Senior PM - Business Management/ Digitization

Norconsult Telematics; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior PM to lead Business Management and Digitization initiatives. In this pivotal role, you will contribute to developing project management guidelines and frameworks while coordinating with the Project Management Office. Your expertise in managing large-scale digital transformation projects will be essential as you oversee project execution, mitigate risks, and ensure timely delivery. This role offers a unique opportunity to enhance operational efficiency and drive continuous improvement within the organization. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will significantly impact the success of transformative projects in the telecom sector.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience with 7+ years in Project Management for Digital Transformation.
• PMP certified with expertise in methodologies for project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop project prioritization lists and support vendor selection.
• Monitor projects to ensure alignment and successful delivery against KPIs.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Digital Transformation

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office Applications

MS Project

EPM systems

SAP ERP

Job description

Senior PM - Business Management/ Digitization

As a Senior PM, contribute to the development of Digitization and Technology Project Management guidelines and governance framework and ensure their continuous update. Also, coordinate with the Project Management Office Directorate in order to effectively communicate project management tools and forms and support in the delivery of training when needed.

Job Description & Responsibilities:

• Develop a prioritization list of projects according to pre-set criteria and assessment of the project's scope of work.
  
• Support in the selection of vendors when needed and participate in the agreement of contractual terms and conditions in coordination with concerned departments ensuring all requirements are met.
• Plan for assigned projects (e.g. sequence of activities, budget estimate, timeline, communication schedule).
• Provide support in project risk assessments and the development of mitigation plans before projects launch.
• Develop a detailed schedule and project charter and communicate it to concerned stakeholders to gather their comments and recommendations.
• Develop a project roadmap and plan, ensuring communication across project teams.
• Develop a log to document all dependencies/constraints, including responsible stakeholders for managing the dependency and all other pertinent information that facilitates work tracking.
• Facilitate project execution, evaluate project risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies to ensure the success of the project and proactively propose preventive actions.
• Analyze all arising issues and recommend corrective actions accordingly ensuring reporting for reference purposes.
• Monitor assigned projects, ensuring alignment, on-time and successful delivery against set KPIs.
• Maintain relationships and communication with consultants/vendors to ensure the most appropriate and efficient equipment/tools/methods/services are used with optimal cost to ensure successful delivery.
• Develop progress reports of assigned projects in an accurate and timely manner according to set reporting guidelines to provide updates on progress and facilitate decision-making for higher management.
• Ensure that assigned projects documents are properly coded, filed and maintained for future referencing.
• Track financial aspects of assigned projects and ensure completion within the approved budget and timeline.
• Evaluate the performance of project consultants/vendors against the terms and conditions.
• Analyze project KPIs measurement results, budget expenditure, resources, utilization ratios and provide recommendations to improve the performance of future projects.
• Confirm project closure and prepare a certificate of completion.
• Follow all relevant policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions and ensure work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.
• Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of systems, processes and practices, taking into account leading practices, improvement of business processes, cost reduction and productivity improvement.
• Promote the implementation and adherence to relevant policies, processes and operating procedures to others.
• Adhere to risk management rules and regulations in the delivery of own work to ensure compliance at all times.

Required Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• 15 years of overall experience, including 7+ years of relevant experience in Project Management of Digital Transformation with large/ government organizations.
• Minimum PMP certified with good knowledge and expertise of Project Management methodologies, Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closure.
• Proven experience in delivering multiple concurrent projects within large-scale Digital Transformation programs.
• Proven experience in client stakeholder management.
• Excellent knowledge in Microsoft Office Applications (PowerPoint, Project, Power BI, Word, Excel, etc.).
• Highly skilled in MS Office, Visio, MS Project, EPM systems, preferably with experience in the integration of other applications with SAP ERP.
• Must be fluent in Arabic and English.

Company Industry:

• Telecom
• ISP

Department / Functional Area:

• Administration

Keywords:

• Senior PM - Business Management/ Digitization