Program Manager jobs in United Arab Emirates

Department: PMO

Organization: Dubai Economic Development Corporation ( DEDC)

JOB OBJECTIVE:

The Senior Manager is responsible for maintaining oversight on all sector projects being implemented to ensure there is an accurate view of the projects’ portfolio. This entails overseeing the development of project management methodologies and tools in line with leading and applicable practices, supervising interdependencies of programs and projects, resolving issues, resource constraints, and conflicts, monitoring programs and projects progress, managing risks identification, and following up on corrective actions implementation to ensure effective completion of the programs and projects in line with the overall Economic Development agenda and objectives.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Core Functional Responsibilities & Subject Matter Expertise

• Establish and monitor the implementation of effective project management policies, procedures, tools, and methods. This sets common practices for all projects including project management standards, risk management and change control processes.
• Ensure that all sector projects are supported with right project management resources.
• Maintain project planning documentation (project charters, plans etc.) in a central repository.
• Conduct ongoing follow up and tracking of all active sector projects / initiatives to ensure execution in line with the defined timelines and budgets (portfolio level).
• Provide support towards managing project risks, e.g., delays, budget over runs and others (and other risks / issues); provide SME inputs to support in defining remedial actions to rectify such risks and issues.
• Develop periodic reports to report on the status of all active sector projects to the Head of PMO.
• Update the master project plan based on live project data to ensure there is a holistic view of the status of the investment enablement and growth projects.
• Direct efforts to enhance the efficiency of project tracking and reporting mechanisms by providing recommendations on tools and systems (digital and otherwise) that can be deployed support project management efforts.

Corporate Strategic Planning

• Contribute to the development of the DEDC’s strategy and drive overall performance through providing inputs on the section’s strategy, priorities and initiatives.
• Take onus of the section’s achievement against set OKRs/KPIs to ensure the Section performs in line with overall performance targets, particularly against those reported to local and federal level authorities as they pertain to the key economic indicators of Dubai.

Financial Planning & Monitoring

• Oversee the determination of the section’s annual and long-term capital and operating budgetary requirements to ensure strategic and operational plans can be delivered.
• Take accountability for the section’s budgetary performance, ensuring minimal divergences and that expenditures are optimized and directed towards value adding activities.

People Leadership Responsibilities

• Lead by example and role model the core values of DET and DEDC in an aim to build a high performing and competent environment within the Corporation.
• Foster and instil a culture which drives cross-functional collaboration between teams in an aim to drive synergies and collaboration.
• Build the next generation of leaders through mentoring and coaching in order to develop the capabilities of the team and DET as a whole; this includes nurturing and grooming potential successors in an aim to drive business continuity.
• Ensure that the section maintains a happy working environment for employees to support the DET achieve government level targets related to employee happiness.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Experience & Qualifications:

• Experience overseeing the implementation and delivery of complex projects across sectors
• Experience managing internal teams and external stakeholders to deliver large scale projects on time
• Successful track record working in private or public sector institutions for a minimum of 6-8 years
• At least 4-6 end to end project full cycle delivery experience
• Successful track record working in a PMO
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business, Finance, or Engineering. A Master’s degree is a plus.
• Professional qualifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, MSP or equivalent are highly desirable.

Key Skills & Capabilities:

• Strong Stakeholders management, communication and collaboration skills
• Critical thinking, commercial acumen, and ability to solve problems
• Ability to be very focused and disciplined about ‘what matters’
• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent client centricity and stakeholder management skills

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