initiative owners and functional leads to identify transformation priorities, critical dependencies, stakeholder impacts, capacity constraints, and adoption risks that may affect delivery outcomes.
• Contribute to functional planning, resource forecasting, and budget inputs for transformation oversight, change enablement, and related advisory or implementation support.
• Promote a transformation culture focused on ownership, adoption, measurable benefits, stakeholder engagement, and sustained behavioural change.

Operations Management

Transformation Planning and Mobilisation

• Support the mobilisation of strategic transformation initiatives by clarifying objectives, scope, intended benefits, stakeholder impacts, change requirements, milestones, and readiness criteria.
• Coordinate with initiative owners to ensure transformation plans include implementation dependencies, change impacts, communication needs, training requirements, operational readiness, and adoption measures.
• Review transformation plans for completeness and identify gaps in ownership, sequencing, stakeholder engagement, benefits logic, or readiness planning.
• Support the preparation of transformation governance forums by consolidating materials, decisions required, progress updates, and escalation items.
• Maintain transformation trackers that provide visibility on milestones, adoption activities, dependencies, risks, and open decisions.

Change Readiness and Adoption Monitoring

• Lead the monitoring of change impact assessments, stakeholder readiness, training completion, communication activities, adoption risks, and resistance themes across transformation initiatives.
• Coordinate with Human Capital, Communications & Awareness, Technology & Digital, Operations, and relevant functions to align transformation messages, readiness activities, and implementation support.
• Identify adoption risks, stakeholder concerns, behavioural barriers, process impacts, and capability gaps that may prevent transformation outcomes from being sustained.
• Track corrective actions for readiness gaps, ensuring owners, timelines, and follow-up requirements are clearly documented and escalated where required.
• Support transition planning and handover to business-as-usual owners, ensuring new processes, accountabilities, systems, or operating model changes are embedded effectively.

Reporting and Benefits Tracking

• Prepare transformation dashboards, executive updates, readiness reports, and management packs covering implementation progress, adoption status, risks, dependencies, issues, and benefits realisation.
• Track transformation benefits and outcome indicators in coordination with Strategy & Growth, Finance, PMTO colleagues, and relevant initiative owners.
• Provide insight-led analysis on transformation performance, highlighting areas of slippage, weak adoption, dependency risks, decision delays, or benefits underperformance.
• Support post-implementation reviews to validate outcomes, capture lessons learned, and identify improvement actions for future transformation initiatives.
• Maintain accurate records of transformation decisions, actions, reports, risks, issues, lessons learned, and supporting evidence for audit and governance purposes.
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Project Management, Change Management, Human Capital, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Preferably, a master’s degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Change Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional certifications in change management, project management, agile delivery, process improvement, or transformation are preferred, such as Prosci, PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or Lean Six Sigma.

Experience

• Preferably, 7 years’ progressive experience in transformation management, change management, project management, strategy execution, organisational effectiveness, consulting, or enterprise PMO roles.
• Preferably, 1-3 years’ experience coordinating or managing transformation initiatives, change activities, readiness tracking, or cross-functional implementation programmes.

Key experiences necessary to ensure effective performance include:

• Strong experience supporting or managing transformation programmes with multiple stakeholders, dependencies, implementation risks, and adoption requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in change impact assessment, stakeholder mapping, readiness planning, communications coordination, training tracking, and adoption monitoring.
• Proven ability to prepare transformation reports, dashboards, action trackers, executive summaries, and issue escalation materials.
• Experience working with HR, communications, technology, operations, and strategy teams to embed organisational changes and sustain benefits.
• Ability to translate transformation data and stakeholder feedback into practical recommendations, corrective actions, and leadership insights.